About FLASH

The Families Learning at School & Home (FLASH) Academic Excellence Program is a College of Education project funded through the U.S. Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA). It is designed to train linguistically and culturally diverse parents/caregivers in the areas of ESL/literacy and school involvement. The FLASH project and its curricular materials are available for adoption. Assistance in start-up, implementation, and follow-up are provided by project staff.

The FLASH program has the following goals:

Improving the literacy skills of linguistically and culturally diverse families Increasing their English language proficiency to facilitate their successful adjustment to a new society Assisting parents/caregivers in developing specific competencies which will enable them to play a more active role in their children's educational process Improving the academic skills of ESOL students who participate in the program with their parents

As part of the adoption process, FLASH program staff offer the following services:

Complete set of the FLASH Curriculum, including the Family Centered Learning Curriculum FLASH Alternative Assessment System School-Based Life Skills Curriculum On-site FLASH Awareness and Implementation Training Workshop for all staff involved On-going technical assistance and monitoring via telephone, electronic mail and site visits