Welcome to Make Way for Books! Enroll today at the link below
About The Story Project:
Participants of The Story Project learn together through a series of virtual workshops and coaching facilitated by an Early Literacy Specialist.
Participants receive professional development hours.
Participants receive books for their classrooms and books for their children to keep.
Learning Goals:
- Support children in fostering emergent reading, writing and language skills
- Select high-quality, culturally diverse books and share them in developmentally appropriate ways with children
- Create opportunities for authentic conversations facilitating the exchange of ideas, opinions, and feelings
- Foster an environment conducive to meaningful experiences and instructional practices that help children thrive
"I feel that these types of workshops help us better implement ways we can better help our students in the classroom! I feel that everything that was shared today was very inspiring and great ideas to use with students !!!!"
"The presentation given by MWFB has helped me generate new ideas and I will continue to integrate opportunities throughout the school day to give my students opportunities so that they can engage in meaningful experiences."
"Ahora les hablo más en español a los niños y aprendí a extender el libro con preguntas y sobre todo los niños tienen más libros que nos da Make Way for Books [Now I speak more in Spanish to the children and I learned to extend the book with questions and above all the children have more books that Make Way for Books gives us.]"
Expectations of educators:
- to make books accessible to children daily
- to attend virtual series of professional development, including workshops and coaching
- to distribute and/or post MWFB information for site staff and families
- to complete and submit program-related feedback forms and other questionnaires requested by MWFB to evaluate the program's effectiveness (note: names of individuals will remain confidential)
- to enroll in the Arizona Workforce Registry and update their profile
Identifying educators' needs:
Multiple tools are used to identify providers’ needs related to language instruction. The Workshop Survey provides facilitators with information about the effectiveness of the implementation, areas for improvement, and additional interests of the members. This is paired with reflective conversations during coaching to continue to support goals that have been identified. To gauge progress in reaching goals, data from a mid-year survey is collected. Data from an end-of-year survey is collected to share programmatic impact. Further, to help inform Early Literacy Specialists of your needs and growth, observations will occur at the beginning and end of the year. Data from these tools is compiled and reported collectively and anonymously.
Join The Story Project - Enrollment form:
ADA policy:
Make Way for Books is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. As part of this commitment, Make Way for Books will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact Cynnamon Woodberry, Program Director-Story Project at 520-398-6451.