Community Context. The site is close to the Regional Centre and is well serviced with schools, community facilities, commercial development, and provincial trails, parkland, and a beach. It is on a main transportation corridor (Xxxx Harbour Road is classified as a 4-lane collector) that connects to Highway 111. It is also within the Urban Transit Service Boundary, which is where the Regional Plan envisions mixed use residential and commercial areas located to maximize access to public transit.
Community Context. A description of the home, neighborhood and community context.
Community Context a. What has happened in the community over the past year that impacts people in the community and the ability of organizations to support literacy development? Community: • Successful and collaborative partnerships continue within the community • Many new families are coming to the area through increased employment opportunities with Teck Cominco, Interior Health Authority, Xxxxxx Dam Expansion Project, etc. • Increased ESL participation in programs in Castlegar • Full day kindergarten is starting next year, with higher numbers of students than projected enrolled • Preschools and child care centers continue to have high numbers of children on wait lists • Funding cuts to community schools will impact programs Organizations: • Workloads are increasing, leaving less time for staff to attend task group meetings • Decreased funding had led to more creative and collaborative approaches to community programming • Essential Edge project has focussed attention on workplace and essential skills, offering professional development opportunities for educators and employment counsellors and helping bridge the gap in adult literacy services in the region
Community Context. The City of Commerce City, Colorado is located in the rapidly growing Denver-metro area, just eight miles northeast of Denver in Xxxxx County. The city is surrounded by the communities of Brighton, Denver, Aurora, and Thornton, several wildlife parks (Xxxx Lake State Park to the north and the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge to the east), and the Denver International Airport (DIA). A key feature of the city is its location along major regional travel routes (roadways (I-76, I-270, and E-470), railways (Burlington Northern/Santa Fe and Union Pacific), and air (Denver International Airport)), which has helped to retain a strong industrial base for the city’s economy. About Commerce City As one of the state’s fastest growing cities, Commerce City is redefining itself for the next generation, building on historic values of community, industry, agriculture and family. Centrally located Colorado’s bustling Front Range, Commerce City is a Quality Community for a Lifetime, with 25 miles of trails, a championship golf course, 840 acres of open space and parks, one of the country’s largest soccer complexes and the nation’s largest urban wildlife refuge. Learn more at xxx.x0xxx.xxx.
Community Context. This curriculum is specifically designed for the Mommy and Me Family Literacy Program in Clarkston, Georgia. The women at this school come from many different countries around the world, with the major ones being Burma, Bhutan, Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Ethiopia. This curriculum has been created to be culturally relevant to this population. In order to adapt it to other cultures, some of the different example foods and recipes will need to be changed. Much of the curriculum was created based on observations of the women and children in the school. Observing the classroom environment allowed me to understand how the women interact with each other and the teacher, how the learn, and what their literacy level was. I was also able to make a note of the types of food the mothers packed for their children, and from that I was able to construct the lessons according to the foods typically consumed by this population. The same procedure should be done in order to adapt this curriculum to another community. Curriculum Overview
