Pam’s second article for The Huffington Post has just been published, check it out!
Bedtime Reading: Children’s Stories To Inspire You In Your Sleep…
And in case you missed her December article, here’s the link to that one as well.
Posts Tagged ‘parents’
Pam Allyn in The Huffington Post!
Monday, January 25th, 2010Dear LitLife Community
Monday, December 1st, 2008Welcome to the LitLife blog. We are proud to invite you to explore the site, learn about what we do, and join us in this work, the work of cultivating literacy everywhere.LitLife has five Core Values. They are: Collaboration, Active Reflection, Dignity, Equity and Innovation. Each of these Core Values is reflected in everything we do, and we bring the Values with us wherever we go.
Collaboration: between us and our colleagues, so our time in your schools or supporting your mission is up to date, real, powerful and successful.
Active Reflection: for ourselves and our clients, so our time with you is infused by a sense of the authenticity of the work, of the compelling power of what literacy can bring to the lives of kids, and so we can model our own ongoing learning.
Dignity: for all children, all teachers, all parents, all administrators, all clients, all colleagues, so that every voice is heard, honored and dignified. So that we always remember that a child’s voice is often the softest voice, and that we have to tend to those voices.
Equity: for all schools, all children, all teachers, all families, everywhere. Because everyone deserves the right to a quality education, to creativity in curriculum, to a day that involves more inspiration than just test prep, but that also is equitable in the sense that every child can and will do well on tests. Both are possible. Equity is that all children receive the education that will open doors for them everywhere.
Innovation: so that we continue to work on behalf of our clients in creating new ideas, staying in front on all fronts, whether it be in the area of 2.0 web technology or the newest poet on the scene. We are committed to you, our clients, and to the mission of pioneering ideas that truly work for classrooms and in the homes. So that all children grow up reading and writing.
It is my greatest wish that you will all join us in this mission and be part of the LitLife community. Share ideas, visit us often, give us your suggestions. Work with us. Work with us to create a generation of kids that not only read and write, but love to, and use words as tools to truly change the world.
Pam Allyn