Glendora Library :: Great Trivia Challenge

Great Trivia Challenge 25

Glendora Library Literacy

February 25 :: 5 pm

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. They are unable to achieve personal, educational, and professional goals.

It is highly likely that you know one of these adults with or without being aware of it. Adults with low literacy skills can be strategic at keeping this information hidden because it can be embarrassing, even shameful, to them. Many learn to compensate by listening effectively, observing carefully, memorizing efficiently, and devising ways to quietly depend upon others.

Great Trivia Challenge

Azusa Pacific University

Felix Event Center

710 E. Foothill Blvd.

Azusa CA 91702

Ask Your Representative to Join the Adult Literacy Caucus :: NCL

Ask Your Representative to Join the Adult Literacy Caucus

National Coalition for LiteracyNational Coalition for Literacy: 2.13.2017

The Adult Literacy Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives has been re-certified for the 115th Congress. Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) will continue as caucus sponsor and Republican co-chair. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) has agreed to serve as Democratic co-chair, taking the place of Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, who retired last year. Two weeks ago, the offices of Rep. Roe and Rep. Yarmuth distributed a “Dear Colleague” letter, inviting all members of the House to join the Caucus.

The current members of the Caucus are listed here. If your representative is not on the list, we hope you’ll consider asking them to join. (Feel free to reference the Dear Colleague letter when contacting them.)  Be prepared with a concise message that includes your name, your address (to show you’re a constituent), contact information, and what you are calling/writing about (joining the Adult Literacy Caucus).

Support Adult Literacy

Literacy Library Jobs :: Los Angeles Public Library :: XPrize :: Beaumont :: Camarillo :: Yolo Co

Literacy Library Jobs – California

Adult Literacy Coordinator - PT

Los Angeles Public Library

Recruit, interview, train, and mentor volunteer tutors and teachers in adult literacy methods.

DEADLINE: MAR 6

Project Coordinator, Adult Literacy

XPRIZE, Culver City

ensure the successful, smooth, and timely execution of competition and field operations for the Adult Literacy XPRIZE by monitoring and controlling project plans, schedules, budget, quality, and scope.

DEADLINE: OPEN

Volunteer & Literacy Center Coordinator - FT

Camarillo Library Library Systems & Services, LLC (LS&S)

oversees and administrates the Library Volunteer Program, including those working with adult learners in the well-established Literacy Center.

DEADLINE: FEB 17

Storyteller – Early Literacy Outreach, Library Assistant

Beaumont Library

Delivers outreach services to childcare providers and drive the Ready to Read van.

DEADLINE: MAR 1

Extra Help, Bilingual Spanish Library Associate: Adult and Family Literacy Coordinator – PT

Yolo Reads - Yolo County Library

volunteer intake and management, contact and resource for tutors and learners, curriculum development and literacy assessments, trainings, orientations, marketing and publicity, and grant management including data analysis and recording, budget spending, statistics, and demographics.

DEADLINE:  OPEN

BayNet Library and Information Network

CalOpps

Library Jobs in California

UCLA Department of Information Studies

Orange Public Library :: Volunteer Literacy Tutors Needed

Volunteer Literacy Tutors Needed

City of Orange: 2.07.2017

Did you know the library has a new adult literacy program? We are recruiting volunteers to be tutors, and if you are reading this, you just might be one of them.

Last year, library literacy programs in Southern California helped thousands of adults improve reading and writing skills. 

In 2016, we received funds from the California State Library, North Orange Rotary Club, City of Orange Public Library Foundation, Friends of the Orange Public Library, and the Community Foundation of Orange, to establish an adult literacy program in the City of Orange.

Our program is available to English-speaking adults.  Those who cannot speak and understand English are referred to local programs to learn conversation first, then they may enroll in our reading and writing program.

A person seeking help with reading is given an assessment and then matched with a volunteer tutor.  Materials are provided for each tutor-student pair.

Additional books, worksheets, and computer-aided instruction are provided through the Literacy Office.

Tutor Training Class

March 28: 1pm – 4pm

Also: Mar 30; Apr 4, 6

714 – 288 -2467

SCLLN Writer to Writer Awards Brunch :: Feb 25

Writer to Writer Awards Brunch

February 25, 2017

Keynote Speaker

Greg Lucas,

California State Librarian

Radisson Hotel Newport

4545 MacArthur Blvd

Newport Beach, CA 92660

SCLLN is excited to announce the winners and runners-up for the 2016 Writer to Writer Challenge!  We had a great response—85 entries—and the quality of the letters was amazing!  We are so proud of all of the learners who wrote letters.  Every letter was a beautiful expression of the learners’ thoughts and feelings.

Please join other writers, tutors, coordinators and their guests, as well as our State Librarian Greg Lucas, at a wonderful brunch to be held Saturday, February 25, at 10:30 a.m. at the Radisson Hotel in Newport Beach. The winners and runners-up will each receive a cash prize and a certificate, and all letter writers will receive a certificate of participation.

Congratulations to all of our letter writers!

Emerging Category  ::  Winner

Rowshon A Placentia Library District

Gandhi, Demi

Runners-Up

Chris M, READ/San Diego – San Diego Public Library

The Boys in the Boat, Young Readers Adaptation, Daniel James Brown

Albert S, Los Angeles Public Library

The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank

Beginning Category  ::  Winner

Rosio P, A.K. Smiley Public Library

Who Was Harriet Tubman?, Yona Zeldis McDonough

Runners-Up

Nyla M. H, Carlsbad City Library

The Way it Works, William Kowalski

Mary Y, Placentia Library District

Jonathon Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach

Intermediate Category  ::  Winner

Maria A, READ/San Diego – San Diego Public Library

Abraham Lincoln, Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

Runners-Up

Frank M, Los Angeles Public Library

Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom

Yoko E, Newport Beach Public Library

Gift from the Sea, Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Advanced Category  ::  Winner

Grace W, Newport Beach Public Library

When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi

Runners-Up

Hee Min Y, Los Angeles Public Library

Ariadne’s Story, Joyce Hannam

Anonymous, Beverly Hills Public Library

999 Tadpoles, Ken Kimura

Join SCLLN as we recognize over 80 learners from around southern California who participated in the 2016 Writer to Writer Challenge !

Listen to writers from each of the 4 categories read their winning letters ! 

Be inspired by our learners’ letters !

Enjoy a delicious brunch and meet Greg Lucas, California State Librarian

$25 for SCLLN members; $45 for non-members

Please register along with payment made out to SCLLN, to:

Carrie Scott - Carlsbad City Library

3368 Eureka Pl, Carlsbad, CA 92008

Phone: (760) 931-4510

Literacy Library Jobs :: Orange Public :: Camarillo :: Beaumont :: Yolo County

Literacy Library Jobs – California

Volunteer & Literacy Center Coordinator - FT

Camarillo Library Library Systems & Services, LLC (LS&S)

oversees and administrates the Library Volunteer Program, including those working with adult learners in the well-established Literacy Center.

DEADLINE: FEB 17

Library Literacy Program Coordinator - PT

Orange Public Library

Come lead the startup of the Orange Public Library's Literacy Program

DEADLINE:  FEB 27

Storyteller – Early Literacy Outreach, Library Assistant

Beaumont Library

Delivers outreach services to childcare providers and drive the Ready to Read van

DEADLINE: MAR 1

Extra Help, Bilingual Spanish Library Associate: Adult and Family Literacy Coordinator – PT

Yolo Reads - Yolo County Library

volunteer intake and management, contact and resource for tutors and learners, curriculum development and literacy assessments, trainings, orientations, marketing and publicity, and grant management including data analysis and recording, budget spending, statistics, and demographics

DEADLINE:  OPEN

BayNet Library and Information Network

CalOpps

Library Jobs in California

UCLA Department of Information Studies

Happy New Year :: Carlsbad Library Literacy Services :: Samsung Tablets

Happy New Year :: Carlsbad Library Literacy Services

Carlsbad Learning Connection:  Jan/Feb 2017

As the new year begins we would like to give you more information about the tablets in the tutoring rooms.  There are instructions in the room: “How to Use the Library’s Samsung Tablets.”  These go through how to use the tablets step-by-step, from turning them on to the different apps available.  There are three apps we would like to highlight for you.  The first is the “US Citizenship” app.  It uses flashcards and practice tests to help improve skills for the citizenship test.  The second app is “Sight Words Wiz.”  This app has different levels of sight words that are read out loud to the learner who then chooses the correct word from a list.  The last app is “The Oxford English Dictionary” which is a great tool for looking up definitions.  No matter what apps you use, the tablets are a great resource to try.  If you need any help, or have suggestions on apps to add, please let a staff member know.