ESL Family Literacy
Parent of an OUSD Student and want to improve your English skills?
Consider our ESL Family Literacy Program!
Family Literacy classes provide English as a Second Language (ESL) academic and literacy instruction to OUSD parents at their children's school.
Parents learn to communicate with school staff and develop academic language skills to become more involved in their children's learning.
Requirements: Must have children attending a school within OUSD.
Babysitting: Available for 2-5 year old, non-school aged children.
Registration for our Family Literacy classes is now closed for Spring 2024. Open registration will be available on/after August 12th, 2024.
OACE Family Literacy Classes
(Enroll in-person during the academic year)
Location | Address | Days | Time | Link |
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Allendale Elementary School | 3670 Penniman Ave Oakland, CA 94619 |
Mo Tu We Th | 9:00am - 11:30am | Learn More |
Bridges Academy | 1325 53rd Ave, Oakland, CA 94601 |
Mo Tu We Th | 8:45am - 11:15am | Learn More |
Esperanza/Korematsu | 10315 E St, Oakland, CA 94603 |
Mo Tu We Th | 9:00am - 11:30am | Learn More |
Fruitvale Elementary School | 3200 Boston Ave, Oakland, CA 94602 |
Mo Tu We Th | 8:45am - 11:15am | Learn More |
Horace Mann Elementary School | 5222 Ygnacio Ave, Oakland, CA 94601 |
Mo Tu We Th | 8:45am - 11:15am | Learn More |
Lockwood STEAM Academy |
6701 International Blvd., |
Mo Tu We Th | 8:45am - 11:15am | Learn More |
*CDE Course Title: Special ESL
ESL Family Literacy and Computer Family Literacy classes are offered at various Oakland Unified Elementary and Middle Schools. Contact your child’s school for class availability.
The Family Literacy program supports the Oakland Unified School District strategic plan for Full Service Community Schools by empowering parents and guardians to:
- Support their children's academic progress.
- Develop family engagement and leadership skills in full service community schools.
The Family Literacy program provides quality academic and literacy instruction to OUSD parents in order to:
- Develop, increase, and build on the literacy skills of parents.
- Develop the skills of the parents to support their child's academic success.
- Develop family engagement and leadership skills toward meaningful family engagement.
ESL Family Literacy Classes:
These are classes designed for parents who need to learn basic English speaking skills so they can support the academic and personal success of their school-aged children. Parents will improve their English skills while learning how to support their child's education.
Examples:
- Parents learn the English they need to talk with their children's teachers.
- Parents can use the same technology reading intervention programs or the same English Language Development framework as the children. In this way, parents better understand how their children learn.
- Parents become school leaders; e.g. the president of the school English Language Advisory Committee (ELAC).
- As part of the Family Literacy program, parents regularly visit their child's class during Parent and Child Together (PACT) time.
- The Family Literacy program offers an inter-generational approach to education, towards breaking cycles of poverty in Oakland.
Computer Family Literacy Classes:
These classes are designed to offer all parents instruction in the use of computers so they can support their child's academic progress.
Examples:
- Parents learn email, internet safety, and academic improvement/tutoring websites.
- Parents learn to use the internet to access the parent portal, where they monitor their children's assignments, grades, and attendance.
Theory of Change Video
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