Project SUCCESS is a Title III National Professional Development Program funded by the US Department of Education. Project SUCCESS won a competitive award of $2,709,123 from September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2022 from the Office of English Acquisition of the USDOE. The grant funds the Latino Literacy Project. The project focuses on working with parents on ways to help their children with literacy and biliteracy development. Also, to establish a reading routine at home with their children. Parents work with the teachers at the schools for 10 weeks learning how to teach reading to their children in English and Spanish at home.
Training
In addition, 290 teachers at 20 CFBISD schools (Blair, Blanton, Carrollton, Central, Davis, Farmers Branch, Furneaux, Good, Kent, Landry, La Villita, Las Colinas, McWhorter, Rainwater, Riverchase, Sheffield, Stark, McLaughlin/Strickland and Thompson) receive professional development training through the grant.
Testimonials
Regarding the program, 2nd grade teacher Monica Agular states, “It has given me the opportunity to connect with the parents at a different level. I’ve gotten to know them more. What their home life is like, what experiences they’ve endured and more. It has allowed me to get out of my comfort zone and interact more with the parents.”
Additionally, 1st grade teacher Esmeralda Leal says, “With a new school year came a new program and experience. The project has given me the shared cultural experience that I had never felt with coworkers, parents, and students. These past months I have laughed, cried, and celebrated where we come from and where we want to go. No program or experience has ever done that before in my 8 years of teaching.”
See a local TV story on the Latino Literacy Project at Thompson Elementary.