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CONTACT:
Barbara Lico Saunders
e-mail: blsaunders@mindspring.com
phone: (941) 432-0844
fax: (941) 432-0844
15262 Cricket Lane
Ft. Myers, FL 33919

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Florida Goals

  • Transform teacher instructional practices in early childhood settings to reflect current research-based knowledge of early literacy.
  • Demonstrate significant measurable, improved outcomes in the development of age-appropriate literacy skills for children, with particular focus on children from low-income families.
  • Offer participating teachers and staff the opportunity to use the HeadsUp! Reading 44-hour satellite early literacy course to meet formal professional development needs, especially CDA and college credit.
  • Promote collaboration through the 57 Florida School Readiness Coalitions among all School Readiness Programs: childcare, public, faith-based, private, Head Start, Early Head Start, Even Start and other sectors of the early childhood community through a state infrastructure for early literacy.