California Literacy Calendar: February 2010

California Literacy Calendar: February 2010

SCLLN Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

-local, California and National Conferences-

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Southern California Literacy Library Events

Feb 2 12pm: Literacy Tutor Orientation = Carlsbad Library
Feb 3: What is Dyslexia: Introduction = On Line Cyber Space
Feb 3 6pm: Literacy Tutor Orientation - Newport Beach Public Library
Feb 5-7: Riverside Dickens Festival Riverside CA
Feb 5: Evening with the Stars - READ/San Diego
Feb 6 10am: Sensory Friendly Film: The Tooth Fairy
AMC Covina, Ontario Mills, Orange, SD, Torrance, Woodland Hills
Feb 10 5:45pm: Learner Orientation - READ/San Diego
Feb 11 6pm: Literacy Tutor Orientation = Carlsbad Library
Feb 12-14: Reaching, Teaching & Motivating A How-to Conference for Teachers - Riverside CA
Feb 13: Scrabble-Thon for Literacy- Escondido Public Library
Feb 13 10am: Learning Disabilities Adult Support Group Providence Tarzana Medical Center
Feb 18 6pm: Tutor Workshop - READ/San Diego
Feb 20 10am: Tutor Training - Los Angeles Public Library
Feb 20 10am: Tutor Training – LEARN San Diego Co
Feb 23 7:30pm: Learning Disabilities Parent Support Group The Help Group - Sherman Oaks CA
Feb 25: 9:45am: Learner Orientation - READ/San Diego

FEB 27: SCLLN Annual Tutor/Learner Conference – Holiday Inn Buena Park

California & National Literacy EventsFebruary: National African American Read-IN
Feb 2-4: Read. Write. Act. National Conference Cyberspace
Feb 3-6: NABE 2009 - Denver
Feb 3-6: World Dyslexia Forum UNESCO - Paris
Feb 6-9: National Reading Recovery Literacy Conference - Columbus
Feb 6 9am: Teaching Reading: What Works and Why - San Rafael CA
Feb 9: Transliteracy Conference - Leicester UK
Feb 12-15: Southern California Writers' Conference - San Diego
Feb 12-14: CATE 2010 - LA CA
Feb 16-18: NAREN Annual Conference -Panama City FL
Feb 17-20: International Reading Assc = West Regional - Portland OR
Feb 17-20: Learning Disability Association - Baltimore MD
Feb 17-19: Literacy Promise Conference - Salt Lake City UT
Feb 19-21: Reaching At-Promise Students - San Diego CA
Feb 19-20: CARS+ - San Diego CA
Feb 25: Accelerating the Reading Skills English Language Learners – Pomona CA
Feb 26-28: Southern California Kindergarten Conference Pasadena CA
Feb 26: Accelerating the Reading Skills English Language Learners - Long Beach CA

Beaumont Library: To Teach How Best To Read To Children Literacy Matters

Beaumont Program To Teach How Best To Read To Children
“Literacy Matters”
Press Enterprise: January 26, 2010 by Monique R Henderson

Many parents, grandparents and other caregivers have heard that they should be reading to the children in their lives.

But Beaumont Library District Program Manager Lucy Sims says that often, adult patrons have questions about exactly how they should read to children, and how children can benefit most from the practice.

Those and other questions will be addressed by UCLA professor and author Virginia Walter on Thursday evening in a free literacy program at the Beaumont Civic Center.

Walter is a professor and chairwoman of the Department of Information Studies in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA.

Beaumont Civic Center - 550 E Sixth St
6:30 p.m. Thursday; registration begins at 6:15
Information: 951 . 845 . 1357

2010 SCLLN Literacy Conference

SCLLN Literacy Conference 2010: Feb 27

Buena Park Holiday Inn: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Lunch: 25th Anniversary Commemorative Celebration

“Learner Leaders Speak”
Presented by graduates of the Adult Learner Leadership Institute (ALLI)
What does it mean to be a learner leader? Here’s an opportunity to hear from a panel of graduates from the ALLI program in an interactive and roundtable format.
Learner Strand

“7 Keys to Decoding”
William Byrne, Literacy Coordinator, Burbank Public Library
cv - cvc - cvce - cvvc - cv + r - cvcc + le - workshop
Solve the Puzzle – Win a Prize!
Tutor-Learner pairs are encouraged to attend this workshop together.

“Teaching Adults to Read: Vocabulary”
Kathy St. John, Literacy Consultant
Participants will learn about approaches for identifying vocabulary words that should be taught and will practice making instructional decisions about vocabulary.

Early Bird Registration: Feb 15, 2010
- click here for Form -
Win A Free Admission – see Q below

$ 35.00: SCLLN Tutors and Staff
$ 10.00: Adult Learners
$ 50.00: Non-Members
Luncheon Commemorative Only: $35.00

Win 1 Ticket to the 2010 SCLLN Conference

Be the 1st person to answer this Q as a Comment to this Post

Only Tutors, Learners or Public are eligible to Win !
Employees of SCLLN programs, its affiliates, subsidiaries,
and their immediate families and household members are not eligible.

What was the SCLLN Group Facebook post about on Dec 22, 2009 ?

New Website Boosts Healthcare Communication

New Website Boosts Healthcare Communication
Health Literacy San Diego
January 2010

A new website to help address health literacy challenges faced by patients and healthcare programs has been launched - a joint project of the Community Health Improvement Partners (CHIP) and the San Diego Council on Literacy. The website content will help improve patient healthcare by arming providers and literacy service programs with information and other resources that will close communication gaps.

"Health literacy" is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000).

Jose Cruz, CEO for the San Diego Council on Literacy, says, "Too often, the literacy abilities, language, or culture of patients clashes with the literature, language, and culture of the healthcare service provider."

Stocked with information that helps healthcare providers and literacy organizations gather information to improve services for patients whose healthcare is affected by communication barriers. The website features readability tools, training resources, curriculum information for low-literate populations, and literacy resources.

Newsletters:
Health Literacy in General
Health Literacy Curriculum
Training for Health Care Professionals
Health Literacy Website

2010 SCLLN Literacy Conference

SCLLN Literacy Conference 2010

Feb 27

Buena Park Holiday Inn

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

“Teaching Adults to Read: Fluency”Kathy St. John, Literacy Consultant
Discuss the characteristics of fluent reading and practice approaches to guided repeated oral reading.

“Tweets, Blogs, Facebook: The Advantages of Social Networking”
William Byrne, Literacy Coordinator, Burbank Public Library
Why 140 characters can be smart, useful, maybe even - necessary !

“Writer to Writer Challenge”
Donna Jones, Adult Learner, Past Writer To Writer Winner
Hints and tips on how to write a letter to an author telling him or her how their book changed your life or changed the way you see the world.
Learner Strand.

25th Anniversary Commemorative Celebration Luncheon
Early Bird Registration: Feb 15, 2010
- click here for Form -
Win A Free Admission – see Q below

$ 35.00: SCLLN Tutors and Staff
$ 10.00: Adult Learners
$ 50.00: Non-Members
Luncheon Commemorative Only: $35.00

Win 1 Ticket to the 2010 SCLLN Conference
Be the 1st person to answer this Q as a Comment to this Post

Only Tutors, Learners or Public are eligible to Win !
Employees of SCLLN programs, its affiliates, subsidiaries,
and their immediate families and household members are not eligible.

What was the SCLLN Group Facebook post about on Dec 22, 2009 ?

2010 SCLLN Literacy Conference

SCLLN Literacy Conference 2010: Feb 27

Buena Park Holiday Inn: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

“Tutor/Learner Roundtable”Jose Cruz, CEO: San Diego Council on Literacy
An interactive sharing of information about the fundamentals of learning, what works best for students and tutors, and challenges that teachers and learners face.

“Music, Rhyme, and Literacy”
Sal Morano, Library Supervisor—Literacy, Corona Public Library
and Rod Williams, Literacy Coordinator, Palmdale City Library
How to use song lyrics as a fun way to teach reading for comprehension, word families, phonics and spelling, and so much more. Tutor-learner pairs are encouraged to attend this workshop together.

“Scotopic Sensitivity”Marcia Tungate, SCLLN Alum, Past President
How to recognize it; how it affects your learners; what can be done about it.

Early Bird Registration: Feb 15, 2010
- click here for Form -

Win A Free Registration – see Q below

$ 35.00: SCLLN Tutors and Staff
$ 10.00: Adult Learners
$ 50.00: Non-Members
Luncheon 25th Commemorative Only: $35.00

From the beginning of the establishment of library literacy programs by the California State Library in 1984, library programs in Southern California have been meeting to share resources and ideas, and address literacy issues. The Southern California Library Literacy Network (SCLLN) was formalized in 1985.

Win 1 Ticket to the 2010 SCLLN Conference

Be the 1st person to answer this Q as a Comment to this Post

Only Tutors, Learners or Public are eligible to Win !
Employees of SCLLN programs, its affiliates, subsidiaries,
and their immediate families and household members are not eligible.

What was the SCLLN Group Facebook post about on Dec 22, 2009 ?

Literacy Tribune: January 2010

Literacy Tribune: January 2010

United Literacy, a non-profit organization, provides resources and support to adult literacy learners in the United States. Its aim is to make literacy education accessible and worthwhile for adult learners.

Main Story: 7 Keys to Spelling by Sylvester Pues
~Correct spelling uses a combination of techniques.

Member Spotlight: Johana Trevino by Alison Werner
~her nightmare started in 2nd grade when she was supposed to start learning to read.

Organization Spotlight: ProLiteracy by Alison Werner
~the world’s largest organization of adult basic education and literacy programs.

A History Lesson: Theodore Roosevelt by Alison Werner
~born Oct 1858 into a wealthy family living in New York City.

Technology Watch: Google Chrome by Daniel Pedroza, Writer & Learner
~a web browser is likely the most used program on any computer.

Daniel Pedroza will present a workshop on the Literacy Tribune @ the
Southern California Library Literacy NetworkAnnual Tutor / Learner Conference
February 27 @ the Buena Park Holiday Inn

The Literacy Tribune is looking for adult learner writers.
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