Springboard Collaborative closes the literacy gap by bridging the gap between home and school. We coach educators and family members to help kids learn to read by 4th grade. In doing so, we enable school communities to accelerate learning by harnessing the untapped teaching potential within families.
Springboard's recipe for impact is a method we call Family-Educator Learning Accelerators (or FELAs). FELAs are 5-10-week cycles during which teachers and parents team up to help kids reach learning goals. Programming combines personalized reading instruction for PreK-3rd graders, weekly workshops training parents as reading coaches, and professional development for educators.
Family Engagement
- Sharing tutoring session content
- Reporting attendance
- Sharing academic progress;Sharing social or emotional progress
- Accessing student information
- Sharing at-home support suggestions
- Family/Caregiver survey
- Goal setting and monitoring progress toward goals
- Springboard Collaborative's programming includes team building huddles with the teacher, a family member, and their student prior to the program, as well as 5 family workshops where families learn reading strategies to support at-home reading growth.