What is The Texas Family Literacy Resource Center?

The Texas Family Literacy Resource Center (TFLRC) is a statewide initiative of Texas LEARNS. TFLRC has been funded by the Texas Education Agency through Texas LEARNS to provide a center for statewide professional development and technical assistance for family literacy projects. In addition to increasing the professional development opportunities available to family literacy programs, TFLRC provides guidance and technical assistance for family literacy projects on a day-to-day basis, works to increase coordination between Even Start programs and Adult Education Programs and coordinates research and policy for family literacy projects in Texas.

Professional Development Needs Assessment
The Texas Family Literacy Resource Center believes that family literacy educators should articulate their own needs for professional development as opposed to having others assume they can articulate for them. Family literacy educators participating in professional development are adult learners, and adult learning theory tells us that adults are more involved in learning when they have a say in what and how they will learn (Lytle, Belzer & Reumann, 1993; Vella, 1994; Wrigley & Guth, 1992).

In order to provide a successful environment for professional growth and development, teachers should be involved in designing and implementing professional development experiences. In order to begin to gather the data to know what those experiences should look like, the Texas Family Literacy Resource Center created the Texas Family Literacy Professional Development Needs Assessment.

The needs assessment contained sections for each family literacy component: adult education, parent education, early childhood education, interactive literacy activities, and home visits. In addition, the needs assessment contains sections for program administrators and also contains a technology section for all family literacy educators.

Current and Upcoming Projects - See our calendar!

Currently, we are offering regional 3 day workshops titled Parents Make the Difference. This professional development is research-based but hands-on look at strategies, resources, and integration for parent education throughout Even Start programs. The audience includes all Even Start staff: parent educators, coordinators, adult educators, early childhood educators, and home visitors.

TFLRC also is providing technical assistance and data collection for the Pre-K PALS assessment.

The Texas Family Literacy Resource Center wants to hear from you! Our toll-free number is 1-877-245-9605. We look forward to talking and working with all Texas family literacy projects.