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PFA Professional Development
The following documents are handouts from the PFA professional development event, "Closing the Achievement Gap for Dual Language Learners", that was held on October 15, 2010.
SF Early Childhood Educator BA/MA Bonus Program
This program is an additional bonus for qualifying early childhood educators with BA and/or MA degrees working at approved Preschool For All (PFA) sites. PFA staff from Assistant Teacher through Site Supervisor may be eligible for this additional bonus. Check out the following links for more information:
Raising A Reader Program
“Take Home” Book Program Nurtures Love of Sharing Books at PFA Sites
 First 5 offers a wonderful family literacy experience for children, parents and teachers at 118 participating Preschool for All classrooms through its sponsorship of the Raising A Reader (SF-RAR) program in San Francisco.
The Raising A Reader program encourages caregivers to create routines to share books with their young children. These family routines develop important pre-reading skills and foster a love of reading and learning throughout the  infant and pre-school years. Raising A Reader's core program centers around a “take-home” red book bag program, which is implemented via licensed childcare centers in San Francisco. In addition to high quality preschool books and materials, SF-RAR offers early literacy training and support for childcare providers and parents.
Raising A Reader’s primary mission is to build “read aloud” routines in the homes of families with young children, ages 0-5, thereby fostering early brain development, parent-child bonding, early literacy skills, and improved kindergarten readiness. RAR targets the first five years of life, the vital period when 90% of brain development occurs. For more information about this successful literacy program, go to www.raisingareader.org.
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