Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Early Literacy and support
"Never be afraid to raise you voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world....would do this, it would change the earth." ~William Faulkner
I have taken courses and have done speeches on other subjects and topics that were only informative never where I have to take charge and get others to support me or my idea. I have always found ways to have opening statements, have accurate materials and presentations. In this case, I have no idea how to begin. Where do I start? What do I say? How do I open up my statement? These questions and much more go through my mind. What is the best way to approach this audience where I will get their full attention from the start and not lost them through my opening statement? I think and feel that when advocating for something it is always to walk in with a positive attitude. While at the same time I think going in full blown serious so they know how important this is. I really am unsure of how to open up my presentation. I know once I have that stabled then everything else will come naturally. I have presented this idea in front of others that I know so it was easier for me but how do I go about in front of others that I do not know.
One thing I am wondering and seeking to get the help with is where can I find information on budget. My topic is about Early Literacy. I have ideas for a fun after school program, once a week, where families and children can come in and read books, play games, work on word puzzles, and much more. I also thought maybe the parents can volunteer since teachers cannot and will not do volunteer work for many reasons. One main reason is the fact that they are already overwhelmed with their own work for their classroom. So I figured each teacher can ask for parent volunteers where they can train the parents. But the idea of budget comes in because when will they train them and how will the teachers who are training get paid? Another issue I have is since and administrator has to be on school proprieties when parents are present, how I can help them get paid when schools budget is so tight. Where can I find this type of information that will help me with the audiences questions and concerns.
One thing that I found that was very helpful is presenting this in front of people you may know or even talking to them about it because then they help you bring in any other ideas, or raise question you may have skipped. So my personal information and resources or even you own personal is the best helpful and insightful resources. Practicing it in front of audiences you more comfortable with will help bring in more insights to your advocacy plan that will be more clear to your real audience and you can walk in confident knowing you have many ideas, and answers.
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I think that what you are doing in preparation for your presentation is excellent. Practicing before others who may be critical because they know you will assist you in being more comfortable and confident in delivering your Advocacy Action Plan.
ReplyDeleteI think that when you look at budget and training, you might want to look at philanthropy because many organizations may train or support a cause through a grant or some other financical support. One idea that I have for training parents is having the rraining during a series of parent meetings. For example, a regular parent meeting can be conducted and 30 minutes to an hour can be dedicated to a module of the training that parents will need to support the cause. In this way teachers can be responsible for maybe 30 minutes of the training. Another idea is that the person who conducts the meeting can provide the training.
One thing that you could think about doing to open your presentation is look on youtube.com for literacy and other topics as an opener to your presentation. Some heartfelt pictures or video where it is evident what a good literacy foundation looks like.
I would just like to thank you for your discussion replies throughout this course. You gave me your views which were often different from mine and I appreciate that as it opened my to new ideas which has contributed to my professional growth.
DeleteI wish you well in all of your endeavors including all of your future advocacy efforts.
You seem very organized and prepared for your presentation. I agree there may be options with non -for profit organiztions. What about seeking funding through the PTA organization, they may be able to pay for and support this type of activity. You may also be able to compromize on the amount of time spent supporting early literacy, rather than a weekly meeting maybe you can have a bi-weekly or a monthly in order to save funds and still encourage literacy skills.
ReplyDeleteIs there a grant that might be available to help your training needs? I know sometimes you can get additional funding through grants if your cause is of high quality. And frankly, I feel that literacy is a high quality need. We need parents who understand the importance of literacy and also are willing to dedicate some time after school to help increase literacy skills.
ReplyDeleteI think that you seem pretty well prepared to present your plan. Practicing in front of people is probably incredibly helpful and might help you realize any hiccups in your presentation.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteAn opening statement could be a quote, one that relates to your plan. Also, your budget problem, ask in your feedback if they have a budget for this plan or if they could. Another idea is to make sure you include what something like this could cost. You could go to walmart and price out games and books and other items that would be needed and give them the budget you think could work and why. Good Luck!!