COMET and MIT have entered into an agreement about a new family learning and literacy programme. Family Pathways- Te Whanau Ara Mua will start in two Manukau schools in July.
Adults who enrol in Family Pathways will complete the newly developed MIT level 2 Certificate in Family Learning and Child Development.
The year-long programme includes:
• Improved work-readiness
• Improved study skills
• Development of a richer understanding of how children learn and develop
• Enhancing how adults can help children in their whanau with literacy and numeracy.
Family Pathways is designed to lead participants onto higher level study and to increase confidence as parents.
During 2010, COMET and MIT will work with the Ministry of Education to establish sustainable funding to enable us to offer Family Pathways to more schools. Family Pathways builds on the experience gained from the highly successful Manukau Family Literacy Programme (MFLP) that ended in November 2009.
Thanks to all our supporters who lobbied government for the continuation of funding for family learning and literacy programmes and who took part in the initial shaping of the Family Pathways programme.
We look forward to our new partnership with MIT and this new opportunity for families in Manukau.
Family Pathways is a key project of COMET’s newly developed Centre for Family Learning. As Centre Manger, Susan Warren will lead the programme and you can contact her on (09) 968 8773 or susan.warren@manukau.ac.nz
