Volunteers Provide America $184 Billion Dollars in Value 2015

How do you provide America $184 billion dollars in value?

Volunteering and Civic Life in America

Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS): November 2016

National, State, City, and Demographic Information

This site is home to the most comprehensive look at volunteering and civic life in the 50 states and 51 cities across the country. Data includes volunteer rates and rankings, civic engagement trends, and analysis.

Overall, the volunteer rate remained steady as 62.6 million Americans volunteered 7.8 billion hours last year. Based on the Independent Sector's estimate of the average value of a volunteer hour ($23.56 in 2015), the estimated value of this volunteer service is nearly $184 billion.  READ MORE @

Top 10 States

1    Utah

2    Minnesota

3    Wisconsin

4    South Dakota

5    Idaho

6    Nebraska

7    Kansas

8    Vermont

9    Alaska

10  Iowa

California is 34th

CATESOL16 :: ESL | ELL | Writing | Vocabulary | Listening | Books | Tutor Resources

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Superlatives from SCLLN

Presenters suggest http://radioesl.com  

for #ESL lessons.

#CATESOL16

@AmyErikson Nov 18

Presenters recommend http://www.writingfix.com 

for #ESL/#ELL students.

#CATESOL16 #WritingFix

@AmyErikson  Nov 18

Students love their #smartphones –

it makes sense to incorporate them into instruction.

#CATESOL16

@AmyErikson Nov 18

Photo Vocabulary - Piggy Bank How much cash do you have in your piggy bank?

http://phocab.net/post/105160638871/a-piggy-bank-on-top-of-a-pile-of-cash-a-mixture …

#ESL #StudyEnglish #Bank #TEFL

@EnglishStudy Nov 18

When you're learning #ESL, it can be hard to find a book

that's not too challenging but still, improves your English. This can help!

@esl_expressions Nov 15

Improve your listening skills 1 minute a day

http://www.bbc.com/news/10462520 

#learnenglish #ielts #toefl #toeic #elt #esl #efl #ingles

@Ftips_English Nov 12

Glendale Library :: In the Spirit of Holiday Giving, Meet Carol Shaub Who Volunteers her Time as an Adult Literacy Tutor

In the spirit of Holiday giving, meet Carol Shaub who volunteers her time as an Adult Literacy Tutor

City of Glendale, CA ‏@MyGlendale: 11.06.2016

The Library, Arts & Culture Department Adult Literacy Program offers services to help adults improve their reading, writing, and speaking. Instruction is provided by trained volunteers. The Adult Literacy Program is free and open to all adults ages eighteen and over.

The Adult Literacy Program helps adults who want to learn English as well as English-speaking adults who need to improve their reading and writing skills. Conversation classes and one-on-one tutoring sessions are offered.

Do you want to share your love of reading? The Adult Literacy Program is seeking volunteers to work with adults to improve their reading, writing, and speaking skills. No prior teaching experience is necessary. Successful volunteers need to make a commitment of at least one hour per week for a minimum of six months.

If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about this Program, please email Juan Garcia or call 818-548-6450.

Literacy Library Jobs – California :: Alameda County

Literacy Library Jobs – California

DEADLINE:  Nov 21

BayNet Library and Information Network

CalOpps

Library Jobs in California

UCLA Department of Information Studies

Ventura Co Library :: Literacy FUNraiser :: Trivia Challenge :: Nov 16

Trivia Challenge

READ Ventura County Library

Adult Literacy Program

November 16, 6:00 pm

How smart are you?

Find out at the annual Trivia Challenge

Proceeds benefit

READ Ventura County Library - Adult Literacy Program

Sponsored by Rotary Club of Ventura-South.

Tickets may be purchased at the door for $5.00. There will be appetizers, a no-host bar and an opportunity drawing.

Entry form and team information

Wedgewood Banquet Center

5880 Olivas Park Drive, Ventura

Altadena Library :: Bob Lucas Memorial Branch Literacy News

Bob Lucas Memorial Branch :: Literacy News

CONNECT*: November 2016

Our adult ESL students are enthusiastically learning about computers with bilingual computer instruction from staff members, Kelly and Modesta. For many of the students, it is the first-time working on a computer. As part of the class curriculum, the students learn the basics of using a computer, sign up for e-mail accounts, and learn how to access the Internet. The computer class meets twice a week and runs for 4 weeks.

If you are interested in our ESL class or the bilingual computer class, send us an e-mail or call 626 798-8338.

Redlands Library :: Literacy Program at Smiley Public Library Shares Success Stories

Redlands Adult Literacy Program at Smiley Public Library shares success stories

Redlands Daily Facts: 10.29.2016 by Diane Shimota, Adult Literacy Coordinator -A.K. Smiley Library

In 2015, the A.K. Smiley Public Library was awarded a grant from California Library Literacy Services, which supports many adult literacy programs in the state of California.

The state supports literacy because of the tangible benefits realized at the local level when people improve their reading and writing. In Redlands, this translates to higher employment rates, better income levels, increased awareness of local issues, better health literacy and more support for education in the home.

The Redlands Adult Literacy Program is pleased to share the following fiscal year 2015-16 achievements that were recently reported to California Library Literacy Services.

Adult learners completed 3,640 hours of instruction with their tutors. Learners expressed that working with their tutors improved their reading and writing skills and gave them an increased level of confidence.

Seventy-six percent of the learners in the Redlands Adult Literacy program have achieved reading a book, writing a letter, learning to use a computer, searching the internet and/or helping children with schoolwork. Several learners found new or better employment and others spoke in public forums about the importance of adult literacy.

The personal impact that tutoring has brought to each learner is evident as they met their goals and their confidence soared.

The following stories highlight the importance of the adult literacy program to adult learners.  READ MORE @