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PRIME TIME HOMEROOM ADDS NEW DIMENSION TO FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM In 1991 the LEH set a bold target for its new program, PRIME TIME Family Reading Time: erase Louisiana's persistent pattern of intergenerational illiteracy. Implemented across Louisiana as well as in 42 states, PRIME TIME continues to deliver results, winning awards including the Public Library Association's 2003 Advancement of Literacy Award and The Coming Up Taller Award. Today this nationally recognized methodology reaches the classroom. On October 5, after more than two years of research and development, PRIME TIME welcomed approximately 40 educators and school administrators from five partner schools in Caddo Parish to the first PRIME TIME HomeRoom® teacher professional learning workshop. Teachers walked away with CEUs, a guide for implementation, a book and most importantly, increased skills in employing the Socratic method in the classroom. One participant shared her experience: "I have learned how to improve my classroom discussion with regard to the content of the books. I am still working on letting go of the control of the classroom. I want great discussion, but want students to listen to one another." Already this new program has earned the endorsement of the Louisiana Department of Education under the Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy initiative. PRIME TIME HomeRoom is now offered to partner school districts and charter management organizations as part of a suite of PRIME TIME programs that are humanities-focused and methodologically aligned. For more information on PRIME TIME HomeRoom,® visit www.primetimefamily.org. GRANTS AVAILABLE TO HOST LOUISIANA POET LAUREATE AS A GUEST SPEAKER Ava Leavell Haymon was named Poet Laureate of Louisiana in June 2013. Choosing from three candidates proposed by the Poet Laureate Selection Committee, Gov. Bobby Jindal named the Baton Rouge poet and teacher to serve a term of two years. The LEH will award up to four $1,500 Outreach Grants in 2013 and four in 2014 to nonprofit organizations such as libraries and adult literacy groups to host Haymon for poetry readings and discussions or presentations on topics including * contemporary American poetry Ava Leavell Haymon * contemporary use of traditional forms * teaching poetry writing to children in the classroom * teaching poetry writing to adults * the revision process * coaching poets in the reading of their own poems * forming a productive poetry workshop * women's voice in poetry * collaboration with other art forms Haymon is a nationally recognized poet and teacher who organizes poetry workshops and seminars throughout the state, including the Artists-in-theSchools program in Baton Rouge, the Junior Great Books program in several parishes and numerous classes at LSU. Her four full-length collections (The Strict Economy of Fire, Kitchen Heat, Why the House Is Made of Gingerbread and, most recently, Eldest Daughter) have been published by LSU Press. For more information on the grant process, go to www.leh.org/html/poetlaureate.html or email LEH Director of Public Relations and Programs Brian Boyles at boyles@leh.org. View Louisiana Cultural Vistas online at www.leh.org By visiting www.leh.org, readers can now find Louisiana Cultural Vistas available online in its entirety. Each page of the print version is vividly captured and easily accessible on the website. The staff at Louisiana Cultural Vistas welcomes feedback from our online readers. (800) 909-7990 * www.leh.org Our grants support both popular and classical humanities. Since 1971 the LEH has invested more than $66 million in cultural programming throughout the state. * Since 2003 the LEH has secured five Teaching American History grants from the U.S. Department of Education, totaling $6.2 million. More than 1,036 teachers have graduated from the program, which in turn improves the quality of American history and social studies courses for more than 123,000 Louisiana students annually. * Louisiana history, Southern folktales and literature of the American West are four of the subjects currently covered in the LEH-funded reading program for adults, Readings in Literature and Culture. RELIC has enrolled 100,000 readers in 63 of Louisiana's 64 parishes. www.leh.org/html/relic.html * KnowLA, The Online Encyclopedia of Louisiana, represents the LEH's most global commitment to documenting and disseminating scholarly research about Louisiana. www.knowla.org * PRIME TIME Family Reading Time, a unique LEH literacy program, brings at-risk families together with storytellers and scholars to improve literacy skills and to share new worlds through reading. www.primetimefamily.org below: Haynesville, La., circa 1900 left: The Louisiana State Capitol right: Mardi Gras Indian Winter 2013-14 * LOUISIANA CULTURAL VISTAS 5  http://www.leh.org http://www.leh.org http://www.leh.org http://www.primetimefamily.org http://www.leh.org/html/relic.html http://www.knowla.org http://www.primetimefamily.org http://www.leh.org/html/poetlaureate.html

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