Rocky Mount, NC - Nash Community College was the recent host site for a Student Achievement in Reading (STAR) training session for the central region of the North Carolina Community College System. STAR teaches Adult Basic Education instructors to use evidence-based reading instruction in the classroom to help students improve their skills in alphabetics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension by explaining new concepts and modeling strategies and by providing feedback during class. Nash Community College Basic Skills instructors are certified STAR trainers. The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) developed STAR to provide states with the resources and training needed to improve the quality of reading instruction in adult education. For more information about Nash Community College's Adult Basic Education, call 252-451-8215.

Pictured on the front row, left to right: Bertha Haynes from Twin Counties Literacy Council, Dorneeta Davis from Nash Community College, Myrna Deloatch from Edgecombe Community College, Rose Vines from Nash Community College, Aida Solórzano-Garcia from Nash Community College, Cynthia Hinnant from Nash Community College, Madie Hill from Nash Community College and Catherine Dickson from Nash Community College. Back row, left to right: David Glasgow from Carteret Community College, Felicia Williams-McKinnon from Wake Technical Community College, Brenda Cousins from Halifax Community College, Melinda Smith from Wilkes Community College, Ronald Summers from Edgecombe Community College, Faye Berry from College of the Albemarle, Robert Moore from Nash Community College, Deborah Britton from Wilkes Community College, Ken White from Nash Community College and Rebecca Schaffer from Durham Literacy Council.

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Media Contact:

Kelley Deal
Nash Community College
Public Relations Director
252-451-8235