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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: Tutor Conference :: June 8 2019

READ/San Diego
Tutor Conference
June 8, 2019
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
University of San Diego

Keynote Speaker
Judith J. Carta, Ph.D.
How You and I and the World Can Prevent the “30 Million Word Gap”



Judith J. Carta, Ph.D., is Associate Director of the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project, a Senior Scientist in the Institute for Life Span Studies, and Professor of Special Education at the University of Kansas. She currently co-directs the Bridging the Word Gap National Research Network. Her science focuses on developing strategies to minimize the effects of poverty on children’s outcomes and developing practices that teachers and parents can use to promote children’s language, early literacy, and social outcomes.

Registration
The early registration rate of $35 ends June 3, 2019. Starting June 4th, the registration fee is $45. Please register online at http://friendsofreadsd.org

Please Select your 1st through 4th choices in each of the four strands

Strand 1 8:30-9:45 a.m.
____ So That’s Why There is a in “Sign,” in “Two,” and We Spell “Every” with Three Syllables! (Double Session)
____ Assessing and Remediating Phonics Challenges (Double Session)
____ Listen, Learn, and Love Early Literacy at Home (Double Session)
____ Maximizing Your Creative Potential for Family Literacy Programs (Double Session)
____ Tutor Ready Reading: A Free Online Resource to Help Tutors Teach Reading (Double Session)
____ Discovering Structured & Systematic Instruction for Vocabulary & Writing Skills (Double Session)
____ Pronunciation & Listening Support for Beginning Adult English Learners (Double Session)

Strand 2 10:00-11:15 a.m.
____ So That’s Why There is a in “Sign,” in “Two,” and We Spell “Every” with Three Syllables! (Double Session)
____ Assessing and Remediating Phonics Challenges (Double Session)
____ Listen, Learn, and Love Early Literacy at Home (Double Session)
____ Maximizing Your Creative Potential for Family Literacy Programs (Double Session)
____ Tutor Ready Reading: A Free Online Resource to Help Tutors Teach Reading (Double Session)
____ Discovering Structured & Systematic Instruction for Vocabulary & Writing Skills (Double Session)
____ Pronunciation & Listening Support for Beginning Adult English Learners (Double Session)

Strand 3 1:45-3:00 p.m.
____ Dyslexia for a Day: A Simulation of Dyslexia (Double Session)
____ Using Fluency Assessment and Fluency Practice to Improve Student Comprehension (Double Session) ____ Listen, Learn, and Love Early Literacy at Home (Double Session)
____ Maximizing Your Creative Potential for Family Literacy Programs (Double Session)
____ Tutor Ready Writing: A Free Online Resource to Help Tutors Teach Writing (Double Session)
____ Sounds First™ (Double Session)
____ Pronunciation & Listening Support for Beginning Adult English Learners (Double Session)

Strand 4 3:15-4:30 p.m.
____ Dyslexia for a Day: A Simulation of Dyslexia (Double Session)
____ Using Fluency Assessment and Fluency Practice to Improve Student Comprehension (Double Session) ____ Listen, Learn, and Love Early Literacy at Home (Double Session)
____ Maximizing Your Creative Potential for Family Literacy Programs (Double Session)
____ Tutor Ready Writing: A Free Online Resource to Help Tutors Teach Writing (Double Session)
____ Sounds First™ (Double Session)
____ Pronunciation & Listening Support for Beginning Adult English Learners (Double Session)

Early Registration Deadline: June 3
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 619-238-6603

Thursday, May 10, 2018

San Diego Public Library :: READ / San Diego :: Tutor Conference :: June 9 2018


READ/San Diego’s 28th Annual
Tutor Conference
June 9, 2018
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
University of San Diego

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Maryanne Wolf
How the Reading Brain Changes
Our Understanding of Instruction, Dyslexia, and the Digital Culture

READ/San Diego hosts an annual tutor conference open to all volunteer tutors as well as professional adult teachers at the University of San Diego. This exciting event is full of workshops and lectures given by literacy experts at major leading institutions around the country. This year our keynote speaker is Dr. Maryann Wolf, author of Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain.


STRAND 1 8:30-9:45 a.m.
1Smartphones Meet Literacy: Engage your Learners with an App!
2 The Understanding that Grew from Tupac: Poetry as a Bridge to Reading
Comprehension - Double Session
3 So that’s why there is a in sign, in two and we spell every with three syllables! - Double Session
4 Ten Strategies That Support Comprehension - Double Session
5 Systematic Written Instruction from Language Building to Paragraphs
6 Helping Students with Workplace Communication

STRAND 2 10:00-11:15 a.m.
7 How an App Can Accelerate Math Progress ABE to HSE
8 The Understanding that Grew from Tupac: Poetry as a Bridge to Reading Comprehension - Double Session
9 So that’s why there is a in sign, in two and we spell every with three syllables! - Double Session
10 Ten Strategies That Support Comprehension - Double Session
11 23 Sounds First™
12 Helping Students with Workplace Communication - Repeat

STRAND 3 1:45-3:00 p.m.
13 Smartphones Meet Literacy: Engage your Learners with an App! - Repeat
14 Learner as Author: Visual Storytelling as Literacy Tutoring Tool - Double Session
15 Rime Magic: Fast Success for Struggling Readers
16 Ten Strategies That Support Comprehension - Double Session
17 Worth a Thousand Words: Using Graphic Novels in Adult Literacy Learning - Double Session
18 Teaching Civics and Citizenship to Immigrants - Double Session

STRAND 4 3:15-4:30 p.m.
19 How an App Can Accelerate Math Progress ABE to HSE - Repeat
20 Learner as Author: Visual Storytelling as Literacy Tutoring Tool - Double Session
21 Rime Magic: Fast Success for Struggling Readers - Repeat
22 Ten Strategies That Support Comprehension - Double Session
23 Worth a Thousand Words: Using Graphic Novels in Adult Literacy Learning - Double Session
24 Teaching Civics and Citizenship to Immigrants - Double Session

Sunday, November 19, 2017

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: 2017 Tutor Conference

READ/San Diego 2017 Tutor Conference
READ/San Diego: 6.27.2017






READ/San Diego - Adult and Family Literacy Services

READ/San Diego is a free literacy instruction service for adults 18 years and older. This award winning program has become a model for the country. It is staffed with literacy professionals, who work with community organizations and coordinate the efforts of volunteer reading tutors to teach adults to read and write, and improve literacy in San Diego.

At any given time, there are up to 150 people on a waiting list to take advantage of this free literacy program. Helping someone learn to read is giving them the gift of knowledge with the power to change their entire world! Your volunteerism can help change lives!  READ MORE >>

Sunday, May 21, 2017

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: Tutor Conference :: June 10

READ/San Diego’s 27th Annual
Tutor Conference
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
University of San Diego

Join READ/San Diego, literacy tutors, teachers, and literacy professionals from across California for a day of informative and enjoyable hands-on workshops. Twenty-four workshops are scheduled in four strands, with a catered luncheon served between the strands featuring keynote speaker Dr. Stephen Krashen.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Stephen Krashen
Literacy Development: The Easy Way is the Only Way


Dr. Stephen D. Krashen, professor emeritus at the University of Southern California, is a linguistics expert specializing in the theories of language acquisition and development, a field in which he has authored nearly 500 publications.

Workshops
Smartphones Meet Literacy: Engage your Learners with an App
Strategies for Success: Supporting our English Learners’ 21st Century Readiness
Comparative Approaches to Teaching Phonics
Test-taking Tips: Top Ten Strategies for Student Success GED
The Refugee Experience and Vocational ESL
Poetry of Tupac Shakur as a Bridge to College Level English Composition
Building Fundamentals in Mathematical Reasoning
Picture Books Aren’t Just for Children
Knowing a Word v. Owning a Word: Best Practices for Deeper Vocabulary
Using Qualitative Data Collection Methods as a Means to Capture Tutor-Learner Progress

Register online: Friends of READ/San Diego
or fax form to (619) 533-3217
June 5 Early Registration: $35
After June 5, the registration fee is $45
Please make your personal check or money order payable to:
Friends of the READ/San Diego Literacy

READ/San Diego is a free literacy instruction service for adults 18 years and older. This award winning program has become a model for the country. It is staffed with literacy professionals, who work with community organizations and coordinate the efforts of volunteer reading tutors to teach adults to read and write, and improve literacy in San Diego.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego Annual Tutor Conference

READ/San Diego Annual Tutor Conference

On June 11, 2016, READ/San Diego hosted its 26th Annual Tutor Conference at the

The conference featured an impressive lineup of presenters for a day of informative, enjoyable, hands-on workshops. The conference workshops focused on strategies for teaching vocabulary, grammar, word recognition, online resources and technical tools for tutors, phonics, reading comprehension, math, ESL, and GED preparation.

A catered luncheon was served featuring keynote speaker Dr. Danny Brassell’s presentation "The Reading Makeover."

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: Reading Turns Woman’s Life Around

Reading turns woman’s life around
San Diego Union Tribune: 5.22.2016 by  John Wilkens

With its nationally ranked universities and thriving science and engineering hubs, San Diego County is increasingly known as a place for smart people. More than 60 percent of those who move here now have college degrees, according to one recent study.

It’s also home to almost a half-million adults who are illiterate. They can’t help their kids with homework, can’t fill out job applications, can’t read this story.

Amelia Sandoval used to be one of them.

Born in San Diego, she grew up in a household with a mother who was there in theory and a father who wasn’t there at all, she said. She was left alone sometimes with a TV and a cat as companions.

“School,” she said, “wasn’t really enforced.”

She stopped going in the fifth grade. Authorities put her in foster care, but she kept running away to hang out downtown. “I sold drugs, stole stuff and did whatever I wanted to do,” she said. “I had my own little crew.”

Stints in Juvenile Hall and child-protection receiving homes didn’t steer Sandoval from the course she was on. Being unable to read didn’t bother her much, either. “You don’t need to know how to read to pop open a car,” she said.

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A letter she couldn’t read

When people hear Sandoval’s story, they sometimes ask whether her parents had books in the home when she was growing up.

“Books?” she replies. “We were lucky if we had furniture.”

That’s not unusual among adults who are illiterate, said Valerie Hardie, administrator for READ/San Diego, the city library’s adult literacy program, which is where Sandoval went for help. “They grew up in homes where the parents didn’t read well, there were no books in the home, and they couldn’t model a life of learning,” she said.

Others had health issues as children that took them out of school, or had learning disabilities that went undiagnosed or were poorly understood.  READ MORE @



Sunday, May 22, 2016

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: Tutor Conference :: June 11 2016

READ/San Diego
TUTOR CONFERENCE
June 11
University of San Diego

Keynote Speaker:  Danny Brassell
America’s Leading Reading Ambassador


Join internationally-acclaimed speaker and best-selling author Danny Brassell as he teaches you the “ABCs” of creating a successful literacy program. You’ll learn how to foster increased access to engaging reading materials and ways to facilitate a positive reading environment in this highly interactive keynote address.

READ/San Diego is a free literacy instruction service for adults 18 years and older. This award winning program has become a model for the country. It is staffed with literacy professionals, who work with community organizations and coordinate the efforts of volunteer reading tutors to teach adults to read and write, and improve literacy in San Diego.

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

San Diego Public Library :: READ San Diego : : Tutor Conference - June 13

25th Annual Tutor Conference
June 13, 2015
8 am – 4:30 pm
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
University of San Diego
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Howard Liebman
founder of Smart Horizons Career Online Education

June 8: Early Registration rate of $35
After June 9, the registration fee is $45.

Join literacy tutors, teachers and literacy professionals for a day of informative, enjoyable, hands-on workshops. The conference features 24 workshops that focus on strategies for teaching vocabulary, grammar, word recognition, online resources and technical tools for tutors, phonics, reading comprehension, math, ESL, and GED preparation.

A catered luncheon will be served between the strands and will feature keynote speaker Dr. Howard Liebman's presentation "Better Understanding and Addressing Educational Trauma to Re-Engage Students Back into the Educational System."

Comprehension Practice :: Meaning Through Strategic Thinking
Comparative Approach :: Teaching Phonics
Knowing a Word v. Owning a Word
Tutoring Tips @ Your Fingertips
Paving the Way :: Workplace Readiness
. . . and More !

For more information, call (619) 238-6603 or check out the Brochure.

Thursday, July 31, 2014

San Diego Public Library :: READ / San Diego Tutor Conference - Keynote

READ/San Diego's 24th Annual Tutor Conference
By SDPL READ/San Diego Adult Literacy Program
June 14

Literacy tutors, teachers and literacy professionals from across California came together for a day of informative and enjoyable hands-on workshops.


A catered luncheon featured Keynote Speaker Mindy Kornhaber.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego’s 24th Annual Tutor Conference: June 14, 2014

24th Annual Tutor Conference
June 14, 2014
8 am – 4:30 pm
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
University of San Diego
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Mindy L. Kornhaber

June 9: Early Registration rate of $35 ends June 9, 2014
After June 9, the registration fee is $45.

Join literacy tutors, teachers and literacy professionals from across California for a day of informative and enjoyable hands-on workshops. Twenty-eight workshops are scheduled in four strands, with breaks midway through the strands. A catered luncheon will be served between the strands and will feature Keynote Speaker Mindy Kornhaber.

Accent Reduction Techniques-Tips for Adult Learners: Margaret Watkins
Assisting Struggling Readers & Writers (p 1&2): Kathy St. John
Banish Boredom! Engage-em Activities: Tamarie Tigh
Comparative Approaches to Teaching Phonics (p 1&2): Elena Mendoza
Critical Thinking Strategies for Your ESL Students: Karyn Crowe-Ruiz
Effective Lesson Planning: Sue Pon
Evidence Based Reading Strategies Improve Comprehension (p 1&s): Guillermo Verdin
Reasoning & Rigor from the Beginning (p 1&2): Jayme Adelson-Goldstein
Tap That App: Susan Vega
The New Ged 2014 (p 1&2): Tom Brewer

For more information, call (619) 238-6603 or check out the Brochure.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

San Diego Public Library - READ/San Diego - 2011 Tutor Conference


READ/San Diego 

June 11, 2011
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
University of San Diego

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Robert Brooks, a clinical psychologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, who is an internationally recognized speaker on motivation, resilience, family relationships, and balancing personal and professional lives. He will speak on The Power of Mindsets: Strategies for Nurturing Hope and Resilience.

Workshop Highlights:

21st Century Skills & Digital Literacy
Marian Thacher, OTAN

Picture is Worth 1000 Words
Tracy Block-Zaretsky, Dyslexia Training Institute

Techniques Teaching Speech, Pronunciation, Listening
Marsha Chan, Mission College

Learner Centered-Process Oriented Writing
Graham, Halstead, & Slater, Cuyamaca College

Thursday, May 6, 2010

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego - 20th Annual Tutor Conference 2010


READ/San Diego: 20th Annual Tutor Conference
June 12, 2010
Joan B Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
University of San Diego


The READ/San Diego conference will feature an impressive lineup of presenters including the luncheon keynote speaker Maryanne Wolf, internationally known researcher and author of the critically acclaimed book, Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain.

Geared to provide literacy tutors with tools and techniques they can implement immediately, the conference will feature workshops strands on learning disabilities, pronunciation, phonics, family literacy, writing, comprehension, GED preparation strategies and the latest brain-based research:

Survival Skills-Role of Executive Functions
Practical Strategies Improve Fluency
Comparative Approaches Teaching Phonics
Picture is Worth 1000 Words
Promoting Clearer Pronunciation
Helping Elementary M School Reading Writing
Teaching Grammar in Context
Teaching GED Prep
Making Most of Conversation Practice
English Lang Skills-Parents, Child Care Providers
Understanding Learning Challenges, Styles


Full Conference: $30.00
Luncheon Only: $15.00
Deadline: June 10, 2010

For additional information, please contact READ/San Diego
619 . 527 . 5475

Monday, June 8, 2009

San Diego Public Library :: READ San Diego - 2009 Tutor Conference

READ/San Diego’s
19th Annual Tutor Conference
June 13, 2009
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, USD

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Sandra L. McBrayer, Children’s Initiative
Perseverance and Commitment Can Change a Life

READ/San Diego provides opportunities for learning and practicing innovative teaching skills. Join literacy tutors, teachers and literacy professionals from across California for a day of informative, enjoyable, hands-on workshops. 14 workshops are scheduled in 2 strands, with breaks midway through the strands. 619 . 527 . 5475

Some of the Workshops:

Understanding Learning Challenges and Learning Styles
Teaching Adults to Read: Fluency
Making the Most of Conversation Practice
U.S.A. Learns and Friends: Web-based Learning Tools for ESL Students
Health Literacy Curriculum for Beginning Level ABE Students
Teaching Adults to Read: Vocabulary
Ritin R EZ: Teaching Writing to Basic Literacy Students
Selecting Age Appropriate Materials
I Need to Pass the GED Now !



Wednesday, June 11, 2008

PDD @ SCLLN: Blogs and Wikis


Professional Development Day
San Diego CA
June 13, 2008

This posting is about the 'Wacky for Wikis' session which was also presented @ the READ/San Diego Tutor Conference, June 14. There were also sessions about: Volunteer Management, Persistence and Adult Learner Book Clubs.

Wacky for Wikis is an overview of blogs and wikis: brief look at the where and how they began, reasons to have a one or both, how to, and a brief demo on how easy it is to post, to link, to upload photos, etc.

Viewed 2 videos about Blogs:
~ Blogs in Plain English by Commoncraft

Blogging as Revolutionary as Gutenberg Press by Chris CreeMarch 7, 2008
When Johannes Gutenberg developed his movable type printing press in the early 1400’s it revolutionized the publishing industry in many of the same ways that the recent development of blogging is.
. . . . .
Here are just a few of the ways that the movable type printing press was revolutionary.

Faster
Cheaper
Wider Distribution
Mass Communication

The internet is transforming how information is being transmitted. However publishing that information to the web still required Today’s blogging is an order of magnitude leap in publishing technology on the same level as Gutenberg’s press was over the scribes of his day. READ MORE

Also looked at some examples:
~ see SCLLN Tutor Conference-Feb 22 post.

Watched Commoncraft's video on wikis and Wetpaint's 'How Do Wikis Work.'

Where and how to compare wiki platforms @ Wikimatrix: Select the Wikis you want to compare, then press the button.

Some other blogs and wikis mentioned during the sessions:
~ Burbank Public Library blog
~ literacyspace blog
~ DLC Adult Literacy Community
~ Families for Literacy at SF Bay Area Libraries
~ Exemplary Literacy Materials Online (ELMO)
~ Adult Literacy Education (ALE) Wiki
~ Burbank Public Library Wiki / Littlewiki

graphic from: Curso Sobre Wikis