Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events :: April 2017

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events

April 2017

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National –

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

Southern California & California

Financial Literacy Month

National Poetry Month

School Library Month

Apr 01   Catesol Regional Northern California Pacific Grove

Apr 01   International Edible Book Festival - Books2Eat

Apr 01   Literary Orange Festival of Authors Newport Beach Marriott

Apr 01   Young People’s Poetry Day

Apr 02   International Children's Book Day

Apr 02+ Adult Education Week @CCAEState

Apr 03   Introduction to Structured Word Inquiry Cyberspace Apr 3-May 26

Apr 03   Overview of Dyslexia Screening Cyberspace Apr 3-Apr 28

Apr 03   Overview of Orton Gillingham Approach Cyberspace Apr 3-Apr 28

Apr 09+ California Library Week @CAStateLibrary

Apr 09+ National Library Week "Libraries Transform""

Apr 11   National Library Workers Day

Apr 12   Drop Everything & Read Day

Apr 12   National Bookmobile Day

Apr 16+ Cowboy Poetry Week

Apr 17   Haiku Poetry Day

Apr 18+ BOOST Conference Palm Springs CA

Apr 22   CATESOL Regional San Diego Palomar College

Apr 22+ Los Angeles Times Festival of Books USC

Apr 22+ Money Smart Week

Apr 23   World Book Night

Apr 23+ National Volunteer Week

Apr 25   Build Your Political Literacy Skills for Advocacy Webinar 3p EDT

Apr 24+ Dyslexia Virtual Conference Dyslexia Training Institute Cyberspace

Apr 29   Black Writers on Tour Carson Community Center

Apr 29   California Bookstore Day

Apr 29   YALLWEST Santa Monica Library

Apr 29   Indie Bookstore Day

Apr 30   Dia: El día de los niños/El día de los libros @ Public/School Libraries

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poets & Writers Los Angeles Literary Events Calendar

California Book Festivals

Poetry Flash – So & No California

Storytelling Association of California

Literacy Library Jobs :: California :: Altadena :: Yolo Co

Literacy Library Jobs – California

Branch Manager & Literacy Librarian - FT

Altadena Library

recruiting a Branch Manager & Literacy Services Librarian to oversee the Bob Lucas Branch Library and our well established Literacy Program.

DEADLINE: APR 14

Coordinator - Adult and Family Literacy Program

Extra Help Outreach Specialist I

Yolo County Library

work with a diverse team of library staff, communities and partners and is a primary contact and resource for volunteer tutors and learners while performing a variety of activities, including but not limited to, volunteer intake and management, curriculum development and literacy assessments, special program implementation, trainings, orientations, marketing and publicity, and grant management including data analysis and recording, budget spending, statistics, and demographics

DEADLINE:  OPEN

BayNet Library and Information Network

CalOpps

Library Jobs in California

UCLA Department of Information Studies

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar :: April 2017

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar

April 2017

For Local, California and National

Literacy or Library Conferences and Events

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

Calendar

Walk Run READ

Huntington Beach Literacy

Gift of Literacy Luncheon

Newport Beach Library

Apr 01 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Crestline 12:30p

Apr 01 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Rialto 10a

Apr 01 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Lake Arrowhead 1p

Apr 04 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 12N

Apr 05 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Fontana 5p

Apr 06 Adult Literacy Tutor Training READ/San Diego Mission Library 6p

Apr 06 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation South Bay Literacy Torrance Library 7p

Apr 08 Walk Run READ Huntington Beach Library Huntington Beach Library

Apr 08 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library 29 Palms 9a

Apr 08 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Yucca Valley 9a

Apr 08 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Adelanto 12N

Apr 10 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Redlands Library 6p
Apr 10 How to Spot Fake News Natl Library Week Downey Library 6:30p

Apr 12 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Whittier Literacy Council 11a

Apr 12 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Barstow 11:30a

Apr 13 Adult Literacy Learner Orientation Newport Beach Library 10a

Apr 13 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 6p

Apr 15 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Diego County Library El Cajon 10a

Apr 17 Adult Literacy Volunteer Orientation Corona Library 7p

Apr 18 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Hesperia 3p

Apr 19 Volunteer Tutor Appreciation Whittier Area Literacy 5p

Apr 20 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation READ/OC Library 1p

Apr 20 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation READ/OC Library 6p
Apr 20 Literacy Scrabble Night Azusa Library 6p

Apr 21 Gift of Literacy Luncheon Newport Beach Library 11a

Apr 22 Adult Literacy Tutor Workshop READ/OC Library 9a

Apr 22 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Apple Valley 10a

Apr 26 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Newport Beach Library 10a

Apr 27 Adult Literacy Tutor Training READ/San Diego Allied Gardens/Benjamin Library 6p

Beverly Hills Library Adult Literacy: last Friday month 10:30 - 12 N

LAPL Adult Literacy volunteers receive 7 hours of Online Instruction

Local Tutor Workshops :: Always Scrolling in the Right Frame

Redlands Library :: SCLLN Writer To Writer Award Winner

Friends of A.K. Smiley Public Library

Facebook: 3.09.2017

Saturday, February 25th SCLLN Southern California Library Literacy Network held their 17th Annual Writer to Writer Awards brunch.

The Adult Literacy Program is proud that so many learners and tutors took part in the contest. Recognized at the event was Rosio Perez, First Place Winner in the Beginning Writer category. She read the book “Who Was Harriet Tubman” and wrote a letter to the author describing how the book influenced her life.

Also recognized with participant certificates were Willaim Acuna, Sonia Gutierrez, Lastenia Rozo, and Monica Sanchez. We were also honored to have four judges selected from our program – Martha Romo, Ana Alcantar, Wensung Hsu, and Tanya Kaufman.

Congratulations to Rosio and all our participants.

Literacy Library Jobs :: Yolo County

Literacy Library Jobs – California

Coordinator - Adult and Family Literacy Program

Extra Help Outreach Specialist I

Yolo County Library

work with a diverse team of library staff, communities and partners and is a primary contact and resource for volunteer tutors and learners while performing a variety of activities, including but not limited to, volunteer intake and management, curriculum development and literacy assessments, special program implementation, trainings, orientations, marketing and publicity, and grant management including data analysis and recording, budget spending, statistics, and demographics

DEADLINE:  OPEN

BayNet Library and Information Network

CalOpps

Library Jobs in California

UCLA Department of Information Studies

Santa Monica Library :: Literacy at the Library

Literacy at the Library

Santa Monica Daily Press: 3.18.2017 by Nancy Bender

310-458-8646

If you only visit the Library to check-out books or DVDs, you’re missing a huge part of what Santa Monica Public Library has to offer. Did you know that there is a Library program going on, at one or more of our locations, pretty much every day of the year? In 2016 the Library presented over 1,900 programs that drew over 65,800 participants. We have programs of all types – book discussions, crafts, computer classes, author talks, film screenings, concerts – and for all ages.

While some of these programs are totally, completely, unabashedly for fun – how about a screening of The Secret Life of Pets, anyone? – many are educational in nature and, of those, some speak specifically to learning skills that advance one’s literacy, or “competence or knowledge in a specified area.” Our programs include everything from Story Times for babies and children to computer classes for adults; all with the goal of boosting literacy.

This year, the Santa Monica Public Library (SMPL) expands its educational offerings by launching a new Adult Literacy Program, made possible by a California Library Literacy Grant. The program features volunteer adult literacy tutors working one-on-one with adult learners, helping them learn or improve their reading and writing skills. This new program is part of a larger umbrella of learning programming at the Library.

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Santa Monica Public Library’s Pico Branch offers LEAMOS, a pre-ESL online literacy course for Spanish speakers looking to learn or improve reading and writing skills. The Library has teamed up with the Adult Education Center to host ESL classes, with community and SMMUSD parents receiving priority registration. The first series of classes runs from January through June of this year, with the plan to continue with additional sessions after that.  READ MORE @

CLA 2017 Day In The District :: SCA 3-Dodd :: State Budget

CLA 2017 Day in the District

CLA: March 2017

What is “Day in the District?”

“Day in the District” is an effective way to build relationships with your legislator(s) by concentrating your time with the legislator in his or her district office, rather than at the busy State Capitol. Developing relationships with new legislators and bolstering your relationship with continuing legislators is incredibly important for the success of CLA’s advocacy platform.

Library directors, staff, Friends groups and trustees, literacy advocates, and other supporters are encouraged to schedule appointments with their legislators during the month of March.

Advocacy Issue: SCA 3-Dodd (library construction bonds – 55% vote approval)

Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) has introduced SCA 3, which seeks to lower the local voter threshold for library construction bonds from the current two-thirds vote to a 55% vote. CLA is the official sponsor of SCA 3 and we will be actively working to secure passage of the legislation in the legislature.

Advocacy Issue: State Budget

The Governor’s 2017-18 State Budget does not include any new increases for library funding. Due to the Governor’s concerns over a future economic downturn, as well as the uncertainty surrounding federal Budget issues, the Governor released a prudent Budget in January, which “holds the line” on current library funding.

Due to term limits, many of the “library champions” for CLA have recently departed the legislature. CLA is looking for the next generation of “library champions” in the California State Senate and Assembly. Could your legislator be our next library leader?  

    

Materials

·  Tips for Lobbying Your Legislator

·  Key Committee Members

·  Sample Letter

·  Day in the District Ideas

·  SCA 3 Fact Sheet

·  CLA Legislative Visit Worksheet

·  California Public Libraries and CENIC

Helpful Links

·  Find your Assembly Member or State Senator

·  Locate and track bills in the California State Legislature

CLA Call to Action :: Phone Your Representatives Today :: President's Budget to Eliminate Federal Library Funding

FEDERAL BUDGET NEWS - YOUR ACTION REQUESTED TODAY!

CLA Latest News: March 2017

                         

Dear California Library Community:

If you have not yet seen the news this morning, the new Federal budget (among other things) eliminates the IMLS. 

ALA Press Release – President’s budget proposal to eliminate federal library funding 'counterproductive and short-sighted'

·  Budget from White House – America First

·  Details about the budget – What Trump cut in his budget

      Washington Post: 3.16.2017 by Kim Soffen and Denise Lu 

Read related:  Trump federal budget 2018: Massive cuts to the arts, science and the poor

Members of House Appropriations 

· Calvert, 42^nd District  (Corona/IE)

· Valadao, 21^st District (Hanford)

· Roybal-Allard, 40^th District (Commerce)

· Lee, 13^th District (East Bay)

· Aguilar, 31^st District (San Bernardino/IE)

·   Library Services & Technology Act Funding in California

·  2015-2016 LSTA Funds by District

Please get on the phone with your representatives today, this is urgent.

Helen McAlary,

President, California Library Association

Ventura Co Library :: Read to a Child and Support Adult Literacy

Editorial: Read to a child and support adult literacy

Ventura County Star: 3.01.2017

Thursday is our national day to promote and celebrate reading. In classrooms across our county and nation, teachers, parents and other guests will be reading to children as part of Read Across America Day.

This annual event created by the National Education Association in 1998 and held on and around the birthday of the late Theodor Seuss Geisel — Dr. Seuss — offers everyone a wonderful chance to get involved in their local schools and support education and literacy.

Literacy, however, is not just an issue for children. About 18 percent of adults 16 to 65 years old in the United States struggle with basic reading and comprehension, according to the U.S. Department of Education. So today is also a good day to applaud a local program that has been working to improve adult literacy in Ventura County for more than three decades.

The Ventura County library system’s READ Adult Literacy Program — featured in a Star story last week — has been offering free help with reading and writing for English-speaking adults since 1984. It trains volunteers to provide weekly, one-on-one reading and writing tutoring for adults, with sessions held at libraries, schools, jails and other facilities throughout the county.  READ MORE @

Carlsbad Library :: How to Use the Library's Tablets

Happy New Year :: Carlsbad Library Literacy

Carlsbad Learning Connection:  Jan/Feb 2017

As the new year begins we would like to give you more information about the tablets in the tutoring rooms.

There are instructions in the room: “How to Use the Library’s Samsung Tablets.”  These go through how to use the tablets step-by-step, from turning them on to the different apps available.

There are three apps we would like to highlight for you.  The first is the “US Citizenship” app.  It uses flashcards and practice tests to help improve skills for the citizenship test.

The second app is “Sight Words Wiz.”  This app has different levels of sight words that are read out loud to the learner who then chooses the correct word from a list.

The last app is “The Oxford English Dictionary” which is a great tool for looking up definitions.  No matter what apps you use, the tablets are a great resource to try.  If you need any help, or have suggestions on apps to add, please let a staff member know.  READ MORE @

#Mar16 Adult #Literacy Tutor Orientation 6 pm

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In this week's GG podcast, we talk about abbreviations,

runcible spoons, and haiku. And then the murders began.

@GrammarGirl  Mar 9

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The Wonderful World of Podcasts

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@TheCodpast  Mar 8

In honor of #InternationalWomensDay

here's our episode on strikes

@SYSKPodcast Mar 8

Past simple and past continuous

#English #LearningEnglish

@englishflows  Mar 7