At the board meeting (April 23/24) MCL board members were presented with the following recommendations. The recommendations will be prioritized by staff and specific activities will be included in our workplan for 2008-09.
Develop a statement of best practices that can be adopted by any organization or group.
Strike a working group to guide the work
Collect and review existing best practice statements (national and international)
Draft working document for review by working group
Disseminate discussion draft to organizations across Canada
Collect and collate feedback; revise discussion draft
Distribute set of best practices to provincial/territorial organizations; post on website
A standard set of best practices is available to the field.
Create quarterly reviews of new and existing family literacy resources (national and international).
Dedicate a section of each literacy.ca Express to the topic of family literacy.
Create a small group of volunteers willing to review resources
Select 5 to 10 resources for review (for each edition of the review)
Establish guidelines for review process
Collect and collate reviews
Distribute review electronically (MCL website, NALD and other venues)
Include other relevant information about family literacy
The field will have up to date information about relevant materials, resources and activities.