Parents as Teachers is capturing the hearts of young moms throughout
the Greene County community. ATLAS is proud to have two parent educators
leading this initiative, Mrs. Alicia Evans and Mrs. Tameika Miller. The kick-off for this program began in
September of 2015 and is well on its way to becoming the “talk of the town” for
many supporters.
This “Members Only” Club is for moms
with children, zero-5 years of age. Moms are admitted with a seal of love, joy,
protection and commitment.
Parent Educators have begun to
establish relationships with twenty-five (25+) families and just recently added
two more moms with strong commitments.
They have been very busy making presentations and telling the PAT story
to the Nelson Circle, First United Methodist Church and New Springfield Baptist
Church.
Parents are welcoming the Parent
Educators into their home once or twice monthly for instruction to pass on to
their child/children. They go an extra
mile by engaging in educational and enrichment activities once a month in whole
group sessions. Activities for January,
February and March included the following:
creating healthy meals, participating in story time, making valentine
crafts, touring the library and discovering what the library has to offer
families. It has been gratifying to watch these families embrace the program’s
goal of having their child outstandingly ready for his or her Pre-K experience.
Parent Education Alicia Evans, Board Member Joan Antone and Parent Educator Tameika Miller
PAT’s Advisory Board Members are Karen
Mitchell, Joan Antone, Linda McGhee, Cindy Helms and Sherry Shutze.
