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 The Rutgers Early Childhood Literacy Initiative is a comprehensive effort to strengthen early childhood education and family literacy in Camden City. Combining theory and practice, the program provides parents and educators opportunities to develop skills necessary to become change agents and improve early childhood literacy development at home and in the classroom. This comprehensive training program serves over 2,115 children each year, 282 teachers and paraprofessionals, 80 directors and administrators, along with 600 parents. It operates in approximately 150 preschool classrooms in the city of Camden. The project brings together Rutgers University's CSUCL as the lead partner, the Children's Literacy Initiative, and the Camden Abbott Early Childhood Program, funded through grants from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the William Penn Foundation in a collaborative effort to:  Improve teacher
competency Increase parental
engagement Strengthen leadership
capacity Integrate on-going
evaluation and assessmentLeadership Component: (for Directors, Family Workers and Administrators) |
  Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership 321 Cooper Street Camden, NJ 08102 Telephone: 856-225-6348 Fax: 856-225-6500 Photography by Gus Power |