Redlands Library :: Give The Gift Of Literacy — Become A Reading Hero

Give The Gift Of Literacy — Become A Reading Hero

Redlands Community News: 7.19.2019 by Jan Fowler

Can you imagine for a minute what it must feel like to receive a beautiful birthday or holiday card and not be able to read it? Or to have children or grandchildren and not be able to help them with homework?

Or perhaps be unable to advance to a job in a warehouse because you can’t read the boxes?

Not only is our ability to read crucial to our independence and overall self-image, but has a profound impact on our ability to get a job and earn a living.

It may come as a shock to you, as it did me, that there are an estimated 32 million adults throughout the country who go through the motions of daily living hiding the fact that they can’t read. And while 32 million people need literacy help, only 3 million ever get it.

Locally, however, an Adult Literacy program came about at A.K. Smiley Public Library in 2010 under the guidance of Trudy Waldron and Katherine Gifford to help meet the needs of men and women in our town who are unable to read.  READ MORE >>

Ventura Co Library :: Students Earn Diplomas Through Career Online High School

Students Earn Diplomas Through Career Online High School at Ventura County Library

Ventura Breeze: 7.03.2019

Family, friends, and the community attended as graduates from Ventura County Library’s Career Online High School received their diplomas. During the graduation ceremony, held on Wednesday, June 26, in the Topping Room of the E.P. Foster Library, graduates in cap and gown shared their stories and their plans for the future.

Career Online High School (COHS) is offered by the Ventura County Library’s READ Adult Literacy Program in partnership with Gale, a Cengage company. COHS provides adults the opportunity to earn an accredited high school diploma and career certificate by utilizing the flexibility of the Internet to accommodate busy adult schedules, at no cost to students.

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Oct 21, 2019

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Oceanside Library :: Family Literacy Event Debut :: LEARN :: Oct. 5

Family Literacy Event Debut Oct. 5

Oceanside Public Library invites the community to Family Fun Time at the Library event on Saturday, October 5 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Civic Center Library Community Rooms and courtyard at 330 N. Coast Highway. Oceanside READS Adult Literacy Program will be debuting its first LEARN Together event for families as they enjoy music and book themed activities.

Families will delight in an interactive musical performance by Joyful Jumping Music, an internationally recognized early childhood music and movement program. Other activities will include a book walk, prize drawing, crafts, and a play area. All book themed, of course!

Oceanside Public Library is proud to introduce LEARN Together, a new family literacy program, in partnership with Oceanside READS adult literacy services. The program is designed to support families with adult learners to encourage education in the home. =Oceanside READS provides support to adults learning to read and write in English, complete their GED, develop computer skills, pursue citizenship, and other life skills. =LEARN Together programs are designed to help adult learners with school aged children to create an involved, fun, and responsive learning environment in their homes.

This program is made possible through funding from California Library Literacy Services and the Friends of the Oceanside Public Library.

For more information on Oceanside Public Library programs and services, please visit the Library’s website or call (760) 435-5600.

For more information regarding Oceanside’s literacy programs, please call 760-435-5680.

Camarena Library :: Why Is Literacy Important?

Why Is Literacy Important?

The Literacy Place: Sep 2019

Literacy is important because it is the foundation upon which people are able to interact with the world, educate themselves, and thus contribute to society as well as their own well being.

This is a brief interview from one of our tutors, Mark Hurych. He is a retired teacher who is very passionate about helping others improve their literacy skills.

1. Why do you volunteer your time to help adults with their literacy skills?

“Personally I find that when I have the opportunity to support someone in meeting their needs for being able to speak their mind I feel grateful. I feel I am a better person for it.”

2. What advice would you give to someone considering becoming a literacy tutor?

“I guess if your head is in it and your heart is in it, your head and your heart sort of get paid like this: I tell my students they have to SPEND time and PAY attention to improve their skill sets. In the end I feel like I'm paid in full.”

“In conclusion, adult learners, and the need for improved adult literacy, deserve our attention and efforts because these people deserve the opportunity not just to survive, but to flourish!

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events :: October 2019

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events

October 2019

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National –

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

Health Literacy Month

Dyslexia Awareness Month

National Book Month

TeenTober

Oct. 02      Random Acts of Poetry DayOct. 05 World Teachers' Day

Oct. 02      Connected Learning Summit UC Irvine

Oct. 03      CATESOL State Conference San Jose

Oct. 05      Picture Book Summit Cyber Space

Oct. 06      LitCrawl LA Central Library LAPL & Downtown

Oct. 06      Orange County Children's Book Festival Orange Coast College

Oct. 06      Normal Sucks: How to Live, Learn, and Thrive w/Jonathan Mooney 4p

Oct. 07      Dyslexia Advocate Certificate  OnLine

Oct. 10      LitQuake San Francisco

Oct. 11      Day of the Girl

Oct. 12      Orange County Reading Assoc Fall Conference Chapman Univ

Oct. 12      Great Valley Bookfest Manteca

Oct. 13      Plain Language Day

Oct. 14      Global Read Aloud :: Nino Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales & Julie Flett

Oct. 16      Dictionary Day
Oct. 17      Black Poetry Day

Oct. 19      CUE Fall Conference Sacramento

Oct. 20      National Day of Writing

Oct. 20      National Friends of Libraries Week

Oct. 21      Global Read Aloud :: Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales

Oct. 21      What is Dyslexia? An In Depth Look OnLine

Oct. 21      Internet Librarian Monterey Conference Center

Oct. 24      California Library Association Conference Pasadena

Oct. 24      CLA EveryLibrary Fundraiser Barney's Beanery Pasadena 8:30p

Oct. 24      CLA CA Library Literacy Services: New Coordinators Orientation 9a

Oct. 24      CLA Extraordinary Resources for Adult Learner Literacy Success 9a

Oct. 24      CLA CLLS Learner Outreach and Assessment 2p

Oct. 24      CLA CLLS Tutor Recruitment and Training        2p

Oct. 25      CLA Learning Circles: Bridging the Skills Gap 8a

Oct. 25      CLA Adult Learners as Leaders, Advocates, and Colleagues 9a

Oct. 25      CLA Literacy Interest Group Meeting 10a

Oct. 25      CLA Tutor Ready Reading and Writing: A Free, Online Resource 2p

Oct. 25      CLA Food Literacy at the Library 4p

Oct. 26      CLA OERs: The Librarian's Role in Education 3p

Oct. 26      CLA Purposeful Outreach for Urban Librarianship 3p

Oct. 28      Global Read Aloud :: Little Night/Nochecita by Yuyi Morales       

Oct. 28      Make A Difference Day

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poetry Flash – So & No California

Storytelling Association of California

California Book Festivals & Events :: October 2019

California Book Festivals & Events :: October 2019

Books, Comics, Poetry, Storytelling, Writing and More !

National Book Month

Global Read Aloud :: Yuyi Morales

Oct 02       Random Acts of Poetry Day

Oct 05       Authors in the OC Anaheim

Oct 05       Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival Berkeley

Oct 06       Orange County Children's Book Festival Orange Coast College

Oct 06       Lit Crawl LA LAPL Central Library & Downtown

Oct 10-19  LitQuake SF

Oct 11       Indie Author Day Anaheim Library

Oct 12       Author Fair Pasadena Library 6p

Oct 12       Stories From The Porch Beaumont Library

Oct 12       Indie Author Day Coronado Library

Oct 12       High Desert Book Festival Hesperia

Oct 12       Great Valley Bookfest Manteca

Oct 12-13   Filipino American International Book Festival San Francisco Library

Oct 16-19   Humboldt County Children's Author Festival Eureka
Oct. 17        Black Poetry Day

Oct 24-27   Ojai Storytelling Festival

#LitWeekLA

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poetry Flash – So & No California

Storytelling Association of California

African American Book Events

Book Fairs by State Library of Congress

Book Reporter – Book Festivals

Everfest Book Festival Calendar

Storytelling Events

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar :: October 2019

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar

October 2019

For Local, California and National

Literacy or Library Conferences and Events

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

Calendar

Health Literacy Month

Oct. 02      Adult Literacy Learner Orientation Newport Beach Library 10a

Oct. 02      Adult Literacy Learner Orientation Huntington Beach Library 6:30p

Oct. 03      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation South Bay Literacy Torrance Library 7p

Oct. 08      Adult Literacy Tutor Workshop Huntington Beach Library 6p
Oct. 10      Adult Literacy Tutor Volunteer Orientation Placentia Library 6p

Oct. 11      Adult Literacy Tutor Training READ OC Rancho Santa Margarita Library 9:30a

Oct. 11      Adult Literacy & Dyslexia Institute Partnership Huntington Beach Library 1p
Oct. 12      Adult Literacy Tutor Workshop Chula Vista Library 10a

Oct. 12      Adult Literacy & Dyslexia Institute Partnership Huntington Beach Library 9a

Oct. 12      Stories From The Porch Beaumont Library 10a

Oct. 12      Adult Literacy Tutor Training READ San Diego Central Library 10a

Oct. 17      Adult Literacy Tutor Training Newport Beach Library 5:30p

Oct. 17      Adult Literacy Tutor Training Burbank Library 6p
Oct. 17      Read OC Speaker Natl Alliance Mental Illness 5:30p

Oct. 19      Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Diego Co El Cajon Library 10a

Oct. 21      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Ventura Library 5p

Oct. 21      Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Corona Library 7p

Oct. 26      Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Luis Obispo 10a

Oct. 26      Happy Hour with Steven Rowley Newport Beach Library 6p

Altadena Library Complete a self-paced, online training module

Chula Vista Library Mondays @ 6p Wednesdays @10a

LAPL Adult Literacy volunteers receive 7 hours of Online Instruction

Local Tutor Workshops :: Always Scrolling in the Right Frame