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.

Brochure & Registration

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

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

READ/San Diego 2017 Tutor Conference

READ/San Diego: 6.27.2017

Keynote featuring Stephen Krashen

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 >>

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.

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

READ/San Diego Annual Tutor Conference

By SDPL READ/San Diego Adult Literacy Program: 9.13.2016

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

University of San Diego, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice.

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."

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

Reading turns woman’s life around

READ/San Diego

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 @

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

Brochure :: Registration

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.

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: Yelp Foundation Gives Local

YelpFoundation Gives Local - San Diego

@READSanDiego

The Yelp Foundation is granting $5,000 to the organization with the most votes at the end of the campaign. The second and third place winners will be granted $3,000 and $2,000 respectively. Awards will be split in the event of a tie. Each nominated non-profit supports the Yelp Foundation’s mission of addressing the needs of local communities, including access to information, education, local economic development, and freedom of expression.

Your VOTES will decide which organization wins. Cast your vote daily now through December 15th. Share the local love with your social network via #YFGivesLocal to encourage your friends to vote, too!

*In the event of a tie, the grants will be combined

and the tying organizations will split the total amount evenly.

Friends Of Read San Diego is a non-profit corporation dedicated to supporting, fostering and promoting adult literacy programs throughout the County of San Diego. The organization was established to support READ/San Diego, the adult literacy program of the San Diego Public Library. We also support a variety of additional literacy programs, including family literacy, work place literacy and computer literacy.

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21 Votes

United Through Reading               352 Votes

San Diego Council on Literacy       107 Votes

After voting, Yelp will send an email:

Please click here to confirm your vote.

San Diego Public Library :: READ/San Diego :: 2015 Honorees

2015 READ/San Diego Honorees  (pdf)

Celebrating Success and Bright Futures In February 2015, the Library’s adult literacy program, READ/San Diego, celebrated the monumental dedication and success of its 27rd class. The American Library Association named READ the nation’s top literacy program and the U.S. Department of Education recognized it as a model program for providing life-changing training to low-literate students from a broad range of backgrounds and learning levels. The program serves the estimated 442,000 San Diego adults who cannot read and write well enough to meet every day needs. In addition to free literacy instruction, the Library helps participants pursue an education and encourages families to read together. A few of the 2015 Adult Learner and Tutor honorees include:

Antoinette Mosley Adult Learner of the Year Award Winners

Hinda Ahmed “You need to reach…it’s hard, but if you want it, you reach.” Hinda came to the US over ten years ago from Somalia. She had little schooling in her country, and found herself staying at home because she could not communicate well in English. Hinda found out about READ/San Diego from her sister-in-law. She enrolled in May 2011 and waited over a year for a tutor.

Kassim Alkarawi “Every time I come here: I learn something new.” Kassim walked into the Learner Orientation at READ feeling skeptical and withdrawn. When he started the program in 2012, he was unable to write the alphabet in order or recite the days of the week or the months of the year in sequence. He had attended school in Iraq for six years, but did not have one fond memory to share during his initial assessment. His old fears of the classroom along with his many humiliating school experiences followed him into his first tutoring session.

Mi Sun Cho “Identify a specific goal or two and go for it!” Mi Sun Cho came to the United States four year ago fro Korea. Initially, she attended English classes at the adult school, but wanted to focus on nursing, her career goal. She enrolled at READ after learning about the services provided from a friend. Mi Sun’s English skills were proficient for our program but not for her desired profession. She had practiced nursing for 16 years in South Korea, working in operating and anesthesiology departments, but that experience did not qualify her for nursing jobs in the United States. She had to pass the California nursing exam and demonstrate mastery of English.

Rebecca E. Lytle Tutor of the Year Award Winners

Katherine Albitz “Learning is not a linear process. It goes in bumps and then all of a sudden she’ll make a big leap.” After retiring from her job as a software developer and engineer at Hewlett Packard, Katherine wanted to get involved in something that she felt strongly about. She wanted to help adults who had been denied education or who hadn’t been able to get the education they wanted and needed.

Rancy Breece “I am doing hearts work and the rewards are better than pay!” Though the time was relatively short, Rancy never forgot his first experience tutoring an adult learner through READ in 1989. He returned to READ in 2012 to take on another student giving his passion for reading.

Carl Balingit “Learning to teach is very valuable.” Carl Balingit heard about READ/San Diego through the San Diego Council on Literacy’s CEO, Jose Cruz. In fact, he credits Jose with being the inspiration for his willingness to commit to tutoring. Carl recognizes the value of reading and feels it’s important to have a “well informed society.”  READ MORE ! (pdf)

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

READ/San Diego’s

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.

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

Photo Album

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.

Literacy Library Jobs: California - Carlsbad, El Dorado, LA, San Diego

Literacy Jobs: California

Literacy Tutor / Learner Coordinator – PT

San Diego Public Library

facilitate learner enrollment by conducting testing, assessment and counseling to determine program eligibility; coordinate matching of learners with volunteer tutors

DEADLINE: July 30

EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY SPECIALIST  - FT (Grant Funded)

El Dorado County Library

performs complex early childhood literacy paraprofessional duties, for the County Library’s First 5 El Dorado Early Literacy Program, provides direct instruction to children and adults in the area of early childhood literacy, conducts programs within the scope of the First 5 Program

DEADLINE: July 30

LIBRARY TECHNICIAN, LITERACY SERVICES – PT

Carlsbad Library

performs learner assessments, tutor training and reporting for the adult and teen literacy program in addition to proving traditional library services. 

DEADLINE:  August 7

Literacy Coordinator / /AmeriCorps VIP Fellow - FT

Jewish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles

responsible for improving the capacity of the placement site to attract and utilize high value (skilled and corporate) volunteers in order to increase services to the community.

DEADLINE: August 20

Other Literacy Jobs

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

READ/San Diego’s

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.

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

READ/San Diego 

Tutor Conference

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

San Diego Public Library - San Diego Public Library Foundation What’s Your Story ?

San Diego Public Library Foundation
What’s Your Story ?

Maria Gonzalez

“My goal in writing my story is to let the world know the importance of literacy and how READ/San Diego affected my life and family.” Following her participation in the Library’s READ/San Diego program, Mira Gonzalez passed her GED, found a job and became active in her children’s education. Read more.

Bob Perez“I got my first library card ever at the age of 84. You are never too old to learn and you've got to make an effort to learn because it will change your life. You couldn't ask for anything better than READ/San Diego and the San Diego Public Library.” Eighty-eight-year-old Bob Perez proves you can gain literacy skills at any age. Read more.

Maria Federico “Oscar loved the book of poetry so much…he hasn’t put it down since! But I really don’t mind. I’m so happy he is reading.” Maria Federico brings her youngest children to the Library twice a month to attend the Families for Literary programs – an activity that is making a big difference for her son, Oscar Acevedo. Read more.

Evilia Herrerra“The library’s computer phonics game helped prepare my son, Angel, to read.” Five-year-old Angel Herrerra gained many skills from the Early Childhood Literacy Workstations at his branch library - including a love of learning and reading. Read more.

San Diego Public Library - READ San Diego - Director looks back on success of adult literacy program: 5 years at the helm of READ/San Diego

Director looks back on success of adult literacy program:
5 years at the helm of READ/San Diego
Sign On San Diego: June 26, 2010 by Katie Steiner

Valerie Hardie describes her job as part traffic controller, part ninja assassin.

As literacy program administrator of READ/San Diego, an adult literacy program, Hardie keeps busy promoting the program, writing grants and reports, running the show.

And even though it can be an exhausting job, one that requires multiple cups of coffee every day, it is a job that Hardie wouldn’t trade for anything.

In August, Hardie will celebrate her fifth year as READ/San Diego’s director, a program she’s been with since its inception 22 years ago.

“It’s been an extraordinary journey,” Hardie said. “I still continue to feel very privileged to work in San Diego at a job I believe in, that I think is relevant more so now than any time.

“I see miracles happen in the workplace.”

During those 22 years, the program has helped more than 20,000 adults learn to read and write, Hardie said. Currently, 450 to 500 adults are enrolled in the program.

Plus, the program has become known locally, statewide and nationally for its work. Jose Cruz, CEO of the San Diego Council on Literacy, said much of the program’s success can be credited to its director’s longevity.

“It’s a reflection of Val’s passion for literacy and the dedication to the kind of work she’s been doing,” Cruz said. “You can’t buy the passion and you can’t replace the continuity.”

Back in 1988, when the program was in the developing stages, Hardie was a young library assistant at the San Diego Public Library. She had also worked as a tutor in the writing center at UCSD.

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Twenty-two years later, READ/San Diego has six full-time employees, three AmeriCorps volunteers and a permanent home behind the Malcolm X Library, 5148 Market St.

It also has more adults wanting assistance than it can sometimes handle. At any given time, the number of people waiting to be paired with a tutor is 80 to 150, Hardie said.

Last year, when the list had reached 150, the program had to suspend enrolling new students. Some people are left waiting for six months to a year.

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During READ/San Diego’s 20th annual tutor conference on June 12, at least 250 people, ranging in age from college students to retirees, spent their Saturday at the University of San Diego campus learning how to become better tutors. READ MORE !