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Video Launch - MacMorran Community Centre

On Friday, June 9, 2000, parents, children, and guests, gathered at MacMorran Community Centre for the launch of two videos to accompany the family literacy program PRINTS (Parents Roles Interacting With Teacher Support). The first "Parent Video", approximately 30 minutes in length, provides snippets of parents (grandparents and others) and children engaging in various activities designed to improve literacy skills. This video is to accompany the 'Facilitators Handbook". The second video, "Train the Facilitator Video", approximately 75 minutes, provides training for facilitators who might wish to facilitate the PRINTS program. This video accompanies the "Train the Facilitator Manual". The videos were made possible by the participation of parents (and others) and children from the MacMorran Community.

Canada Post Educator Award

Dr. Bill Fagan was the winner of the Canada Post Educator A ward. This A ward is given to educators, tutors and advocates who have demonstrated a commitment to the cause of literacy. Dr. Fagan is Past Chair of the Literacy Development Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, a Board Member and literacy supporter at MacMorran Community Centre, and Visiting Professor at Memorial University. Over the past few years he has developed and provided in- service in a number of literacy programs. These include: PRINTS (Parents' Roles Interacting With Teacher Support), a family literacy program which is or has been operating in over 40 communities in Newfoundland and Labrador; Writing for the Work- place, a program for improving the writing of workers, especially for different kinds of report writing; Basic Reading and Writing Skills Development, a program for adults and high school students who are low in reading and writing skills; and Strategies for Reading Across Writing, a program also for high school students, and adult learners, designed to develop reading and writing skills for different kinds of writing, and to transfer the strategies learned to one's life and work situations. His latest work is Strategies for Learning Success, which he is implementing at MacMorran Community Centre, through the assistance of parents and tutors. This program is de- signed to provide support for children's reading and writing skills, and to enhance the skills of those who are performing at grade level. Dr. Fagan has over 300 publications to his credit, and as many speaking engagements at conferences.