1. Towards an e-Book Instructional Model
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February 2, 2011
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Jeremy
Brueck
Co-‐Director,
Akron
Ready
Steps
–
University
of
Akron
3. What
is
Akron
Ready
Steps?
• A
partnership
between
The
University
of
Akron
College
of
EducaNon,
(UA)
and
Akron
Summit
Community
AcNon,
Inc
(ASCA)
• Akron
Ready
Steps
(ARS)
is
a
program
that
serves
over
300
at
risk
children
in
five
Head
Start
sites
in
high
poverty
communiNes
in
Akron,
OH.
4. ARS
Program
Goals
• high
priority
knowledge
and
skills
preschoolers
need
to
learn;
• high
priority
knowledge
and
skills
teachers/
teacher
assistants
need
to
teach;
• the
design
of
high
quality
21st
century
language
and
literacy-‐rich
environments;
• acNve
parent
engagement;
• and
mobilizing
the
community
around
strong
preschool
literacy
educaNon.