Both Parent Educators are on the First Things First Teen Parenting Work Group which consists of members from Salt River FACE, Salt River Early Childhood Education Center, Salt River High School, Salt River Social Services, and other community resources. The group will provide services for teen parents and teen prenatal mothers in the community.
The FACE Center based program has new Adult Education teacher who is very familiar with the FACE program. Victoria Manymules helped to start the FACE program at Salt River, and has much knowledge about FACE.
We presented a hands-on activity at the Salt River Fatherhood program. Six families participated in the recruitment activity. We have also presented information about FACE at the Fatherhood Conference on October 17, 2009.
FACE parents and the SRES choir entered a float in the NARD parade in Phoenix in October. The float won 3rd place. The FACE parents were happy to put the effort into creating the decorations for the float.
The FACE program received their annual technical assistance site visit from the FACE/NCFL/Parents as Teachers team. The two day visit went very well, and the Salt River FACE team was commended by the visitors for the leadership and administrative support the Salt River FACE team has, the strong teamwork, and the overall strength of the Center based and Home based programs.
The Salt River FACE program served 27 families in August and 37 families in September. This includes both Center based and Home based programs.
What is FACE?
Family and Child Education
Located at Salt River Elementary, we are a family literacy program.
We emphasize the importance of parents as a child’s first teacher.
Native Americans are eligible for the free program.
We serve families with children prental-5 years old.
Homebased-Home Visits
Services families from prenatal to age 3 at home
Receive information on your child’s development
Lessons incorporate parent and child activities
Meet other parents monthly
Children receive a book per month from the Imagination Library
Centerbased-Early Childhood Education
For children ages 3 to 5, must attend school with parent/caregiver
Active Learning
Dialogic Reading-gains in language development and vocabulary
One hour of Parent And Child Together time (PACT)
Field Trips
Promotes the Pima-Maricopa language and culture
Centerbased-Adult Education
For adult participants of homebase and centerbase
Adult Basic Education/GED
Life Skills
Computer Literacy
Parent Time- Parenting skills
Career Skills
Pima-Maricopa language and cultural activities
PACT time with K-3
Field Trips
“Equipped For the Future”-Curriculum
F.A.C.E. Staff
Mrs. Jacque Bradley, SRES Principal/Coordinator
Caroline Sekaquaptewa, Early Childhood Teacher/Co-Coordinator
