SCLLN Professional Development Day: Oct 19

SCLLN Professional Development Day

October 19, 2012: 9am – 4pm

Huntington Beach Library

7111 Talbert Ave

9:00 am – Noon Strand (Choice of W1 or W2)
Workshop 1:
Incorporating Technology in Your Literacy Program
Examine how to use devices such as e-readers, tablets, and smart phones in our literacy programs, answering questions such as:
- What mobile applications are appropriate for our adult learner population?
- Why use an e-reader instead of a book?
- What are some things to watch out for when adding these devices to your program?
In addition, we will explore websites such as ProLiteracy’s EdNet and the vast amount of resources available to literacy programs.
Presenters:
Susan Vega, Literacy Tutor/Learner Coordinator for READ/San Diego
Amy Crepeau, Literacy Specialist, Huntington Beach

Workshop 2:
Adult Learner Leadership Institute - ALLI
Adult Learners are given opportunities to develop leadership skills, make new friends, and work on projects that help their literacy program. Learn how ALLI was instituted, how it benefits your learners and your program, and how to utilize their new-found skills for success in your organization and beyond.
Presenters:
Carrie Scott, Community Outreach Supervisor, Carlsbad
Rosie Manela, Retired Literacy Director, Rancho Cucamonga

12:15-1:30 Lunch/SCLLN General Meeting

1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Strand
Workshop 3:
Collaborations
Raising awareness of literacy needs is an ongoing task. Collaborations and partnerships are important in order to broaden the audience for library literacy programs, and to maintain and strengthen our resources in times of scarce dollars. In this dynamic workshop, we will discuss collaboration basics including: why collaborations are important, who to reach out to, how to begin collaborations, best practices and challenges you might face.
Presenter:
Iosefa Alofaituli, Executive Director: Oak View Renewal Partnership, Huntington Beach

Registration:
$125 Before SEP 17
$150 After SEP 17
Payment due October 19

Diane Moseley
Phone: 714 . 375 . 5102
Fax:    714 . 841 . 3765

Professional Development Day: November 10

SCLLN Professional Development Day
November 10, 2011
@ California Library Association Conference7:00 am - 4:30 pm
Hilton Pasadena
168 South Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101

Join SCLLN for an info-packed day of workshops on leading your literacy program into the future and maximizing your impact with your stake holders:

Morning Sessions: 9am-11:15am [ choice of 1 ]
Sense & Sensibility
~ sensibly creating boundaries in literacy programs
Panel Discussion

Connecting With Your Community
~ building relationships
Cathay Reta, Literacy Coordinator
Azusa City Library

Afternoon Sessions: 1:45pm-4pm [ choice of 1 ]
Making the Most of Your VolunteerMatch Account
~ using new tools & features
Jennifer Bennett, Senior Manager Education & Training
VolunteerMatch

21st Century Skills & Digital Literacy
~ what do learners & tutors need to know
Marian Thacher, Director
OTAN

Registration: $175.00
Includes: Continental Breakfast and Lunch

Space is limited, please register as early as possible !

SCLLN Literacy Conference Fundraiser

SCLLN 2011 Literacy Conference Fundraiser

iPad Raffle
WiFi . . . 64GB
US Power Adapter - Camera Connection - Earphones/Mic

3 Ways to Purchase Tickets: $ 10.00 each

1. Buy @ Network for Good [ add a $1.00 processing fee ]
2. Call: 818 . 238 . 5577
3. Check Payable to: SCLLN and Mailed to:

Literacy Office

Burbank Public Library

110 N Glenoaks

Burbank CA 91502

SCLLN will Snail Mail Ticket(s)
FAX – copy of ticket(s) –include your Fax #
Email – Ticket Number(s) –include your email address

Winner Announced @ PDD Seminar - 10/15/10

! winner need not be present !

Support

“ The Best 1-Day Literacy Conference in California “

Registration #: RF0005486

Professional Development Day: October 15

SCLLN Professional Development Day

October 15, 2010

7:00 am - 4:30 pm

Holiday Inn Buena Park

7000 Beach Blvd - Buena Park

" Preparing For The Good Times "

Tired of focusing on how bad things are ?
Looking for ways to energize your program ?

Join SCLLN for an info-packed day of techniques, practices, and methods to position your literacy program for the upswing. A day of workshops on leading your literacy program into the future and maximizing your impact with your stake holders:

~ marketing
~ branding
~ volunteer management
~ outreach

Rekindle The Spark !

Start the day with a Mini-Workshop
~ a brainstorming session about best-practices and great new ideas.

Morning Sessions - choice of 1:
~ Marketing & Branding - practical, hands-on information
Karla Palma, Marketing & Advertising
~ Holistic Approach to Volunteer Management - Recruit, Retain, Support, Recognition
Cathay Reta, Literacy Consultant

Afternoon Sessions - choice of 1:
~ Outreach & Touch Someone - who are the stakeholders, how to build relationships
Bob West, Sales & Marketing
~ Rekindling the Spark - lost your enthusiasm, get it back
Carol Chapman, Program Manager-READ Ventura County Library
Marianne Tromp, Software Development

Registration: $175.00

Includes: Continental Breakfast, Lunch, and a Closing Session with snacks plus a drawing for an iPad

Deadline: October 5, 2010

Space is limited, please register as early as possible.

2009 CLA: Professional Development Day

Southern California Library Literacy Network
Professional Development Day

@ California Library Association Conference

October 30, 2009

President’s CONFERENCE MESSAGE

Welcome to the 111th California Library Association Annual Conference in beautiful Pasadena!

In the spirit of my theme of “Reach Out!”, this year’s Conference Committee has reached out to all types of libraries and beyond in order to bring you an eclectic mix of opportunities for continuing education. This program is packed with interesting workshops, poster sessions, and speakers as well as great choices for fun and social interaction.

In addition we are happy to be welcoming the Southern California Library Literacy Network to Conference as part of their annual professional development day. They are sharing registration and exhibits with us.

Beginning with a rousing and laughter-filled Opening Session, featuring Paula Poundstone, to appreciating the fun of customer service with the “Unshelved” duo of Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum, and ending with the inspiration of California’s 2009 “LJ Movers and Shakers,” the Conference is meant to provide you with much to take home.

Story continues below ↓

So learn from the Institutes and Workshops, network with colleagues, listen to inspiring and enjoyable speakers, then kick back and dine your way around town, enjoy the Phantom of the Opera themed casino night, and come honor the 2009 CLA award winners.

Remember to “Reach Out!” to each other! READ MORE !

PDD: October 30, 2009

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Register Online @: CLA

$ 175.00 for 1 morning session and 1 afternoon session
. . . If you register for both PDD & the CLA Conference there’s a $15.00 discount for each.

MORNING SESSIONS • 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

The Importance of Including Job Finding Skills in your Literacy Program

Presenters To Be Announced

Join this panel to discuss how to implement a job seeking program that will help keep learners competitive. Online job search, resume/application completion, and interview techniques will be presented in this hand’s on workshop.

Phonics: Basic Concepts & the Orton-Gillingham Approach
Tracy Block-Zaretsky

This workshop will be a highly interactive workshop to learn how to use multisensory techniques to learn/teach decoding (reading) and encoding (spelling) skills based on the Orton-Gillingham (O-G) approach.

AFTERNOON SESSIONS • 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Fundraising

Scott Ullman

Established in 1956 and today supported by close to 600 foundations, the Foundation Center is a national nonprofit service organization recognized as the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy. This course will help you understand how corporate donors differ from foundations, and where you can make inroads to gain their support and long-term commitment.

Simple Strategies to Make Technology Accessible, Relevant, and Engaging for Adult Literacy Learners and their Tutors

Brian Castagne

Join us for a relaxed and informative demonstration of one library-based adult literacy program’s simple and effective system to use off-the-shelf software (and their noggins) to support learner-tutor sessions and promote learner independence. We will cover lab portfolios, spelling and phonics software, word processing templates, text-to-speech software, e-mail, blogs, tutor training curricula, and interlibrary/interagency collaborations.

For More Information: 619 . 527 . 5475

PDD @ SCLLN: Blogs and Wikis

Southern California Library Literacy Network

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:

~ Why Blog by Business Week

~ 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

SCLLN Calendar: June 2008

June 2008
SCLLN Tutor Workshops and Events
More Info & Events @ SCLLN Calendar

Jun 13
SCLLN Professional Development Day
San Diego CA

Jun 14
READ/San Diego Tutor Conference - 18th Annual
Joan B Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice – UCSD

Jun 19: 6 pm
Tutor Training - Burbank Public Library
Burbank Public Library Auditorium

Jun 21: 10 am
Tutor Brunch - Monrovia Public Library
Monrovia Community Center

Jun 21: 10 am
Tutor Training - Beverly Hills PL
Beverly Hills Public Library

Jun 21: 10 am
Tutor Workshop - Palmdale City Library
Larry Chimbole Cultural Center

Jun 25: 6:30 pm
Tutor Orientation - Oceanside READS
Learning Center

Other Local Events & Conferences

Jun 7
Feria del Libro - Family Book Fair
Los Angeles City Hall

Jun 14
Los Angeles Black Book Expo 2008
Ahmanson Senior Center, Exposition Park
Los Angeles CA

Jun 28 – Jul 2
American Library Association 2008 Conference
Anaheim Convention Center
800 West Katella Avenue
Anaheim CA

Jun 29: 1:30 pm
Adult Learners: Helping Libraries Make MAGIC!
PLA @ ALA
Anaheim Convention Center
800 West Katella Avenue
Anaheim CA

SCLLN: Early Learning with Families - ELF

Southern California Library Literacy Network

General Meeting - May 15, 2008

A special presentation on Early Learning with Families-ELF by Barbara Neder, READ/OC

The California State Library (CSL) launched the Early Learning with Families (ELF) initiative in the summer of 2006. Its purpose is to help further strengthen public libraries in their important role as community centers helping families, caregivers and childcare providers acquire the resources and skills necessary to support the healthy development of very young children.

ELF is a resource for libraries as well as parents and caregivers. Has a focus on 6 pre-reading skills: Narrative Skills, Print Motivation, Vocabulary, Print Awareness, Letter Knowledge and Phonological Awareness.

Other resources and agencies highlighted during the session:

Literacy, Food, & Fitness (LFF)
Pat Jarvis, Families for Literacy Coordinator, developed a user-friendly, complete curriculum on healthy choices called Literacy, Food, and Fitness (LFF). The material is designed to be used during an FFL, MLLS, or library story time and includes an overview of the principles covered, story time tips, suggestions for books, finger plays and songs, parent handouts in English and Spanish, and more.

Children and Families Commission of Orange County

Kid Builder activities are an easy way to help your child grow in six areas: mind, words, body, relationships, safety and health.
The Kid Builder activities and information presented on this site are available as free downloadable material (Adobe pdf.) In: English, Spanish and Vietnamese.

First 5 California

is dedicated to improving the lives of California’s young children and their families through a comprehensive system of education, health services, childcare, and other crucial programs.

Annual Conference: May 22-23 in Anaheim CA

Pierce County Library System: Early Learning Resources

dedicated to helping parents and caregivers by providing excellent resources: These include Storytimes for Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers, packets of books for babies and theme packets for preschoolers, lists of excellent books, Stars accredited trainings, book bag deliveries, entertaining and educational programs at the library branches, and skilled Children’s Librarians that can lead you to fun and helpful resources:

Literacy Adventures - ideas and books about 15 topics, including: Airports, Bath Time, Bus Rides and Dining Out.

Podcasts about each of the Six Pre-Reading Skills

Zero to Three

A national nonprofit multidisciplinary organization that supports the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families.

Libraries in Southern California with ELF programs:

Alhambra, Beaumont, Los Angeles County, Downey, Glendora, LAPL, Mission Viejo, Monterey Park, Oceanside, Ontario, Orange County, Oxnard, Palm Springs, Palos Verdes, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga and Riverside County.

SCLLN Professional Development Conference 2008

SCLLN Professional Development Day

June 13, 2008

@ Holiday Inn Sea World - San Diego, CA

8:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Dear Literacy Professional:

This year we have another full day of workshops that were created as a result of the membership requests. The new location is in beautiful San Diego, close to beaches, shops, restaurants and the University of San Diego. This year, you can make it a weekend excellent workshops by attending the SCLLN Professional Development and READ/San Diego’s Tutor Conference the following day at the spectacular University of San Diego. We hope you are able to find two workshops that you are excited about and will help you hone your skills as an adult literacy professional. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact SCLLN.

Space is limited to 50 people for this conference.

Please return your registration form as soon as possible (see below).

HOLIDAY INN
3737 SPORTS ARENA BLVD.
SAN DIEGO, CA 92110
800-383-5430

Registration Fee: $175.00

(includes breakfast, two workshops, and afternoon snack).

Register Now.

Payment due prior to June 13, 2008

There will be no refunds after June 1, 2008

Accommodations @

San Diego Holiday Inn Sea World: 1-800-383-5430
Rate: 129.00 (Reference SCLLN for the special rate)

Workshops

A Strategic Approach to Volunteer Management: Stephen H. Velez-Confer
This participative workshop will focus on how volunteer management is part of the strategic positioning of the nonprofit. There will be a maximum opportunity for the participants to discuss volunteer management as strategic positioning.

To Persist or Not to Persist: Kathy St. John
Many programs are looking for strategies to increase their learners’ persistence. Research shows that adult learners spend an average of 58 hours in literacy activities in a program before leaving for a period of at least three months. This average falls far short of the 100 hours needed to make a grade-level gain. If programs can increase their learners’ persistence they can increase the chances that learners will make learning gains that will make a demonstrable difference in their lives.

Wacky for Wikis: Overview & Introduction to Blogs & Wikis: William S Byrne
Just what is a Wiki ? How is it different from a Blog ? Create a blog for your own Literacy Program. Or, an SCLLN Tutor/Learner Blog or Wiki tomorrow. It’s Easy. It's up and running in minutes.

Speaking of Reading: Starting a Book Club in your Literacy Program

Rod Williams and Sandy Phillips
Why should you consider starting a book club in your literacy program? How do you go about setting one up? How expensive is it? What are the benefits to adult learners? To volunteer tutors? To the program? Several Literacy Coordinators will discuss their clubs’ respective histories, challenges, logistics, and success stories during this workshop. Plenty of helpful handouts will be provided. If you’ve even considered starting a book club in your program, this is one workshop you won’t want to miss.

Registration Form

Name:

Current Position/Title:

Institutional Affiliation:

Preferred mailing Address:

Home Phone:

Work Phone:

Fax Number:

E-mail address:

Please check which workshops you would like to attend:

9:00-12:00□ A Strategic Approach to Volunteer Management
□ Wacky for Wikis: Overview & Introduction to Blogs & Wikis

12:15-1:30 Lunch

1:30-4:30□ To Persist or Not to Persist
□ Speaking of Reading: Starting a Book Club in your Literacy Program

Fax or email this sheet by May 20, 2008 to:

ksandmanhurley@sandiego.gov

Fax: 619-527-5485.

Send Payment to:

Rose Saylin, Literacy Specialist
Huntington Beach Library Literacy
7111 Talbert Ave.
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
714-375-5102 or 714-841-3765

SCLLN PDD Conference 2007

How To Integrate Technology into the Curriculum: May 11, 2007 by EducEdge

The Southern California Library Literacy Network, Inc. organized the SCLLN Professional Development Day in Anaheim, CA.

Workshops on Health Literacy by Kelli Sandman-Hurley, Learn to Use the Wilson Reading System by Marcia Tungate, Integrating Technology into the Curriculum by Sabine Reljic, and A Holistic Approach to Volunteer Management by Cathay Reta were offered to the SCLLN members.

My presentation/workshop addresses some interest in using web-based tools to support reading and writing instruction for low literacy adults. My ppt can be accessed here: How to Integrate Technology into the Curriculum

You are free to use the slides for your own workshop. I am only asking you to properly credit the slides contents to their original author as per the Creative Commons License.