Total Learning and Total Literacy

• Bridgeport, CT 2007-08 Program Description and Design (Boilerplate)
• Bridgeport, CT

Total Literacy

• Implementation Options
• Conditions
• Current Impementations
• Featured Activities

For Schools and Organizations

For K-8 Schools

For K-4 Schools

• Description of Total Learning components
• Brief Timeline

For 5-8 Schools

For Higher Education

For Funding Organizations

Training Opportunities and Levels

A family worker in Total Learning classrooms

A paraprofessional in Total Learning classrooms

A Music Together teacher

A Total Literacy/ Total Learning Trainer

• Trainer Criteria

2008 Trainer Certification/Recertification Course

Research Findings and Benefits

• Bridgeport Total Learning 2007 - 2008 executive report: Summative Findings [PDF]
• The Effects of Total Learning on Kindergarteners’ and Preschoolers’ Academic Performance and School Readiness in Bridgeport, CT [PDF]
• Evaluation of the Impact of TOTAL LEARNING on Preschoolers in Bridgeport, CT [PDF]
• Music Together
• Formative Assessment of Total Learning Training Materials

Supporting Research

• Music Together
• Total Learning and Total Literacy

Benefits of Prior Implementations

For Teachers and Families

• Community Building Activities
• Visual Activities
• Auditory Activities
• Kinesthetic Activities
• Linguistic Activities
• Social/Emotional Activities
• Interdisciplinary Activities
• Center and After-School Activities

For Families

• Why Families are Important
• Parent Organizations
• Volunteering
• At Home

News, newsletters, articles

• Total Learning called success by state team
• Kindergartners gain with Total Learning
• Letter from Laura Bush

News Articles and Press Releases

• Total Learning called success by state team
• Kindergartners gain with Total Learning
• Credit Bridgeport for new approach
• Teaching method expands to 16 classes
• Total Learning program gets $1.2m boost
• Total Learning kids, program graduate
• Education Head Visits Class
• Lieberman visits Total Learning program
• Total Learning team visits White House
• Class Portrait
• Total Learning Program Back on Track
• Researchers study Total Learning program
• Rell gets Total Learning tour
• Total learning provides a D-lightful experience
• Total Learning impresses fast
• Class Blazes New Trails

Newsletters

• Total Literacy Newsletter - October 1, 2007

Articles

About us

Total Learning is......

Mission

History

Roadmap

Partners

Leadership Team, Bridgeport

Total Literacy Trainers at arts education IDEAS

Advisors

University Partners

Funders and Supporters