Literacy Convening

The Center, through its Flamingo Literacy Initiative and with partners in the Greater Tampa Bay area, has developed an early learning to third grade approach that combines literacy supports at home, job embedded support, and high quality early learning and K-3 professional development programs.

Our goal is to share these efforts and work with educational leaders in the Greater Tampa Bay area to create a systematic plan to increase reading rates in the Greater Tampa Bay area.

Purpose

A Vision for a Literate Florida

At the Lastinger Center, we envision a world where all children have access to supports and educational practices that are proven to help them learn to read and love it.  The Greater Tampa Bay Area Literacy Convening will bring together school board members, early learning coalitions, and other education partners to hear directly from teachers about what’s working and what supports they need through classroom visits and an Educators Panel. Attendees will then have the opportunity to collaborate in small groups to debrief and create a concrete plan for working toward the Vision for a Literate Florida in the Greater Tampa Bay area.

Schedule