Huntington Beach Library :: Literacy Update - Spring

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Greetings dear reader!

Spring 2019

It has been forever and a day since our last newsletter. If you've been staying in touch with us via social media, you'll know how busy we have been in the past few months.

On November 1, 2018 learners and tutors spoke on behalf of the literacy programs for our application for Community Development Block Grant Funds. One of our learners, Maribet, shares her speech in our newsletter. It is a wonderful reminder of why we are all committed to literacy and changing learner's lives.

"Welcome to our Oak View Branch Library. I hope you enjoy this wonderful day and continue to enjoy.  It's an honor to stand here in front of you and at the same time, a challenge for me to say these words in English. My name is Maribet. I am married and God blessed me with a son. He is seven years old and my son is the reason I decided to come to the library and learn English.

Why my son is the reason? I said to myself my son is growing up. He is going to speak English and I want to understand what he says. When my son started kindergarten, the homework they gave him should have been simple for an adult to be able to help him but I could not help him. Not because I didn't want to help him, but I didn't understand what he needed to do. And my son realized that I didn't know English. He asked me "Mami, why do you not understand English, didn't you go to school?"  READ MORE >>

Next Tutor Training

July 10, 17 and 24

Completion of online Tutor Orientation prior to registration is required

Email literacy@surfcity-hb.org for details

714 . 375 . 5102

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events :: July 2019

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events

July 2019

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National –

visit

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

 Read an Almanac Month

July 02       National Literacy Day Proclamation 5507, 1986

July 03       PROJECT READ Report Form OnLine

July 08       Summer Learning Week

July 08       Slingerland Basics Class San Diego

July 08       Orton-Gillingham Training w/Ron Yoshimoto SF

July 08       Summer Learning Week

July 08       Slingerland Training SF

July 10       Clerihew Day

July 11       Bowdler's Day

July 12-28  Authors Booth @ CA State Fair A/B Building (CA Bldg)

July 17       PROJECT READ Sentence Structure OnLine

July 17-21  Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians SD Central Library

July 18       Comic-Con International San Diego

July 19       Sierra Storytelling Festival Nevada City

July 22       Slingerland BUILDING BETTER READING SKILLS Studio City

July 25       Scholastic Reading Summit Universal City

July 25       Wilson Reading System Introductory Workshop SF

July 25       National Storytelling Summit Fremont

July 30       Paperback Book Day

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poetry Flash – So & No California

Storytelling Association of California

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar :: July 2019

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar

June 2019

July 2019

For Local, California and National

Literacy or Library Conferences and Events

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

Calendar

July 09  Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Orange City Library 5:30p

July 10  Adult Literacy Tutor Workshop Huntington Beach Library 6p
July 15  Volunteer Orientation Corona Library 7p
July 17  Adult Literacy Tutor Workshop Newport Beach Library 5:30p

July 18  Read OC Speaker Series Healthy Living for Your Brain & Body Foothill Ranch 2p

July 21  Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Diego Co Library Vista 12N
July 25  Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Riverside Public Library SPC Jesus S Duran Eastside 11a

July 27  Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Riverside Public Library Orange Terrace 10a

Altadena Library Complete a self-paced, online training module

Chula Vista Library Mondays @ 6p Wednesdays @10a

LAPL Adult Literacy volunteers receive 7 hours of Online Instruction

Local Tutor Workshops :: Always Scrolling in the Right Frame

California Book Festivals & Events :: July 2019

California Book Festivals & Events :: July 2019

Books, Comics, Poetry, Storytelling, Writing and More !

Read an Almanac Month

Jul 01-31    LaborFest SF
July 12-28  Authors Booth @ California State Fair A/B Building (California Building)

Jul 14         Eastern Sierra Book Festival Mammoth

Jul 15-17    Book Passage Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conf Corte Madera

Jul 17-21    Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians San Diego Central Library

Jul 19-22    Comic-Con Intl San Diego

Jul 19-21    Sierra Storytelling Festival Nevada City

Jul 20-21    LITLIT The Little Literary Fair  Hauser & Wirth LA

Jul 25-28    National Storytelling Network Summit Fremont

Visit SCLLNs Book Festival Page

#LitWeekLA

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poetry Flash – So & No California

Storytelling Association of California

African American Book Events

Book Fairs by State Library of Congress

Book Reporter – Book Festivals

Everfest Book Festival Calendar

Storytelling Events

Redlands Library :: Celebrate Adult Learners’ Successes!

Celebrate Adult Learners’ Successes!

Redlands Reads: May 2019

Throughout the year learners use their new reading and writing skills to reach new goals. The following highlights recent achievements:

Thirty-nine learners submitted works for publication in the adult literacy anthology, Our Stories, A Collection of Writing, Volume 2. This anthology, which will be published in the spring, includes personal memories, reflections on readings, poems, and inspired writings.

A Year by the Sea

Nine learners participated in the Southern California Library Literacy Network’s 18th Annual Writer to Writer Challenge. This writing challenge invites adult learners throughout southern California to write a letter to an author whose book inspired them. Tanya Jauregui, was awarded runner-up in the intermediate writer category. She wrote a letter to Joan Anderson, author of A Year by the Sea. Tanya wrote, “After reading your book, it made me realize that women have their own keys to their happiness.”

One learner completed the Adult Literacy Leadership Institute Bootcamp and several learners have made public presentations to community groups. Another learner assists the adult literacy computer instructor. Learners began reading words, sentences, and books on their own. More than a dozen learners reported that they had advanced in their employment. Some learners are pursuing certifications, citizenship, or have graduated from the Adult Literacy program having met their literacy goals.

All learners are to be congratulated for their commitment to improve their literacy.  READ MORE >>

Santa Paula Blanchard Library :: BEST Adult Learning Center Awarded Family Literacy Grants

BEST Adult Learning Center Awarded Family Literacy Grants

Blanchard Library Blog: 4.23 2019

A $45,000 grant from the California Library Literacy Services (CLLS) and a $10,000 grant from the American Library Association (ALA) will help support a unique family literacy program at Blanchard Community Library (BCL) that aims to help immigrant families better advocate for their children through improved English and by building the social skills and confidence necessary to participate in an English-speaking world.

The Mommy & Me Literacy program was launched in 2017 at BCL with the purpose of improving reading and writing skills for adults with preschool age children. Children of parents with low literacy skills have a 72% chance of being at the lowest reading levels themselves, according to the national adult literacy organization, ProLiteracy.

To address this statistic, Mommy & Me Literacy strives to lift the English proficiency of parents through traditional language classes while also carving out time for parents to practice early-learning activities with their own children.  Mommy & child spend time together reinforcing the family bond, playing, singing, and building strong reading habits—and exploring the library together.  In addition, once a week, an interactive curriculum, Abriendo Puertas/ Opening Doors helps parents develop their role as their child’s first teacher and strongest advocate.

Literacy Library Jobs :: Solano Co :: Santa Fe Springs :: Salinas :: Huntington Beach

Literacy Library Jobs – California

Literacy Program Assistant - FT

Solano County Library

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:  JULY 8

Librarian I Literacy Program - FT

Santa Fe Springs Library

developing, coordinating, and implementing literacy services for adults and children including recruitment and training of tutors, developing and implementing methods to encourage learner participation, and providing outreach to the community

DEADLINE: OPEN

Literacy Clerk – Temporary

Salinas Library

support student and family literacy programs

DEALINE: OPEN

Library Literacy Aide – PT

Huntington Beach Library

staffs the literacy office & assists literacy volunteers and adult literacy students

DEADLINE:  OPEN

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