Education and Literacy Team
The education and literacy team is focused on supporting childhood literacy to set children up for success in school and the workforce.
The team hosted a Literacy Resource Drive that collected 200+ items for Joplin Parents as Teachers Kindergarten Bootcamp visits and 4,000+ new and gently used books for distribution with stickers highlighting free literacy resources in the community.
2023 Goals:
Meeting
The Education and Literacy Team meets the First Tuesday of each month, 2:00-3:30 pm
Leadership:
Christina Matekel-Gibson, Co-Chair
Jessica Pommert, Co-Chair
For more information contact:
Nicole Brown - One Joplin - Director@OneJoplin.com - 417-726-9123 (office cell)
2023 Goals:
- Increase the number of Joplin School students attaining 90% or above school attendance from 86% to 90% to match DESE’s goal of 90% attendance by 90% of students by 2027.
- Increase book distribution to support home libraries by distributing at least 500 children’s and young adult books per year for four years by 2027.
- Create and distribute a print and video family literacy campaign by 2025.
- Increase the number of community story walks by at least four by 2027.
Meeting
The Education and Literacy Team meets the First Tuesday of each month, 2:00-3:30 pm
Leadership:
Christina Matekel-Gibson, Co-Chair
Jessica Pommert, Co-Chair
For more information contact:
Nicole Brown - One Joplin - Director@OneJoplin.com - 417-726-9123 (office cell)