Riverside County Library 2020 Virtual Literacy Classes

2020 Virtual Literacy Classes

Riverside County Library System

2020 VIRTUAL LITERACY CLASSES

Cuisine from Around the World

Sep 17, 6:00PM - 7:30PM

travel the world to explore and discover some of the world's most amazing cuisines and dishes. Collect your favorite ones and create your very own World Cookbook to use at home with family and friends! Complete a PowerPoint workbook full of fun, engaging, and educational activities

Bilingual Citizenship Preparation Class

Sep 18, 3:00PM - 4:30PM

provides preparation for the U.S. Citizenship test and interview and will take place weekly through Zoom.

Family Learning Place

Sep 18, 6:30PM - 7:15PM

This class provides parents and caregivers support with different family topics, such as Health & Wellness and other as-needed family topics.

Virtual Conversation Club

Sep 19, 1:00PM - 2:30PM

This course provides English-speaking and listening practice, vocabulary development and some reading/writing practice.

ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM

Riverside County Library System Adult Literacy Program provides FREE adult reading and writing services to adults 16 years or older in our communities through one-on-one and group reading and writing tutoring, English Language classes and family literacy events.

The program is supported by funding from the California Library Literacy Services, the California State Department of Education, Riverside County, private organizations and businesses in our communities, and through the generous support of our many volunteers throughout the County.

October Training – Virtual - 3-Part

October 9 - October 16 - October 23

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Robidoux Library

5840 Mission Blvd

Phone:  951 . 685 . 6901

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Automatic Readability Checker

Readability Consensus

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 14

Reading Level: difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old (college level)

2020 Easy Voter Guide is Online in 5 Languages

Easy Voter Guide in 5 Languages

November 2020 Easy Voter Guide is Online!

EVG offers basic voting info & our trusted, community reviewed, easy-to-read summaries of the 12 ballot measures voters will need to decide on for the Nov Election.

Easy Voter Guide

Easy Voter Guide in 5 languages

Spanish

Chinese

Korean

Vietnamese

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Last day to register to vote in this election.

If you are registered to vote you will get a ballot mailed to you about a month before Election Day

Check your registration to make sure it’s up to date. If your signature has changed over time, then re-register to update your signature at VOTER STATUS.

NOVEMBER 3, 2020 ELECTION DAY

Your voting location is open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

MISSED THE OCTOBER 19 VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE?

NO PROBLEM! YOU CAN STILL VOTE IN THIS ELECTION!

If you missed the deadline, go to any Voting Location.

You can register and vote on the same day – all the way up through Election Day.

1. Find your assigned Polling Place

2. Go to that Voting Location to make sure you get a ballot with all your local contests.

3. Same-day register and vote from home.

4. If you need to register after October 19 and want to vote from home, contact your County Elections Office to find out how to register and get a vote by mail ballot through Election Day.

State Propositions

Propositions are proposed laws presented to the public to vote on. Propositions can make new laws, change existing laws, and sometimes they change California’s Constitution. They can be placed on the ballot by people who collect

enough voter signatures or by state lawmakers (the California Legislature).

A proposition passes and becomes law

if it receives more than 50 percent YES votes.

Propositions 14 through 24 are “initiatives.”

For an initiative:

A YES vote means that you support the way the proposition would change things.

A NO vote means that you want to leave things the way they are now.

Proposition 25 is a “referendum,” which asks voters to decide on a law that was already passed.

For a referendum:

A YES vote means that you support the law and want to keep it.

A NO vote means you do not want the law to go into effect.

There are 12 state propositions in this election.

The way it is now:

What Prop would do if it passes:

Effect on the state budget:

People For Prop say:

People Against Prop say:

14 Stem Cell Research

15 Taxes on Commercial Property

16 Allow Public Agencies to Consider Diversity

17 Voting Rights for People Who Have Completed Their Prison Term

18 Voting Rights for 17-Year-Olds

19 Changes in Property Tax Rules

20 Changes to Criminal Penalties and Parole

21 Local Governments and Rent Control

22 Rideshare and Delivery Drivers

23 Kidney Dialysis Clinics

24 Changes to Consumer Privacy Laws

25 Yes or No on Getting Rid of Bail

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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)

Brawley Library ▬ Services Partially Return ▬ Adult & Family Literacy

Services Partially Return For Brawley Library

LEARN IV

Imperial Valley Press: 9.03.2020 BY Vincent Osuna

Library services will partially return here after the City Council unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday.

In order to finish with a balanced fiscal year 2020-2021 budget — a budget heavily impacted by COVID-19 costs — the council voted in July to not fund any library services until after year’s end.

However, that changed with Tuesday’s vote.

Locals can now check out books via curbside pickup from the library’s Main Street branch. The library’s adult and family literacy services have also returned. Both the Main Street and Del Rio buildings remain closed to public access.

The $51,479 in funding for the pickup and literacy programs was appropriated into the fiscal budget from donations and grants.

The group Brawley Library Friends donated $4,000 to fund the pickup program.

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This part-time employee will work under the supervision of library director Marjo Mello. Since the city conducted its COVID budget cuts, Mello has been the only staff at the library. She is also currently the city’s interim parks and recreation director.  READ MORE ➤➤

Automatic Readability Checker

Readability Consensus

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 9

Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 13-15 yrs. old

(Eighth and Ninth graders)

National Literacy Month ▬ What’s on the Ballot ▬ CLA

What’s on the Ballot

September 14, 2020 @ 1:00 PM

National Literacy Month

CLA Calendar: 9.14.2020

Register

What’s on the Ballot Workshop

This workshop will help you turn your ballot into a menu.

Using the Easy Voter Guide, you will get an overview of the types of elected positions and propositions in the November 3 election.

You can pick what you want to focus on and get suggestions for reliable resources to learn more.

You are in charge of what you choose to vote on! This workshop is part of the Key to Community project.

Literacy Library Jobs ▬ Santa Monica ▬ San Jose

Literacy Library Jobs – California

Library Literacy Program Assistant (As-Needed)

Santa Monica Library

Assist the Librarian III in the operation of the Library Literacy Programs

DEADLINE:  SEP 10

AmeriCorps VISTA - FT

San Jose Public Library

Partners in Reading, District 5 Library branches, or Equity and Inclusion

DEADLINE: SEP 25

BayNet Library and Information Network

CLA Career Center

CalOpps

Library Jobs in California

Southern California Library Cooperative

Writer to Writer Celebration Event ▬ International Literacy Day ▬ September 8 @ 1 PM

Writer to Writer Celebration Event

International Literacy Day

September 8 - 1 PM

National Literacy Month

Writer to Writer Celebration Event

CLA Calendar: 9.8.2020

Join adult literacy learners and State Librarian Greg Lucas in honoring the winners of the annual Writer to Writer Challenge! Writer to Writer is an annual writing contest held in literacy programs in Southern California Library Literacy Network libraries and Monterey County Free Library.

Learners read a book, then write a letter to the author about the impact the book had on their life. 

Hear the learners read their letters and get inspired to create your own Writer to Writer letter.

Camarena Library ▬ Meet Our Tutors: Mark Hurych

Meet Our Tutors: Mark Hurych

Adult Literacy on the Border: 7.27.2020

Mark Hurych on the Challenges of Tutoring - Camarena Memorial Library

Oh boy. OK, maybe it is a challenge to get me to shut up once I get rolling. I don't think tutoring or teaching is challenging. 

Let me explain. Raising a child to be kind and considerate, that's challenging, especially if you are trying to put food on the table and keep everybody healthy.

Dealing with a child with health issues in early life? (I've been there.) That qualifies as challenging.

I challenge myself when it comes to education. I've defined it as something completely different from schooling. Most of what typically goes on in K thru PhD is schooling, in my opinion. Getting schooled is common and it expresses the usual way of operating schools.

Taking, yes that's right I say "taking," an education is entirely different. When I ask myself a question and treat that question the same way you might treat "Where are my damn keys?" when you're on your way to work, when I ask myself a question in that way I begin to educate myself. No one can educate me. They can write a book, or write to me, they can send me a message, they can help me find my damn keys, sometimes, but the motivation to ask and answer is mine and mine alone.  READ MORE ➤➤

Automatic Readability Checker

Readability Consensus

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 6

Reading Level: fairly easy to read.

Reader's Age: 10-11 yrs. olds

(Fifth and Sixth graders)