A family literacy program is the most effective way of achieving our vision of a 100% literate community. TLC offers prevention and intervention services for families with children in Kindergarten through 12th grade. Our goal is to strengthen literacy skills for the family unit through tutoring, workshops, classes and home visits. 

For more information on the Children's Program services for students K-5th grade, please click here or contact Laura West, Children's Program Director, laura@tetonliteracy.org or 307.733.9242. 
For more information on the Youth Program services for students 6th - 12th grade, please click here or contact Krista Hollis, Youth Program Director, krista@tetonliteracy.org or 307.733.9242.

    Dr. Lucy Jackson Bayles joined the Teton Literacy Center in mid-December as the Early Literacy Program Director.  She brings a wide background of experiences working with people from across the life span as well as around the globe. Click here to read more about Lucy's fascinating travels and varied experience.  
    When she completed her undergraduate degree from Miami University (Ohio), she was a traveling educator with the Peace Corps for four years on the Island of Borneo in Sarawak, East Malaysia.  Her main mode of travel during that time was by dug out canoe! 
    When she returned to the US she lived on a farm in Indiana helping to raise her three young children, chickens, and corn ~ she quipped.  Lucy continued her graduate education at Ball State University where she has a doctoral degree in Early Childhood Education. 
    During her career she taught for a decade at Clemson University in SC, at West Virginia University, and recently retired from the University of Alaska.  During her tenure at those universities she was able to create programs and teach in Ghana, W. Africa, Indonesia, Scotland, and China.  While teaching for University of Alaska for five years, she and her late husband, Dr. Allen Bayles, lived in a remote area 400 miles from the nearest road system working with Yup'ik Eskimo people in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.  Dr. Lucy found her way to Teton County to be near her youngest daughter, Mandy Dornan, and her young family.

    During her career she taught for a decade at Clemson University in SC, at West Virginia University, and recently retired from the University of Alaska.  During her tenure at those universities she was able to create programs and teach in Ghana, W. Africa, Indonesia, Scotland, and China.  While teaching for University of Alaska for five years, she lived in a remote area 400 miles from the nearest road system working with Yup'ik Eskimo people in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.  Dr. Lucy found her way to Teton County to be near her youngest daughter and her young family.
    Lucy is excited to find a way to make a meaningful contribution to young children and their families as she accepts the challenges and opportunities in her new position.