Corona Library – Literacy Tutor Orientation

Corona Library – Literacy Tutor Orientation

Monday, April 18, 2022

6:30 pm

Corona Library

Adult Reading Assistance – Tutor

"Tutoring an Adult Learner gives me the feeling of being a contribution to my community and our community is our home."  - Tutor Margaret F.

You don't need any special skills, college degrees, or certificates - just interest, caring and patience.   If you do have experience with teaching, tutoring and/or working with people with special needs, we can definitely make use of those skills. Instructional books and materials are available for checkout at the library, and consumable workbooks and teacher's guides can be yours to keep.

Scheduling is flexible - meet any time the library is open. Free study rooms and a learning lab are available for your use, along with software specifically for the adult beginning reader.  Please call 951-279-3721.  READ MORE ➤➤

More Orientation Dates

May 16, 2022

June 27, 2022

Automatic Readability Checker

Grade Level: 11

Reading Level: difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. old

(Tenth to Eleventh graders)

 

Corona Library :: Steve Armstrong Literacy Award 2018

We Flippin' Love Our Volunteers!

Corona Inner Circle News: 10.17.2018

On Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018 the City of Corona Library and Recreation Services Department held their first annual department-wide Volunteer Recognition, “We Flippin’ Love You.” Aptly named for the pancake-themed brunch, 120 attendees shared thank-yous for the 16,101 hours of volunteer time they have contributed to the organization in the past calendar year.

With the help of these volunteers, the Library and Recreation Services Department has been able to provide vital services to the community in the form of funding, program assistance, program creation, and program implementation. Volunteers are an essential component to the success of programs taking place at the Senior Center, the Library, and the Circle City Center.  Considering that last fiscal year 373,000 patrons visited the library and 183,985 patrons attended a Library and Recreation program, volunteers directly impact Corona community members.

One such volunteer, Galen Howard, received the annual Steve Armstrong Literacy Award.  The Steve Armstrong Literacy Award originated in 2009 in honor of Steve Armstrong, former Corona Public Library Support Services Division Manager from 2002-2008. Each year the Adult Reading Assistance program selects a recipient of the award who demonstrates a high level of commitment to literacy.

Next Volunteer Orientation

November 19, 2018

Please visit the Corona Public Library

or call 951-736-2381

for more information!

Corona Library :: Adult Literacy Program

Corona Public Library Adult Literacy Program

Mar 30 2018

The Corona Public Library is proud to bring awareness to the global literacy needs, including those in our own community, and we are committed to providing resources to help make a positive change.

THE SHOCKING FACTS

According to ProLiteracy, every important social issue is impacted by low literacy.

• Children of parents with low literacy skills have a 72 percent chance of being at the lowest reading levels themselves.

• Of adults with the lowest literacy levels, 43 percent live in poverty, and 70% of adult welfare recipients have low literacy levels.

• Every year, one in six young adults—more than 1.2 million—drop out of high school.

The library’s Adult Reading Assistance Program provides free tutoring for English-speaking adults in basic reading and writing skills. Students are matched one-to-one with volunteer. Do you know someone who can take advantage of this resource? Encourage them to sign up! Are you passionate about making a difference? Volunteer to teach!

MEET YOUR GOALS

Meet with a tutor once or twice a week at the library, and reach your goals such as:

Filling out Job Applications

Writing Letters

Searching the Internet

Getting a Promotion

Reading to Children

Registering to Vote

GET STARTED

Please visit the Corona Public Library or call 951-736-2381 for more information!

VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION SCHEDULE

April 16 @ 7pm

May 21 @ 7pm

Corona Library :: International Literacy Day

International Literacy Day :: Corona Library

Inner Circle News: 9.06.2017

International Literacy Day (ILD), celebrated annually on September 8, shines a spotlight on global literacy needs. The Corona Public Library is acknowledging the day by helping to bring awareness to the community about the shocking facts related to low literacy and the resources available to help make a positive change!

THE SHOCKING FACTS

According to ProLiteracy, every important social issue is impacted by low literacy.

• Children of parents with low literacy skills have a 72 percent chance of being at the lowest reading levels themselves.
• Of adults with the lowest literacy levels, 43 percent live in poverty, and 70% of adult welfare recipients have low literacy levels.
• Every year, one in six young adults—more than 1.2 million—drop out of high school.

AVAILABLE RESOURCES

The Corona Public Library actively seeks to provide the highest quality resources to boost literacy and education through the Adult Reading Assistance Program and Career Online High School! 

The library’s Adult Reading Assistance Program provides free tutoring for English-speaking adults in basic reading and writing skills. Students are matched one-to-one with volunteer. Do you know someone who can take advantage of this resource? =Encourage them to sign up! Are you passionate about making a difference? Volunteer to teach! Contact Betty Luscher at (951) 736-2389.

Would you like to earn your High School Diploma? Corona Public Library, in partnership with the California State Library and Gale, part of Cengage Learning, is offering adults the opportunity to earn an accredited high school diploma and career certificate online through Career Online High School. The library’s program will provide a limited number of scholarships to qualified adult learners.

There are more ways than one to make a positive impact. For more information about adult literacy or resources available, please call the Corona Public Library at (951) 736-2381.

Corona Library :: Confessions of an Illiterate Adult Screening :: June 7

Confessions of an Illiterate Adult Screening :: June 7 – 7pm

Join us for a special screening of an episode from the Pivot Network’s Secret Lives of Americans in which Cleo reveals to her family that she can’t read. Wednesday, June 7, 2017, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Corona Public Library.

Hear from John Zickefoose, member of the Board for the Corona Norco Unified School District, and former Adult Reading Assistance student. John will discuss his own struggles, how he has overcome them, and the continued work he does with the literacy community throughout the country.

Learn how illiteracy affects 20 percent of local adults, how you can help, and how to get help for someone who needs it.

Secret Lives of Americans is a groundbreaking documentary series that takes an unflinching look at the secrets people keep and the strength that it takes to reveal them to friends and family. In the adult literacy episode, Cleo will reveal her long-held secret to her family. The show will further the conversation on how viewers are impacted by the adult literacy issue in their own communities and provide ways to take action.

If you have any questions about this event please contact Betty Luscher at 951-736-2389

International Literacy Day :: Corona | Newport Beach | READ SD | San Diego Public | UNESCO

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Superlatives from SCLLN

Teach the parent; reach the child.

Support adult literacy.

Corona Public Library can help!

#LiteracyDay

@coronalibrary Sep 8

Happy #InternationalLiteracyDay.

Amazing event today celebrating incredible

#adultlearners @nbpl

@NMProLiteracy Sep 8

Happy 50th #InternationalLiteracyDay!

Get inspired with highlights from our last Tutor Conference https://youtu.be/TNkSJSGr4Yo 

#ILD2016 #AdultEd

@READSanDiego Sep 8

Show us your books!

Staff from the North Park branch library celebrate

#InternationalLiteracyDay

#SDRocksReading

@SDPublicLibrary Sep 8

A must-read on #LiteracyDay!

Helen Abadzi: the perils of childhood illiteracy

http://on.unesco.org/2crjme5

@UNESCO Sep 8

5 Principles of Good Adult #Literacy Work

http://buff.ly/2caYTrP 

#InternationalLiteracyDay

@EPALE_EU Sep 8

6 ways you can help support

the right to literacy around the world

http://on.mash.to/2ccmfzR 

#LiteracyDay

@mashable Sep 8

Literacy is a right and a foundation for life-long learning.

Ts make it happen!

#LiteracyDay

http://on.natgeo.com/2ccrL5j

@NatGeoEducation Sep 8 

Literacy :: Library Card Sign Up Month | LAPL | Corona | SD Co | CA State Library | Sacramento | ALA

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Superlatives from SCLLN

Septiembre es el mes de inscripción para tarjetas de la biblioteca. http://www.lapl.org/tarjeta 

#BestCardInLA

@laplenespanol  Sep 1

When was the last time you used your library card?

Now is a perfect time! http://goo.gl/bIYIko 

@coronalibrary Sep 2

Sign up & gain access to 42,000,000 books,

movies, & CDs & 34,000+ programs

@ 35 branches! #sdcl

#LibraryCardSignUp

 ‏@sdcountylibrary  Sep 1

September is Library Card Sign-up Month!

Have you signed up for yours?

@CAStateLibrary  Sep 1

September is #LibraryCardSignUp month!

Get the best back to school supply there is:

http://www.saclibrary.org/FAQ/Get-a-library-card …

@saclib Sep 1

Children who use the library perform better in school

http://bit.ly/libtr-14 

#LibraryCardSignUp

#LibrariesTransform

@ALALibrary  Sep 2

Corona Library :: For many Inland residents, illiteracy remains a daily struggle, but libraries and others are trying to help.

For many Inland residents, illiteracy remains a daily struggle, but libraries and others are trying to help.

Press Enterprise: 6.10.2016 by Patrick O’Neill

For the first 80 years of her life, the sentence you are reading would have been nothing more than indecipherable symbols to Eleanor Miller.

Born in 1932 to young, adventurous and largely absent parents, Miller was raised by her blind grandmother in a small Pasadena home. Her family never noticed she couldn't read, and teachers passed her "because I never gave them any trouble," Miller said during a reading lesson at the Corona Public Library.

Now 84, the neatly dressed mother of seven sat, hands folded in her lap, recalling the difficulties of a life void of the written word. Like the time her son needed a doctor's note for school. Miller told him to write it up himself, then copied the letters on a separate sheet.

"People that can't read or write, they memorize stuff to continue this illusion," Miller said. "You avoid situations where you can't fake it."

Twenty percent of Inland residents older than 16 can't comprehend basic texts. That 2003 figure, the most current available, had more than doubled since 1992, National Center for Educational Statistics data show.  READ MORE @

Corona Library :: Hiding from Illiteracy

Hiding from Illiteracy

Inner Circle-Corona: 3.10.2016 by CityofCorona

The City of Corona Public Library is walking alongside adults in the community through the Adult Reading Assistance Program to put an end to adult illiteracy and restore confidence, hope, and self-respect during the process.

The Adult Reading Assistance Program encourages applicants to participate in a unique writing challenge sponsored by the Southern California Library Literacy Network. The challenge is coined as the Writer to Writer Challenge contest and presents adults learners with an opportunity to put their improving writing skills against others in programs throughout Southern California that are similar to the Adult Reading Assistance Program at the Corona Public Library.

For two years in a row, Corona’s program has yielded a runner-up in the contest. There are 4 levels, with one winner and two runners-up in each for a total of twelve honorees out of the 97 who applied — a wonderful showing for our program.  READ MORE @

Corona Library Readers=Leaders :: Adult Literacy Giving Day

Corona Public Library

September 18

Readers = Leaders: Adult Literacy Giving Day is one week from today! Imagine the fear of not being able to Get a Job, Read Medical Labels, Vote, or Help Children with Homework.

Support The Corona Public Library Foundation and help English-speaking adults who need to improve their lives through better reading & writing skills.

Please share and spread the word!

Watch throughout the week for facts about adult literacy right here in Corona and Western Riverside County.

Donate to Help New Adult Readers Become New Leaders!

Join in giving to Corona Public Library Foundation's campaign Help New Adult Readers Become New Leaders!

Imagine not being able to read street signs: That generally means no driver's license. Or what about being in an accident and coming out of a coma to find you can no longer read. These are just two examples of real situations facing adult learners in the Corona Public Library's Adult Reading Assistance Program.

Every day, staff & volunteers work with adults trying to improve their lives while facing the huge hurdle of limited reading and writing abilities. Your contribution will help provide new resources for the learners and their tutors, including workshops, tutor training, computer software for literacy and much more.

With your help, we can change someone's life: "Eloise" took the written driving test, only missed passing by one and will be taking it again very soon, while "Dennis" is now reading at a sixth grade level and negotiating with two companies for the best job offer. Don't hesitate: Please give now!

Dia de los Niños/Dia de los Libros : : SCLLN Libraries

Dia de los Niños/Dia de los Libros

April 30

@ SCLLN Libraries

Commerce Library

Corona Library

Monterey Park Library

Placentia Library

Riverside County Library

Celebrates Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros

April 27, 2015 3:00 PM Valle Vista

April 29, 2015 4:00 PM Glen Avon

Family Storytime April 30, 2015 10:30 AM Calimesa

San Diego County Library

Ventura County Library

El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day), commonly known as Día, is a celebration every day of children, families, and reading that culminates yearly on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

2:30-3:30 - Decorate your own Día book bag and craft

3:30-4:00 - Día Storytime with Jackie Pearce

4:00-4:30 - Live mariachi from De Anza Middle School

Corona Library - CNN Hero John Zickefoose (Mr. Z) will speak at the LDA Adult Luncheon

CNN Hero John Zickefoose (Mr. Z) will speak at the LDA Adult Luncheon

“Yes You Can"

Mr.Z is a natural storyteller and delights in bringing books to young readers. But that was not always the case. There was a time when reading the simple words of a picture book would have proved impossible for Mr. Z. He spent years in school overwhelmed with sadness that nothing came as easily to him as it did for others. He would become rowdy, preferring to be kicked out of class than to be called on by the teacher.

He was functionally illiterate, unable to read a prescription label, his children’s report cards or a menu. He was diagnosed as a young boy with dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity. For more than 30 years, Mr. Z was illiterate, barely capable of writing or reading his own name. He managed to graduate from high school, but he admits that he could only read a few words on his diploma.

His second grade son began asking him for homework help that he could not provide. At his wife’s suggestion, Mr. Z contacted the Corona Public Library and began literacy classes. Empowered by his new reading skills, Mr. Z has become an advocate for the struggling youth and adults in our society, drawing upon his own experiences in learning how to read and succeed in life. He has appeared on ABC, NBC, CNN and PBS. He has also given numerous radio interviews.

Corona Library - National Dyslexia Awareness Month

EDUCATION: Know signs of dyslexia, get help
Press Enterprise: 10.01.2013 by Dayna Straehley

It’s October, which is also National Dyslexia Awareness Month.

The International Dyslexia Association says 1 in 10 people have symptoms dyslexia, a language-based learning disability, or learning difference as advocates say, that has nothing to do with intelligence or the desire to learn.

Children with dyslexia are bright, capable and able to go on to college and successful careers, the association says. Children with dyslexia simply learn differently. Many top CEOs, scientists, artists and entrepreneurs are dyslexic.

So is Corona-Norco school board member John Zickefoose, who says he struggled with learning disabilities from elementary through high school. He finally worked up the nerve to walk into the Corona Public Library at age 35 and ask for help to learn to read.

Zickefoose went on to a career at the library as outreach coordinator, a position on the board of an international literacy organization and election to the school board. He made his own struggles with literacy part of his campaign, going more public than most.  READ MORE !

.   .   . some local events

Dislecksia: The Movie
National Screenings  - October 17
Hazard Center 7, 7510 Hazard Center Dr, SD

will open theatrically in the US throughout October in conjunction with National Dyslexia Awareness Month.
 Oct. 21: F.A.T. City: How Difficult Can This Be? - Video @5:45pm

Rancho Cucamonga Resource Center, 9791 Arrow Route

Oct. 24: The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia @7 pm
AMC Fashion Valley 18, San Diego CA