Southern California Library Literacy Network

Monday, January 2, 2017

San Diego Public Library :: READ San Diego Tutor Video

READ San Diego Tutor

READ San Diego: 12.22.2016

READ San Diego tutor Mike Watson talks about his experience in the adult

literacy program and what he has gained as a volunteer tutor.

Saturday, December 31, 2016

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events :: January 2017

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events

January 2017

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National –

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

Braille Literacy Month

Jan. 09 Intro to Structured Word Inquiry, Dyslexia Training Inst Cyberspace thru 3/3

Jan. 09 Overview Orton Gillingham Approach, Dyslexia Training Inst Cyberspace thru 2/3

Jan. 13+ California Kindergarten Conference Santa Clara CA

Jan. 23 National Reading Day

Jan. 27 Multicultural Children’s Book Day

Jan. 28+ Rancho Mirage Writers Festival

Jan. 30 Overview of Dyslexia Screening, Dyslexia Training Inst Cyberspace thru 2/24

Jan. 30 Special Ed Law and Dyslexia, Dyslexia Training Inst Cyberspace 2/24

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar @LALitScene

Poets & Writers Los Angeles Literary Events Calendar

California Book Festivals

Poetry Flash – So & No California

Storytelling Association of California

Monday, December 26, 2016

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar :: January 2017

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar

January 2017

For Local, California and National

Literacy or Library Conferences and Events

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

Calendar

Volunteer To Tutor

Jan. 04 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Fontana 5p

Jan. 05 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation South Bay Literacy Torrance Library 7p

Jan. 07 ESL Tutor Training San Gabriel VLC Pasadena 9a

Jan. 07 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Lake Arrowhead 10a

Jan. 10 Adult Literacy Tutor Training Santa Barbara Library 10a

Jan. 11 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Whittier Area Literacy Council 11a

Jan. 11 Adult Literacy Learner Orientation Newport Beach Library 6p

Jan. 12 Youth Literacy Tutor Orientation Words Alive San Diego 1p
Jan. 14 ESL Tutor Training Azusa Library 9a

Jan. 14 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library 29 Palms 9a

Jan. 14 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Yucca Valley 9a

Jan. 14 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Chino Hills 9:30a

Jan. 14 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Ventura Co Library 10a

Jan. 14 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Yucaipa 10a

Jan. 14 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Chino 10a

Jan. 14 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Adelanto 12N

Jan. 14 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Crestline 12:30p

Jan. 17 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Placentia Library 6p

Jan. 18 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation READ OC Library 1p & 6p

Jan. 18 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Newport Beach Library 6p

Jan. 19 Adult Literacy Tutor Training READ/San Diego Library 6p

Jan. 21 Adult Literacy Tutor Training READ OC Library 9a
Jan. 21 Citizenship Info Forum Azusa Library 2p @ Azusa Civic Aud

Jan. 21 Adult Literacy Tutor Training Santa Barbara Library 1p
Jan. 23 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Corona Library 7p

Jan. 28 Adult Literacy Tutor Training Literacy Conejo Valley Thousand Oaks 9a

Jan. 28 ESL Tutor Training Laubach Literacy Ventura 9a

Jan. 28 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation San Diego Co Library El Cajon 10a

Jan. 30 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Redlands Library 6p

Beverly Hills Library Adult Literacy: last Friday month 10:30 - 12 N

LAPL Adult Literacy volunteers receive 7 hours of Online Instruction

Local Tutor Workshops :: Always Scrolling in the Right Frame

Statewide Workshops @ California Library Literacy Services

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Literacy Library Jobs – California :: Tulare Co :: Solano Co

Literacy Library Jobs – California

Library Program and Literacy Specialist - FT

Tulare County Library

Coordinate Library Literacy Service Programs; identify, implement, and evaluate methods to increase the literacy rate in the community; recruit, train, monitor and evaluate literacy volunteer tutors.

DEADLINE – JAN 3

Literacy Program Assistant - FT

Solano County Library

Under direction, plans, organizes and implements student/tutor training and related activities for an assigned Literacy Program such as Adult, Family, Reach-Out-and-Read, or other literacy programs.

DEADLINE: JAN 6

BayNet Library and Information Network

CalOpps

Library Jobs in California

Southern California Library Cooperative

UCLA Department of Information Studies

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Carlsbad Library :: Literacy Services :: Comprehension Strategies

Comprehension Strategies

Think-Aloud Strategy by Dr. Pat Campbell

Learning Connection: Nov/Dec 2016

Carlsbad Library Literacy Services

The think-aloud strategy is intended to help readers examine and develop reading behaviors and strategies. Studies have shown that poor readers are weak in five areas related to comprehension: making predictions, visualizing, linking with prior knowledge, monitoring, and self-correction. Good readers do these strategies automatically. New readers need to be taught how to do them.

The following are “active reading” skills you can teach your learner to help them improve their comprehension. Model these skills by thinking aloud as you read, then have the learner try it.

What do active readers do when they read?

 Monitor their comprehension: Ask yourself questions as you read.

 Relate information to prior knowledge: Make connections with what you already know.

 Make inferences: Figure things out based on experiences.

 Made Predictions: Ask yourself what do you think will happen next?

 Visualize: Picture the story in your mind.

 Identify main ideas and highlights: Ask yourself what is the story about?

 Note important details: Write down meaningful items from the story.

 Skim and scan: Look through the text to find important information.

Ask the Help Desk for a handout on other comprehension ideas. READ MORE @

Monday, December 19, 2016

Azusa Library :: Love toRead? :: Pass it on by Becoming a Tutor

Love to read? Pass it on by becoming a tutor

SGV Tribune: 12.17.2016 by Anissa Rivera

I am a big believer in small joys. My oldest son was always an enthusiastic reader, devouring books on dinosaurs and later, Thomas the Tank Engine and anything by Eric Carle.

I thought my little offspring was growing up so erudite. Yeah, right.

When he was 6, he read the word “butler,” and promptly fell into paroxysms of glee.

“But-ler! Alfred is Batman’s BUT-LER!” he hollered. He couldn’t believe he had discovered a word that contained the forbidden term “butt” (his proper mama always told him to say “bottom” instead).

The memory delights us to this day, even though his literary tastes now run less along DC Comics and more into Gabriel Garcia Marquez. (Thanks to Mr. Erb’s English class.)

We are people of the book, as journalist and science fiction writer Cory Doctorow once said. And it’s hard for us to imagine life without them.

Cathay Reta is working hard to make our tribe of readers increase. Reta, adult literacy coordinator at Azusa City Library, hopes to train more tutors for its literacy programs. She works with the Foothill Learning Alliance, a new nonprofit formed to advocate, increase community awareness and raise funds for The Literacy Programs at the Azusa City Library.

Reta is connected to other libraries that offer basic literacy programs such as those in Glendora, Covina, Monrovia, Altadena and Monterey Park. READ MORE @