Reading is Fundamental Train The Trainer Workshop RFP
1. Purpose
Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. is soliciting proposals from RIF programs, childcare centers,
community centers, libraries and other community-based organizations interested in receiving
RIFs Family of Readers train-the-trainer workshop. RIF intends to select up to six organizations
to each host a train-the-trainer workshop within the region of South Texas.
2. Background
In 2008, the Meadows Foundation gave RIF funds to provide community leaders in South Texas
with train-the-trainer workshops based on oral language and literacy development.
3. Description of Service
Family of Readers is a family reading service that focuses on educationally at-risk children, from
birth through elementary school, and their families. Family of Readers helps parents develop the
skills and self-assurance to take a leading role in supporting their childrens reading and learning
while their children learn to love books.
Service Goals:
Improve family reading habits and enhance the time families spend sharing books with their
young children.
Promote parents confidence within themselves as participants in their childrens education.
Foster supportive relationships among parents who face similar challenges.
Encourage Family of Readers trainers to become effective facilitators for the parents they
serve.
The four-hour workshops consist of seven sessions and teach trainers how to deliver family
literacy sessions to parents of children from birth through elementary school. Parents learn about
childrens literacy development and participate in skills workshops on topics such as how to read
aloud to children, creating a home literacy environment, choosing good books for children, and
supporting childrens writing development. Parents are encouraged to apply their newly acquired
skills in their everyday experiences with their children.
