Programmes 04 & 05
Family & Educator Support
Tutoring works better when the adults around a child know what is being taught and why.
Fig. 06Workshops are free and open, whether or not a child is enrolled with us.
Parent workshops
We fund and coordinate monthly workshops equipping families with practical strategies to support literacy at home. Topics include understanding dyslexia, navigating special education processes, advocating effectively within school systems, and reinforcing structured literacy techniques between tutoring sessions.
Workshops are offered at no cost, through partnerships with local libraries and community centres. You do not need to have a child enrolled with us to attend.
[PLACEHOLDER] — workshop calendar, locations, languages offered, and registration.
Teacher professional development grants
To strengthen instruction systemically, we provide grants enabling classroom teachers to train in structured literacy approaches and dyslexia awareness. Building capacity inside schools creates improvement that reaches children well beyond those we fund directly.
Missouri schools face staff shortages, limited budgets, and few personnel trained in approaches such as Orton-Gillingham. Student-to-teacher ratios of roughly 15:1 do not translate into access to a specialist qualified to address dyslexia. These grants target that specific shortage.
[PLACEHOLDER] — grant amounts, eligible training programmes, and how teachers apply.