New Staff at the Bob Lucas Memorial Branch Library and Literacy
Center
Diana
Wong is the new Branch Manager & Literacy Services Librarian. She has over 9
years of experience working in academic libraries and just recently completed
her MLIS
from San Jose State University. Her literacy experience stems from her two-year
tour with the Peace Corps, where she spent time teaching English to high school
kids in
a rural village in Cambodia.
Funded
in part by a grant from the California State
Library, the Adult Literacy Services program, "Let's Read
Altadena," of the Altadena Library District has been serving the residents
of Altadena since 1988. Instruction is provided by volunteer tutors who have
completed as self-paced, online tutor training course. Literacy is currently
housed at the Bob Lucas Memorial Branch Library and Literacy Center
One-on-one
tutoring: Learners are matched with a tutor for regularly scheduled study
sessions.
Classes
to improve English reading, writing, and comprehension skills. Classes are held
Mondays thru Thursdays mornings at the Bob Lucas Branch.
There
is no fee for tutoring or for ESL classes. Speakers of other languages may
receive tutoring once they have mastered basic spoken English or may join our
ESL class for beginners. To be eligible for tutoring, the participant must be
able to complete the intake form by him or herself in English.
Tutors
work in the Adult Literacy Program empowering adult learners by teaching basic
reading, writing and functional literacy skills. After completing a self-paced,
online training module and being matched with a learner, tutors and learners
meet 1 to 2 hours per meeting at least once a week at the library or other
location based on their own schedules. The Library requires a minimum
commitment of six months. To learn more about this rewarding experience, please
contact the Bob Lucas Branch Library.
If
you are interested in receiving tutoring or becoming a tutor, please call the
Bob Lucas Branch Library at (626) 798-8338 ext. 102 or send an e-mail.
