California Literacy Calendar: June 2009

California Literacy Calendar: June 2009

SCLLN Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

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Local: June 2009

May 2009

May 30: 8 am
Adult Learner Conference – ILS
Corona Public Library

May 30 – 1:30 pm
Gift of Dyslexia Tour – Ron Davis
Santa Monica

June 7: 3 pm
Carlsbad City Library Learning Center
25th Anniversary

June 13
READ/San Diego Tutor Conference
Joan Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
University of San Diego

June 13: 5 pm
Adult Learner Leadership Institute Graduation
Gonzales Community Center
Colton CA

June 19: 12 Noon
25th Anniversary Tea
Huntington Beach Public Library

June 21: 8 am
Golf 4 Literacy Father's Day
Hemet Public Library
Golden Era Golf Course
San Jacinto CA

California & National: June 2009

June 11-13
National Community Literacy Leadership Conference
Hyatt Regency - Buffalo NY

June 22-25
Birth to Three Institute Marriot
Washington DC

June 25-27
Summer Literacy Institute – NCFL
Louisville Kentucky

Orange Co Library - Tutor Spotlight: Al Corson

Tutor Spotlight: Al Corson
READ WRITES: April 2009

By her own admission, Al Corson has been tutoring “since dirt.” She began tutoring because she wanted to do something meaningful with her retirement. “I think everybody has a responsibility to give back and share with the community,” she says, “and besides, you can only travel so much”.

Since she came to READ/OC in 2003, Al has worked with over 50 learners, both as individuals and in small groups. She is currently working with a group of ESL learners in Midway City as well as a conversation class in Irvine.

Over the years, Al has also volunteered in the READ/OC office, helped with special events, and offered her experience to other tutors interested in teaching a conversation class. She is always willing to help out wherever she is most needed. If she were to offer advice to new tutors, Al would tell them to be flexible and remember that they will learn as much as their learners do from the tutoring experience.

“Go with the flow, and don’t be afraid to be creative. Sometimes what you plan isn’t what you do,” she says.

Al certainly follows that philosophy when working with her learners. She feels that ESL learning should be hands on and draw from the learners’ own experiences. Some of her creative lesson plans include: asking her learners to bring pictures of their families to talk about in class or tell about holidays in their homeland, playing games like Uno or Bingo, putting Post-It notes in English on objects in the classroom, and using physical objects such as origami, plastic food, place settings, and play money to engage all the senses to introduce vocabulary.

Al has been honored with numerous awards over the years, including most recently the President’s Volunteer Service Award in 2008. She hopes to continue to help her learners adapt to life in the US for many years to come !

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