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Presented at ISEC 2000

Families as Faculty Programme, University of South Florida, USA

Sally M. Wade - Florida Partnership For Family Involvement In Education, USA

Abstract

The Families as Faculty programme provides families who are from typically at-risk, hard-to-reach, minority and disabled populations as guest lecturers in the 34 degree programmes of the College of Education at University of South Florida.

The Families as Faculty programme identifies, recruits, trains and supports persons from at-risk, hard-to-reach, minority and disabled populations as guest lecturers. Family faculty receive training in presentation skills, adult learning styles, and developing their personal message to convey to future educators. A Families as Faculty Directory is printed and distributed to the faculty. The use f family members as lectures is encouraged and the directory publicised. Guest lectures are compensated for attending training and providing lectures.

 

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