CLLS Special Projects ◯ COVID Diaries

COVID Diaries

CLLS Special Projects

Each of us has been impacted in different ways by the COVID-19 pandemic. Old, young, and in-between, we’ve all experienced big changes in our work life, family life, and social life.

The California State Library is inviting Californians to share their experiences and stories of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We encourage the California Library Literacy Services community to take part in this project and share a story, a poem, a letter–however you feel comfortable expressing yourself. Learners can choose to write their own submission or dictate their experience to their tutor.

The project team will collect submissions from learners, tutors, and library literacy staff, add submissions to the State Library’s archive, and maintain a California Library Literacy Services archive.

How the California Library Literacy Services community can take part

➤ Contact your library literacy coordinator for the link to the project website* which includes submission information and a full set of resources to help you take part.

➤ Use the resources below and on the project website to create a poem or story or whatever you choose to describe your experience.

➤ Send in your submission through the project website.

* The project website is for the California Library Literacy Services community only. Library literacy coordinators will provide learners and tutors with access to the URL.

Resources

A guided writing tool focusing on Covid-19

A resource for creating a Word Bank, something to help you think of words to use in a poem, letter, or other reflection

A template for writing a themed poem 

(it can be helpful to create your Word Bank first)

A story starters template to help you start writing

A template for writing a reflection in six words

A template for writing a Cinquain (five-line) poem

A template for writing a Diamond (seven-line) descriptive poem

A template for writing an autobiographical poem

A template for writing a self-reflective “I am” poem

California Library Literacy Services COVID Diaries Team

Thank you to the team for creating the California Library Literacy Services COVID Diaries resources and for helping library literacy learners, families, tutors, and staff participate in the COVID Diaries project. 

Alisa Adams, Sonoma County Library

Shanon Delaney, OC Public Libraries

Chelsea Genack Eggli, Oceanside Public Library

Toni Notar, Watsonville Public Library

Amy Prevedel, Consultant

Carrie Scott, Carlsbad City Library

Diane Shimota, A.K. Smiley (Redlands)

Cherall Weiss, Newport Beach Public Library

Automatic Readability Checker

Readability Consensus

Based on (7) readability formulas:

Grade Level: 16

Reading Level: difficult to read.

Reader's Age: College graduate

Huntington Beach Library ◯ Puzzle Me This, Puzzle Me That

Puzzle Me This, Puzzle Me That

Literacy Volunteers HBPL: 6.10.2020

Puzzle me this, puzzle me that … Today’s teaching tip is creating puzzles!

Puzzle Maker has a great variety. We love the WORD SEARCH because it’s a fun way to reinforce spelling and recognition and to learn relevant vocabulary.

Choose the size of the puzzle, type in vocabulary words, and your puzzle is created for you. For a tactile experience, copy it to a Word doc so you and your learner can take pen to paper.

Relevant vocabulary is everywhere: a book you’re reading together, today’s news items, the DMV manual, a magazine article or a book they are reading with their child. The only limitation is your imagination (and we KNOW there is no limit to that).  READ MORE ➤➤

Automatic Readability Checker

Readability Consensus

Based on (7) readability formulas:

Grade Level: 9

Reading Level: standard / average.

Reader's Age: 13-15 yrs. old

(Eighth and Ninth graders)

Newport Beach Library ◯ Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy Announces Online Services

Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy Announces Online Services

Stu News Newport: 6.16. 2020

Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy (NMPL), a program of the Newport Beach Public Library (NBPL), provides free literacy instruction to adults who live or work in the Newport Beach area.

Like many other organizations, Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy shut down on March 18 in response to public health concerns and guidance about COVID-19, temporarily stopping its services to almost 150 people in the community. 

However, in just a couple of weeks, much of the program was able to be moved online. Tutors and learners were taught how to use platforms like Zoom, WhatsApp and Skype for one-on-one sessions and eight of the 10 regularly scheduled classes were quickly moved to a distance-learning model.

NMPL has continued engaging people through online channels to further its mission of literacy education. So far, about 40 online pairs are meeting with more taking steps to start in the near future. Starting this week, the program will be offering online orientations to new learners and online training to those who wish to be tutors.

In this uncertain time, the need for improved language skills is great. Many people will be in search of employment, dealing with health issues, or in need of emergency services. NMPL provides help to those with poor English literacy skills who want to be self-sufficient.  READ MORE ➤➤

Automatic Readability Checker

Readability Consensus

Based on (7) readability formulas:

Grade Level: 11

Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. old

(Tenth to Eleventh graders)

June ◯ July Calendar

Learner Orientation ONLINE

June 23  6 pm – 7 pm

Tutor Training - Online

July 8 and July 15: 10am - 12:30 pm 

Prospective tutors must attend both sessions to complete training. 

Reservations for this training are required.

Online Orientation must be completed before attending Training. 

For more information

949 . 717 . 3874

Free Virtual Workplace Experience Online Learning ◯ Edge Factor

Online Learning Is Easy with a Free Virtual Workplace Experience

@EdgeFactorShow

Edge Factor: 5.14.2020

Online Learning Is Easy with a Free Virtual Workplace Experience

As the 2019-20 school year winds down, COVID-19 is restricting students from exploring their options or allowing them to get out on Co-op or workplace tours.

In answer to this, Edge Factor proudly presents an all-new series of Virtual Workplace Experiences (VWE) to empower students to go behind closed doors and discover real-life work environments.

In the voice of an Industry professional, each Virtual Workplace Experience covers topics such as the equipment and tools used, typical aspects of the job, safety, technology and materials, and more. Each episode features a different company, including Niagara Parks, I-Cubed Robotics, Flying Colours, Brouwer Construction, and many more. The accompanying lesson plan equips educators to assess students’ prior knowledge of the industry, assess the information that students learned after watching the video and help students to create goals for their future career pathways.

FREE Videos & Lesson Plans

Any educator can click here to download the free weekly Lesson Plan and share the video with their students!  READ MORE ➤➤

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on (7) readability formulas:

Grade Level: 16

Reading Level: difficult to read.

Reader's Age: College graduate

SCLLN TUTOR ◯ LEARNER RESOURCES

Adult Learner LINKS

Organizations - Blogs - Exercises - Pronunciation & More

Literacy Library Jobs ◯ Long Beach ◯ San Jose ◯ Redwood City

Literacy Library Jobs – California

Community Program Tech III Literacy - FT

Long Beach Library

plans, implements, coordinates, promotes, and evaluates the overall operation of the Library's adult literacy program

DEADLINE: JUN 24

San Jose Library

identify community needs, collaborate with partner organizations, guide library customers to information and helpful resources; implementing grants; conducting community outreach; evaluating the effectiveness of programs

DEADLINE: JUNE 14

Literacy Tutor - Student Coordinator – FT

Redwood City Library

Promote the awareness of a volunteer-based Literacy Training Program for adults in the City of Redwood City; recruit and train volunteers; recruit and place students; and serve as an advisor and resource to volunteer tutors

OPEN

BayNet Library and Information Network

CLA Career Center

CalOpps

Library Jobs in California

Action Requested Time Sensitive ◯ Send A Quick Tweet ◯ Save CA Library Funding In The State Budget

Action Requested: Time Sensitive

Send A Quick Tweet To Save

CA Library Funding In The State Budget

CLA: 6.10.2020

Save California Public Library and Literacy Funding

The California State Legislature and the Governor are putting the final touches on the 2020-21 State Budget, which is required to be passed by the Legislature by June 15th. CLA has learned that the Legislature is proposing a $1.5 million cut to the California Library Services Act, the collaborative loaning and lending program utilized by the regional Systems. As you know, library borrowing grew substantially during the COVID-19 “shelter in place” orders and these loaned materials have been a lifeline for many parents who are home-schooling their children, as well seniors, immunocompromised persons, the homebound community, college students, and others.

A $1.5 million cut to the program would have significant negative effects on the CLSA at a time that libraries can ill afford a reduction in these services.

Popular programs like Lunch at the Library and Zip Books are also being proposed for cuts this year, which will also mean painful reductions for these critical community services.

Please take a minute today and send one of the three following tweets below to the Senate Budget Chair, Holly Mitchell, who has been a champion of library funding in past years, and Assemblyman Phil Ting, Assembly Budget Chair. The State is facing a $54 billion Budget deficit, so the legislature is looking for dollars wherever they can find them in order to balance the Budget. Help us save the CLSA by sending your tweet by Friday morning (June 12).

Thank you for your help.

Sample tweets follow:

Libraries are critical lifelines for the community during the pandemic. Popular programs like Lunch at the Library and the CA Library Services Act are on the chopping block in the State Budget. Will you please help us save the funding @SenHJMitchell and @PhilTing

The CA Library Assoc encourages @SenHJMitchell and @PhilTing to restore the $1.5 million cut to the CA Library Services Act before passing the 2020-21 State Budget. CLSA is a popular loaning and lending program. Public library patrons who are requesting materials for at-home use is at an all time high.

Parents who are home-schooling kids, seniors, and the disabled community all understand the value of public libraries and free library resources during COVID-19.. These services are in jeopardy, however, if the CA Library Services Act cut is not restored in the Budget. Looking to @SenHJMitchell, a library champion, to help.

Automatic Readability Checker

Readability Consensus

Based on (7) readability formulas:

Grade Level: 12

Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 17-18 yrs. old

(Twelfth graders)

Literacy Library Jobs ◯ San Jose ◯ Redwood City

Literacy Library Jobs – California

Literacy Program Specialist - FT

San Jose Library

identify community needs, collaborate with partner organizations, guide library customers to information and helpful resources; implementing grants; conducting community outreach; evaluating the effectiveness of programs

DEADLINE: JUNE 14

Literacy Tutor - Student Coordinator – FT

Redwood City Library

Promote the awareness of a volunteer-based Literacy Training Program for adults in the City of Redwood City; recruit and train volunteers; recruit and place students; and serve as an advisor and resource to volunteer tutors

OPEN

BayNet Library and Information Network

CLA Career Center

CalOpps

Library Jobs in California