GRIP Literacy Training

This week GRIP hosted a new project that I have been working on as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the program: literacy. Now, when most people hear 'literacy' they cringe and think of being made to sit and read book after book. Not Jerri Heid!!

Jerri is the Youth Specialist at the Ames Public Library and also a member of the Ames Reads Coalition. I had previously met her through our connecting with Ames Reads and we discussed the options of a literacy training. She was thrilled with the idea and volunteered to head off the project.

So this week Jerri gave an AMAZING training about the importance and power of literacy to GRIP mentors and staff as well as YSS staff. She spoke of the 5 key literacy components and gave tons of fun and creative ideas to incorporate literacy.


We have recorded the training and it can be found at the Youth and Shelter Services YouTube page: here. You can also find some of Jerri's ideas on her Pinterest page. The board she used during the presentation is called 'Tutor.'