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Even Start Coordinator | PDF | MS Word
Early Childhood Teacher | PDF | MS Word
Early Childhood Provider | PDF | MS Word
Parent Educator | PDF | MS Word
Home-based Educator | PDF | MS Word
Adult Educator | PDF | MS Word
Start-up Year 1 and Continuation Task List (2 tabs) | MS Excel
Even Start Coordinator Responsibilities | MS Word
Start-up and Continuation Project Timeline (2 tabs) | MS Excel
Even Start Local Evaluation | MS Powerpoint
Systematic Inquiry | MS Powerpoint
Colorado's Even Start has kindly allowed Texas to post their Family Literacy Booklets in English and Spanish. These booklets are helpful for recruitment for your family literacy programs. In addition, the booklets can help explain in very simple language what Even Start family literacy involves. They must be printed out, cut and assembled.
English Family Literacy Booklet
Spanish Family Literacy Booklet
Websites. The websites described below are recommended for Even Start program administrators.
Under an agreement with Texas Education Agency, Texas LEARNS, housed in the Harris County Department of Education (http://www.hcde-texas.org/), provides nondiscretionary grant management functions, program assistance and other statewide support services to Texas Adult Education and Family Literacy Providers. Even Start programs can find resources specific to their programs
located at Even Start in Texas (http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/texasLearns/es/esmain.htm).
The TEA Division of Discretionary Grants continues to be responsible for all discretionary, policy, and monitoring functions. Our joint mission is to ensure that all adults who live in Texas have the skills necessary to function effectively in their personal and family lives, in the workplace, and in the community.
TCALL was created in 1988 by the Board of Regents at Texas A&M University with the purpose of helping to reduce the incidence of adult illiteracy in Texas. This purpose is being accomplished through a combination of externally-funded projects and internally planned activities.
The mission of the National Center for Family Literacy is to create a literate nation by leveraging the power of the family. NCFL's services include the following (click on each link to view the corresponding section of the web site:
The mission of the National Even Start Association is to provide a national voice and vision for Even Start Family Literacy Programs. N.E.S.A. is a membership organization, comprised of a group of professionals dedicated to supporting high quality services in Even Start Family Literacy programs throughout the nation.
Even Start Evaluation Resources
For evaluation resource specific to Even Start programs in Texas, please see the Even Start Evaluation Resources under the Program Evaluation section of our website.
