Huntington Beach Library :: This Was My Chance !

This was my chance!

Literacy Volunteers-HBPL Blog: 2.02.2016

Martha came into the literacy office this morning excited to tell us great news.  

Last week, she heard from a friend that a new restaurant was hiring.  She went to apply and discovered that none of the staff spoke Spanish.  “I filled out the application in English and they called me in for an interview.  I was able to speak with them in English.  They hired me and that day I started working!  I am so happy!“

Martha told us how much she appreciates the literacy program and our literacy tutors because she was able to fill out the application and do the interview in English, something she would never have been able to do before.  Her co-workers do not speak Spanish so she will have the opportunity to use English at work and she couldn’t be happier.

Go Literacy and Go Martha!

San Diego Co Library :: LEARN's 2016 Tutor Training Schedule

LEARN's 2016 Tutor Training Schedule

LEARN Adult Literacy Blog:  1.29.2016

All trainings are held at the El Cajon Branch Library.

To register for a training session, please call 888-466-0668 or click LEARN San Diego County Library

Jan 30  10:00 – 4:00

Feb 18 12:00 – 4:00

Mar 05 10:00 – 4:00

Apr 14  12:00 – 4:00

May 04 12:00 – 4:00

Jun 25  10:00 – 4:00

Jul 23   10:00 – 4:00

Aug 27 10:00 – 4:00

Sep 14  12:00 – 4:00

Oct 01  10:00 – 4:00

Nov 05  12:00 –4:00

Latest Estimated Value of Volunteer Time – 2014 :: $26.87 California

Actual Size

National Value of Volunteer Time

Independent Sector: 2015

Latest Estimated Value of Volunteer Time – 2014

National:   $23.07 per hour

California: $26.87 per hour

The estimate helps acknowledge the millions of individuals who dedicate their time, talents, and energy to making a difference. Charitable organizations can use this estimate to quantify the enormous value volunteers provide.

According to the Corporation for National and Community Service, about 62.6 million Americans, or 25.4 percent of the adult population, gave 7.7 billion hours of volunteer service worth $173 billion in 2013.2 For the latest information, please see Volunteering and Civic Life in America 2015

The value of volunteer time is based on the hourly earnings (approximated from yearly values) of all production and non-supervisory workers on private non-farm payrolls average (based on yearly earnings provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) for the national average. Independent Sector indexes this figure to determine state values and increases it by 12 percent to estimate for fringe benefits.

Charitable organizations most frequently use the value of volunteer time for recognition events or communications to show the amount of community support an organization receives from its volunteers.  READ MORE @

National Literacy & Library Events :: February 2016

National Literacy & Library Events: February 2016

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National -

visit

the Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

National African American Read-In

@ncte  #aari16

Haiku Writing Month  @NaHaiWriMo  #nahaiwrimo

Feb. 01+ Literacy Action Week, SCALE  @ReadWriteAct
Feb. 01+ Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week

Feb. 02+ ATIA Conference & Exhibition, Orlando FL  @ATIAorg

Feb. 03 Global School Play Day #GSPD2016

Feb. 05 @naacpimageaward Outstanding Literature, Pasadena CA 7p

Feb. 06 Take Your Child to the Library Day

Feb. 06+ National Reading Recovery Literacy, Columbus OH  @rrcna_org

Feb. 13 Autism Sensory Friendly Films KUNG FU PANDA 3 10a

Feb. 14 Book Giving Day  @bookgivingday

Feb. 14+ Arizona Adult Literacy Week  @azadultlw

Feb. 14+ Louisiana Literacy Week

Feb. 15+ Learning Disabilities Association of America, Orlando FL  @LDAofAmerica

Feb. 16 Literacy Day at the Capitol, Atlanta GA

Feb. 17 Digital Learning Day  @OfficialDLDay

Feb. 17+ Plain Talk about Literacy and Learning, New Orleans LA  @cdlteach

Feb. 21+ Freedom to Read Week, Canada  @Freedom_to_Read

Feb. 23 Autism Sensory Friendly Films ZOOLANDER 2 7p

Feb. 24 Read Aloud Day  @litworldsays

Feb. 25 Literacy Education Advocacy Day  @ncte

Feb. 26 Literacy Dyslexia & ADHD, CSU San Bernardino, Palm Desert 1p

Feb. 27 Autism Sensory Friendly Films KUNG FU PANDA 3 10a

Feb. 29+ Everyone Reading Conference, CUNY Graduate Center, NY NY

Feb. 29+ Nevada Reading Week

State Library Associations :: Conferences

ILA :: Literacy Calendar Worldwide

US Book Festivals

Children’s Book Council Kid Lit Events

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events :: February 2016

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events

February 2016

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National –

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

National African American Read-In

@ncte  #aari16

Haiku Writing Month  @NaHaiWriMo  #nahaiwrimo

Feb. 01 Reading Comprehension Strategies Cyberspace thru 3.26

Feb. 01 What is Dyslexia: In-Depth Look Cyberspace thru 3.26

Feb. 01+ Literacy Action Week, SCALE  @ReadWriteAct
Feb. 01+ Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week

Feb. 04+ California School Library Assn Conference, San Diego  @cslainfo

Feb. 04+ Early Childhood STEM, Pasadena

Feb. 06 Take Your Child to the Library Day

Feb. 12+ Southern California Writers' Conference, San Diego

Feb. 13 Autism Sensory Friendly Films KUNG FU PANDA 3 10a

Feb. 14 Book Giving Day   @bookgivingday

Feb. 17 Digital Learning Day  @OfficialDLDay

Feb. 19+ CATE Conference, Costa Mesa

Feb. 21+ Freedom to Read Week, Canada  @Freedom_to_Read

Feb. 22+ Water Cooler Conf , Sacramento @AP_California

Feb. 23 Autism Sensory Friendly Films ZOOLANDER 2 7p

Feb. 24 Read Aloud Day  @litworldsays

Feb. 25 Literacy Education Advocacy Day  @ncte

Feb. 26 Literacy Dyslexia & ADHD, CSU San Bernardino, Palm Desert 1p

Feb. 26+ CARS+ Convention, Riverside

Feb. 26+ Charlotte S Huck Children's Literature Festival, University of Redlands

Feb. 27 Autism Sensory Friendly Films KUNG FU PANDA 3 10a

Feb. 27 Children's Literacy Day, Los Angeles @SoCalBookScene

Feb. 27+ Riverside Dickens Festival

Feb. 29 Overview of Dyslexia Screening Cyberspace thru 3.25

Feb. 29 Overview of Orton Gillingham Approach Cyberspace thru 3.25

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poets & Writers Los Angeles Literary Events Calendar

California Book Festivals

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar :: February 2016

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar: February 2016

For Local, California and National

Literacy or Library Conferences and Events

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

Calendar

National African American Read-In

@ncte     #aari16

Feb. 01 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Ventura Co Library 5p

Feb. 03 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Fontana 5p

Feb. 03 Adult Literacy Learner Orientation READ/San Diego Library 5:45p

Feb. 04 Adult Literacy Learner Orientation South Bay Literacy, Torrance Library 7p

Feb. 06 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Chino 10a

Feb. 06 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Rialto 10:30a

Feb. 09 Adult Literacy Learner Orientation READ/San Diego Library 6p

Feb. 09 Adult Literacy Learner Orientation Carlsbad Library 12N

Feb. 11 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Crestline
Feb. 13 ESL Tutor Training Azusa Library 9a

Feb. 13 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Yucca Valley 9a

Feb. 13 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Yucaipa 10a

Feb. 13 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Adelanto 11a

Feb. 13 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Crestline 12N

Feb. 13 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Placentia Library 1p

Feb. 18 Adult Literacy Tutor Workshop San Diego Co Library El Cajon 12N

Feb. 18 Adult Literacy Tutor Workshop Carlsbad Library 6p

Feb. 22 Adult Literacy Learner Orientation READ/San Diego Library 10a

Feb. 22 Adult Literacy Volunteer Orientation Corona Library 7p
Feb. 27 Great Trivia Challenge FUNraiser Glendora Library 5p

LAPL Adult Literacy volunteers receive 7 hours of Online Instruction

Local Tutor Workshops :: Always Scrolling in the Right Frame.

Statewide Workshops @ California Library Literacy Services

Redlands Library - Hires First Full-Time Literacy Coordinator

REDLANDS: Library hires first full-time literacy coordinator

New library coordinator in Redlands will help bolster programs in adult literacy effort

Press Enterprise: 1.22.2016 by Penny E Schwartz

After five years as a volunteer tutor, Diane Shimota has become the first full-time paid coordinator of the adult literacy program at A.K. Smiley Library in Redlands.

A combination of money allocated by the city last year for a part-time coordinator and grant money from the state has enabled the Redlands program to hire a full-time coordinator for the first time.

“Diane’s experience as a tutor and as a computer teacher make her perfect for the position,” said principal librarian Daniel Slota.

Tutoring always has been part of her job, said Shimota, who has worked in the computer mapping and forestry and fire protection fields.

Through tutoring in the adult literacy program, she has worked with learners of varying levels of language competency. “They have had different goals and needs,” she said of the adults she has tutored at Smiley Library and the off-site facility at Clement Middle School.

Tutoring adult literacy students is rewarding when they can accomplish their goals, said Shimota, a Redlands resident. “When they can read a whole story or go to the doctor by themselves, I find it fulfilling,” she said.

She also dubs herself a “champion for computer literacy” and has taught a series of computer classes to learners in the program. “In order to succeed in today’s world, people need basic computer skills,” she said.

The responsibilities of her new position will include working with the state library system as well as with the program’s 70 pairs of learners and tutors, who usually meet weekly for lessons and quarterly for round-table discussions. She will schedule assessment sessions with a backlog of applicants to pair them with their best matches as tutors, she said.  READ MORE @