Collaborative Leadership for Community Literacy

Through a generous grant from the UPS Foundation, SCALE developed the Collaborative Leadership for Community Literacy Project. This project ran from December 2004 to March 2006 and was designed to develop the leadership of executive staff and advisors supervising North Carolina LiteracyCorps members so they could contribute even more effectively to the literacy needs of the citizens of our state.

In the work we did with our project partners, we developed materials and designed resources for any campus or community based program to use in order to enhance its outcomes and those of the learners with whom it works.

Practices of Effective Literacy Programs

An overview of the 10 essential components of any literacy program as compiled by SCALE executive staff from best practice, evidence-based research.

Program Self-Assessment

Evaluation of a literacy program based on the Practices of Effective Literacy Programs.

Expanding Your Program's Capacity by Recruiting a Work-Study Student

Step-by-step guidelines for working with local college campuses to recruit literacy volunteers through their work-study offices along with important references for additional information.

Professional Development Planning Grid

An easy-to-use chart to help you plan out the professional development plans for you and others in your program annually.

Through program needs assessments, leadership training, planning support, ongoing technical assistance, and careful project evaluation, the Collaborative Leadership project developed both the current and next generation of nonprofit leaders and provided replicable models for volunteer capacity-building. We focused on developing leaders within organizations, taking the learning back to the organizations, and defining leadership as the ability to identify contexts, needs, and organizational strategies for effective service.