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Our Work in Education
Everyone deserves opportunities to have a
good life: a quality education that leads to
a stable job, enough income to support a
family through retirement, and good health.
That’s why Northern Santa Barbara County
United Way is focused on creating
partnerships to provide the building blocks
for a good life in the areas of:
Education
– Helping Children and Youth Achieve Their
Potential
Education Strategies and
Programs:
Born Learning
- The Born Learning parent engagement
campaign provides examples of how everyday
moments with a young person can become
teachable moments.
Born
Learning is
funded locally by United Way
of Northern Santa Barbara County....in
partnership with Santa Barbara County Family
Care Center. Community Action Commission -
Head Start & KSBY TV
Imagination Library
- Reading to pre-school children is one of
the most important things we can do for
them. Going into kindergarten prepared, is
the first step to enjoying a quality
education and on time graduation. The
Imagination Library will provide a brand
new, age appropriate book, every month from
birth to kindergarten, for every child in
our county who would like one.
Reading Plus
- develops silent reading fluency with
comprehension. Silent reading is the most
assessed … the least addressed instructional
component in reading. Reading Plus is a
computer based reading intervention system
focused on structured silent reading
practice.
… in one semester results
show that students increase their reading
level by 1 1/2 to 2 grades
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