About Strong Start ®: Structure
Strong Start® is all about what happens when an adult spends quality time with a child on specially selected games and activities to promote good literacy development. This quality time is made possible because the community actively supports what the adult and child are doing. The structure of our organization is designed to ensure that the child is experiencing the joy of success in learning and adults feel the satisfaction of knowing that they are making a difference in the life of that child. When this happens everywhere, we can maintain a strong community with good economic growth and an excellent quality of life for everyone.
The strength and success of the Strong Start® project is in the creation of an infrastructure that provides solid support to the implementation of Strong Start’s programs. Our goals are to make it very easy for organizations to use the program and very easy and rewarding for volunteers, parents and staff to work with the children in delivering a program.
Programs are developed and researched in Waterloo Region. Once proven successful in both skill development and service delivery model, programs are offered to other areas of the province. Currently the Letters Sounds and Words program is being used in several other areas of the province.
The Provincial Office manages the research and development of new programs and the expansion of established programs to other jurisdictions. Individual offices are established in new jurisdictions to facilitate that area’s ability to operate independently under a licensing agreement and with ongoing support from the Provincial Office.
Strong Start® is a charitable organization with volunteer Trustees and working committees. It has a small paid staff and supports a large number of volunteers recruited by organizations using its programs. |
