SPARK Early Literacy: Family-School-Community Partnership Literacy Intervention to Improve Reading Achievement Among Low-Income and Minority Students

SPARK Early Literacy is a family-school-community partnership literacy intervention that targets early-grade students' literacy skills and engages families in literacy activities to support their children's literacy development. The program includes in-school tutoring, afterschool enrichment, and family engagement. In-school tutoring is typically planned and administered by college students and community members, who work one-on-one with students for 30 minutes, up to three times a week. The tutoring sessions include five research-based literacy activities: Familiar activity, Word Play, Reading at the instructional level, Running Records Writing, and listening to tutors read aloud. Afterschool enrichment activities are designed to strengthen social and emotional learning and make connections between literacy and everyday experiences. Family engagement is facilitated through parent partners, who work with families to bridge the divide between school and home, and provide support for families to promote literacy at home.