Literacy Jobs – California
provides clerical and technical support for the Adult and
Childrens Literacy Program at the City Library, processes literacy program
materials, and provides assistance and customer services to Library patrons.
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Huntington Beach Library :: Family Literacy Awards
Family Literacy Annual Awards Event
Open Doors: September 2015
The Oak View branch held its annual
awards on August 27, 2015. It was attended by approximately 100 enthusiastic
literacy families, volunteers and friends, who enjoyed a scrumptious dinner
provided by learner and tutor donations and which included tamales, tacos,
beans, salads, desserts and much more.
Our board president, Susie Hodge,
introduced special guests and congratulated all participants for their hard
work. Huntington Beach City Council member Barbara Delgleize spoke of her
appreciation for literacy services and how important it is for our community.
Congratulations to our Excellence
Award winners: Acela C, Maribel G, and Janet V.
Congratulations to our volunteers
earning service pins. 5-year pins: Irma Bermel, Michael DiGennaro and Michael
Sloan; 10-year pins: Gary Gillenger, Joan Gillenger, Michael Kibel, Sue Kibel,
Lani Martin, Linda Marsoun and John Ramsey; and Margarita Rubio who earned her
20 year pin.
Congratulations to our Pre-ESL
volunteers, Luz Arreola, Ana Clara, Acela Cortes, Maria Hern and Beatriz
Salinas and to our Computer Coaches who received special recognition, Imelda
Bernal, Paula Flores, Raquel Guzman, Carmen Lezama, and Beatriz Salinas.
Thank you to everyone who made the
Family Literacy Awards Night so special!
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Glendora Library :: City of Glendora proclaiming September 2015 as "Adult Literacy Month."
September 9
Glendora
Library's Literacy Coordinator Mary Pat Dodson with Council
member Judy Nelson receiving a Proclamation from the State of California and
the City of Glendora proclaiming September 2015 as "Adult Literacy
Month."
** Approximately 6000 adults living in the city
of Glendora do not have the literacy skills required to independently manage
daily activities at home and work.
** The Glendora Reads Program trains and engages
community volunteers to tutor adults and increase literacy levels.
Thank you Mary Pat!
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
California Library Literacy Services :: Welcomes 5 Libraries
So happy to be able to announce that with a portion of
the funds restored to us by the Governor and Legislature this year we have been
able to welcome 5 libraries into California Library Literacy Services! Congrats to
Hooray for all the new adult learners we can serve with
awesome new volunteers!
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Los Angeles Public Library - It's a Match
It’s
a Match Part I
READ
– LAPL Adult Literacy Services:
Summer 2015
A newsletter written by students and tutors. Changing
lives one chapter at a time.
Deborah’s Story By tutor Deborah Hanley
When our economy fell in 2009, none of us knew how
life as we knew it would change. For me, it meant the end of long-term
employment and facing the extensive recession as a single woman in her 60’s.
After living in Massachusetts my entire life, I rented out my home and drove
cross-country with my adult daughter, Annie, a resident of Los Angeles.
Even driving through multiple states in a stuffed
compact car could not compare with the culture shock I felt after arriving
here. Where would I live? Would I be able to find work? How would I meet
friends in this vast city? Luckily, the Los Angeles Public Library system
offered an option through the tutoring program, which saved the day in more
ways than one.
I was enlisted through Alicia Chavarin, Ben
Franklin Branch, who paired me with Margarita Severiano, Maggie—a beautiful
single mother of three boys.
From our very first meeting, Maggie impressed me
with her openness, her dedication to her studying and her willingness to accept
this “foreigner.” Week after week, we learned more and more about each other
and our families as we reviewed the course work. The materials spurred
discussions about politics, famous personalities, becoming a citizen, using the
computer, immigration reform, getting a driver’s license, identifying skills
and career paths, cultural innuendo, slang, our children, and much more. It
moved on to cooking tamales, quesadillas, salsas. I told her how I was the one
who needed tutoring in Spanish, feeling quite educationally challenged because
of it. After all, she could speak two languages. Week after week Maggie arrived
fully prepared for our session and was always more awake than I was!
Alicia could not have made a better match. I look
forward to each tutoring session. I feel warmly welcomed by Maggie and Alicia.
The excellent library system of Los Angeles has provided unlimited
opportunities to acclimate here through the Tutoring Program, exhibits, the
outstanding Aloud program and the beauty of ordering a book or DVD online and
having the convenience of an e-mail notification and a quick trip to my local
branch to pick it up.
Thank you, Maggie and Alicia. Thank you, Los
Angeles. It’s definitely feeling a lot more like home.
Maggie’s Story by learner Margarita Severiano
I would write a special Valentine message to my
tutor. When Alicia assigned Deborah as my tutor, I did not expect to meet
someone who was new to Los Angeles and facing more challenges than I have with
the English language. I’m a Spanish-speaking woman and Deborah is also a woman
but uprooted from New England.
At first I was worried that this former teacher
and paralegal was going to be very tough on me and expect too much.
I was right! However, I responded to her challenge
and I am so pleased with my progress. She has helped me improve my English
skills, including reading and phonetics. -She makes every session interesting,
educational and enjoyable. Also, Deborah and I can openly discuss any topic
including politics, health, movies, music… She sees my drive and always
encourages me to strive forward. I am so grateful to have Deborah both as my
tutor and my friend.
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Bob Laubach, pioneer in adult literacy education, has died
Bob Laubach, pioneer in adult literacy education, has died
Syracuse.com: 9.12.2015 by Elizabeth Doran
Robert S. Laubach, a pioneer in adult literacy
education and founder of New Readers Press, died Friday at age 96.
"Dr. Bob" as he was known, and his
late father Dr. Frank C. Laubach, are credited with teaching more than 100
million adults to read and write in more than 200 languages.
Bob Laubach helped his father after Laubach
Literacy Inc., was founded in 1955 in Syracuse. That organization became one of
the founding organizations of ProLiteracy
Worldwide in 2002. Bob Laubach then developed literacy primers in local
languages and organized literacy programs in more than 60 countries.
"Dr. Bob devoted his life to adult
literacy and will be remembered for his many contributions over the past 80
years," said Kevin Morgan, president and CEO of ProLiteracy. "His
legacy will live on in the weekly newspaper for adult learners, News for You,
as well as the other adult education content he helped pioneer."
Friday, September 11, 2015
UOP Beyond Our Gates Dialogue Focuses on Importance of Early Literacy
Forum focuses on importance of early literacy
Record Net: 9.10.2015 by Almendra Carpizo
The average home in San Joaquin County only has
two books.
That is “startling” information University of the Pacific President Pamela A. Eibeck
recently learned, she told about 175 people gathered Thursday for the annual Beyond Our Gates Dialogue event.
The forum, which is attended by educators,
elected officials, nonprofit organizations and business leaders, was focused on
the importance of early literacy, cultivating community partnerships to help
students succeed and encouraging parents to engage their children and ensure
that they attend school.
San Joaquin County Office of Education Superintendent James
Mousalimas said at the start of the program that if the
community wants to make progress in student achievement, literacy has to start
before kindergarten.
“A rule of thumb we heard is that if a child is
able to read by the end of third grade, they will have the tools to read and
learn as they go forward,” Eibeck said.
According to a 2014 San Joaquin Literacy Report Card,
only 34 percent of 3- and 4-year-olds are enrolled in preschool. The percentage
dropped from 46 percent in 2011. Statewide, enrollment is at 50 percent,
according to the report.
“How can we make sure a young child arrives in
school ready to learn and by the third grade is able to read?” Eibeck asked.
Featured speaker Greg Lucas, who was appointed state librarian by
Gov. Jerry Brown in March 2014, opened by saying that “the most cost-effective
investment of taxpayer money is in helping people to read or read better.”
It keeps people out of prison, it helps them
obtain better jobs and, he added, “if I’m a mommy, the No. 1 indicator of my
kids’ academic success is my literacy rate.”
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