Libraries - Share What You Know About Adult Literacy

TimetoReskill Slide Show

Share What You Know About Adult Literacy:

Libraries Invited to Provide Input

UpNext: The IMLS Blog: 1.23.2014 by mheintz

A Joint OVAE-IMLS UpNext Blog Post

Results from the latest international study of adult skills, Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) Survey of Adult Skills, show that the U.S. workforce trails many other developed nations in foundational skills essential for both individuals and the nation as a whole to thrive. These skills include the ability to read, the ability to understand numbers and do math, and the ability to solve problems using technology.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Vocational and Adult Education and the Institute of Museum and Library Services invite libraries to visit TimetoReskill.org to learn more about hosting a roundtable.

The site’s many resources include:

-A consultation paper, a 10-page paper that can be shared in advance of an event to provide background on the skills issue and the framework for the National Action Plan

-A toolkit, a step-by-step guide to running a local roundtable from types of people to invite to what questions to pose

-An online feedback form (Submit comments by March 14 to be considered in the Plan.)

Learn more about the results of the study by reading Time for the U.S. to Reskill? What the Survey of Adult Skills Says, a report completed by OECD at the request of the U.S. Department of Education.

Libraries play an important role in boosting adults’ foundational skills and they have the ability to offer important insights that can help shape the national action plan. Libraries can take part by hosting roundtable discussion to provide input on the plan.

National & International Literacy & Library Events: February 2014

National & International Literacy & Library Events:

February 2014 

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National -

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

February: African American READ-IN

Feb. 1  Take Your Child to the Library Day

Feb. 1+ National Reading Recovery Literacy Conf, Columbus OH

Feb. 5  Digital Learning Day

Feb. 6  “No Child Left Out” Education Conf, Isle of Palms SC

Feb. 9+ Arizona Adult Literacy Week

Feb. 14+ Literacy for/and Social Justice, Athens GA

Feb. 14  Book Giving Day GLOBAL

Feb. 15  Autism Sensory Friendly Films LEGO 10a

Feb. 17+ National Conf on Family Literacy, Washington DC

Feb. 19+ Learning Disabilities Assoc of America, Anaheim CA

Feb. 20  John Zickefoose "Yes You Can" LDA Conf Luncheon, Anaheim CA

Feb. 27  Literacy Education Advocacy Day

Southern California and California Literacy Events: February 2014

Southern California and California Literacy Events: February 2014

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National -

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

February: African American READ-IN

Feb. 1  Take Your Child to the Library Day

Feb. 5  Digital Learning Day

Feb. 6+ Early Childhood STEM, Costa Mesa

Feb. 6+ California School Library Assoc Conf, San Diego

Feb. 7+ JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH: South Coast Rep, Costa Mesa

Feb. 14  Book Giving Day GLOBAL

Feb. 14+ CATE Conf, San Diego

Feb. 15  Autism Sensory Friendly Films LEGO 10a

Feb. 22+ SCIBA Children's Books & Literacy Dinner, Pasadena

Feb. 27  San Diego Co Literacy Spelling Bee 5:30p

Feb. 28+ Dyslexia Conf: So CA Tri-Counties Branch IDA, Riverside

Feb. 28+ CARS+ Conv, Irvine

Literacy Library Jobs: California - Salinas

Literacy Jobs: California

Literacy Specialist (Parent Educator)

12-Month, Grant-Funded Position

REQUIRES COMPLETION OF 12 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (ECE) UNITS.

Salinas Library

Collect parenting ladder data for reporting purposes and to implement early literacy playgroups in the library and/or a city recreation center using a pre-set curriculum that includes facilitating open play, singing songs, conducting story time and engaging with parents.

Deadline: Open

SCLLN Literacy Tutor Workshop Calendar: February 2014

SCLLN Literacy Tutor Workshop Calendar: February 2014

For Local, California and National

Literacy or Library Conferences and Events

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

Calendar

February: African American READ-IN

Feb 1 Literacy Tutor Workshop = Altadena Library 9a

Feb 1 Literacy Tutor Workshop = San Diego Co Library 10a

Feb 4 Literacy Tutor Orientation = Carlsbad Library 12N

Feb 4 Literacy Tutor Workshop - Beaumont Library 4p

Feb 6 Literacy Tutor Workshop - Newport Beach Library 5:30p

Feb 6 Literacy Tutor Orientation - South Bay Literacy @Torrance Library 7p

Feb 8 Literacy Tutor Orientation = Placentia Library 1p

Feb 10 Literacy Learner Training = READ/San Diego 5:45p

Feb 12 Literacy Tutor Orientation = Newport Beach Library 2p

Feb 12 Literacy Tutor Training = READ/San Diego 6p

Feb 20 Literacy Tutor Orientation = Carlsbad Library 6p

Feb 22 Wine & Words FUNraiser = Huntington Beach Library 7p

Feb 25 Literacy Learner Training = READ/San Diego 9:45p

Info about local Tutor Training Workshops is always Scrolling in the Right Frame.

National Literacy Action Week (NLAW) January 27 – February 1

National Literacy Action Week (NLAW)

January 27 – February 1

NLAW is a Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education [SCALE] initiative for strengthening literacy activism. During the week, campus literacy programs nationwide join together to raise awareness about literacy and create change on their campuses and in their communities.

To raise awareness:

- Help people understand the need for literacy services locally or nationally.

- Inform your community about the importance of having adequate literacy skills, and what it means for those who do not.

- Raise awareness about your program’s activities and the essential work you do.

- Make connections between literacy and other social justice issues by demonstrating the very real relationships operating in society (e.g., literacy and racism, poverty, sexism, immigration, health needs).

To make change:

- Address a social justice issue in your local community or on campus.

- Advocate for changes in a local school.

- Lobby local, state or national elected officials to commit more resources for literacy initiatives.

- Pressure decision-makers in education (or other human service areas) to embrace policies and practices that benefit learners most and lead to greater justice and equality.

Virtual Conference

February 1, 2014 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (EST)

Hunter Phillips Goodman @ 10am

the history of student-led service movements

Lucy Lewis @ 11am

her experiences with voting rights in the 1970s and now

Huntington Beach Library - Family Literacy - For library duo, work is not about books

For library duo, work is not about books

Orange County Register: 1.09.2014 by Annie Zak

When Amy Crepeau started working at the Oak View branch of the Huntington Beach Public Library, she didn't even speak the same language as most of the residents in the neighborhood.

As she began learning Spanish, library patrons sometimes would laugh with her about her mistakes, but then they would correct her, eventually helping lead Crepeau to fluency.

Crepeau's experience in learning another language mirrors how she helps residents in the Oak View neighborhood learn English through her position as coordinator of the Family Literacy Program.

She and the library's branch manager, Claudia Locke, have been working together at the Oak View library for nearly 20 years. As a result, the library has become not just a place for checking out books, but the center of the Oak View community.

The two women, along with a fleet of volunteers, help teach English to adults and families, coordinate community events at the library and host reading programs and homework clubs, among other things.  READ MORE !