Charmaine Keeton

Keeton and fellow educator Alison Cox teamed up to create "FIRM - (Families Involved in Reading and Math)." FIRM is an interactive learning program in which parents have the opportunity to practice problem-solving strategies, cooperative learning and communication with their child. FIRM teaches parents to productively support their child's academic efforts through a variety of family-night activities that address the student's progress in reading, math and science. Parental involvement increases students' academic performance and encourages parents to be comfortable participating in their child's education.