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A Description of the Recommendation: Ruby Payne Training and Increased Access to Print

Dr. Ruby Payne is an “expert on the mindsets of economic classes and overcoming the hurdles of poverty, she has trained hundreds of thousands of professionals who work with people from poverty, from educators and school administrators to community, church, and business leaders” (aha! Process, Inc, 2012 ). Her company offers twenty-five different trainings and professional developments for schools and districts to partake in. “aha! Process’s products and trainings promote a straightforward understanding of the impact of poverty on people’s lives and practical, proven programs designed to improve educational achievement” (aha! Process, Inc, 2012 ). Partnering up with your local public library will increase the access children have to books and other materials and programs that will promote literacy acquisition. The library “enables people of all ages to improve their quality of life by providing information and enrichment through traditional resources and new technology” (Brevard County Library, 2012). Students will have access to over a million volumes, 112,000 video recordings and more than 61,000 audio recordings. In addition there are so many locations throughout the county that there is most likely a library near you. If they don’t have what you are looking for at your local library they can get it from one of the other locations usually within 24-48 hours. Teachers could even increase exposure to printed text through the use of donation programs such as Donorschoose.org. Through Donors Choose teachers can set up a project to be funded by donations from all over the world. The teacher builds the project so the teacher knows that materials that will be donated will be of high quality and easily implemented in their own classroom.