W E L C O M E Florida Institute of Education

WELCOME to the Florida Institute of Education

    TRAINING DATES
         • Initial Teacher Training
         • Advanced Teacher Training
         • Train The Trainer
         • Customized Training
         • Low Performing VPK Rate
           Provider Training

    ELLM/Plus Ordering
    Information
        • ELLM/Plus Curriculum Kit
         • ELLM/Plus Replacement
           Children's Books
         • ELLM/Plus Replacement
           Materials
         • Low Performing VPK Rate
           Provider Training
         • ELLM/Plus Summer VPK
         • School Readiness Resources

    ELLM/Plus Program
    Description
         • Overview
         • Children's Book List
         • Classroom Instructional
           and Classroom Materials
         • Classroom Model
         • Monthly Themes to Extend
           Concept Development
         • References

ELLM/Plus Performance Standards
• Performance Standards

ELLM/Plus Assessment
• Assessment

     ELLM/Plus Research Base
         • Research Base
         • Research Behind ELLM/Plus

     ELLM/Plus Family Model
         • Family Model
         • Family Tips (English and
           Spanish)
         • Take Home Bracelets
           (English and Spanish)

     ELLM/Plus Support     Components
         • Print Concepts
         • Word Wall
         • School Readiness Standards

     Child Milestones
         • Child Milestones and Early
            Brain Development

     ELLM/Plus VPK     Curriculum
         • ELLM/Plus Summer
           Voluntary Prekindergarten
           (VPK) Curriculum 2007

Bringing Baby Home
• Bringing Baby Home

     Additional Resources
         • Website for Children
         • Inexpensive Literacy
           Materials and Activities
         • Levels of Phonological
           Awareness
         • Phoneme Chart
         • Rhyming Words
         • Glossary of Terms

ELLM/Plus Publications and Presentations
• Publications & Presentations

The Early Literacy and Learning Model/Plus (ELLM/Plus) is a research-based, comprehensive curriculum for 3-, 4-, and 5-year old preschool children that has been proven to be effective improving children's early reading achievement in an experimental study. The literacy-focused curriculum builds children's cognitive development through literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, the arts, motor experiences, and physical health. Children's acquisition of important cognitive and social/emotional development is facilitated through interactions with supportive teachers and other adults who encourage children's curiosity, persistence, and creativity by planning and implementing engaging activities and providing support during learning experiences. ELLM/Plus is designed to expand children's vocabularies and refine their understanding and comprehension of words they know and use.

To help meet the challenge of improving the emergent literacy skills of young children in urban schools, the University of North Florida (UNF), College of Education and Human Services, and the UNF-based Florida Institute of Education (FIE) established a significant partnership with several governmental and private organizations, Head Start Centers, public and private child care centers and public school districts committed to improving reading among children, particularly those children who come to school under prepared.

The Objectives of ELLM/Plus are to:

Increase achievement of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children, with special attention to at-risk children.
Translate research findings into usable information
for educators and others involved in the care and instruction of young children.
Provide regular and ongoing literacy training to all participants.