California Book Festivals & Events :: November 2017

California Book Festivals & Events :: November 2017

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

Picture Book Month

Nov 4-19: San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival

Nov 5: San Diego Jewish Book Fest: Encinitas, 10a

Nov 9-12: Loomis Cowpoke Gathering
Nov 11-12: Ojai WordFest

Nov 12: Local Author Fair Camarillo Library, 11a

Nov 12-Dec 12: Jewish Book Month

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

California Book Festivals

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poetry Flash – So & No California

Poets & Writers Los Angeles Literary Events Calendar

Storytelling Association of California

African American Book Events

Book Fairs by State Library of Congress

Book Reporter – Book Festivals

Children’s Book Council Kid Lit Events

College Children’s & Young Adult Literature Conferences Festivals

Everfest Book Festival Calendar

ILA :: Literacy Calendar Worldwide

Storytelling Events

US Book Festivals

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events :: November 2017

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events

November 2017

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National –

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

@CalLibAssoc    #NewWorldsEmerge 

National Family Literacy Month

National Novel Writing Month

National Picture Book Month

Jewish Book Month Nov. 12 – Dec 12

Oct. 29+ International Games Week @ Your Library

Nov. 02 HOME A Living Archive Photographic Exhibit: Friends of Literacy Services-Escondido Library, thru Feb 1

Nov. 02+ California Library Association Conference Riverside

Nov. 02 CLA Just-in-Time Literacy Instruction Program Management Skills Riverside 1:15p

Nov. 02 EveryLibrary Fundraiser at CLA Lake Alice Trading Company Riverside 8p

Nov. 02 CLA Adult Literacy XPRIZE Competition Riverside 2:45p

Nov. 03 CLA Literacy Interest Group Meeting Riverside 1p

Nov. 03 CLA Rural California + Digital Literacy + ESL Instruction Riverside 4:30p

Nov. 03 CLA Leamos @ the Library Riverside 3:30p

Nov. 04 CLA An Invitation to Family Literacy Riverside 3p

Nov. 04 Write to Literacy Conference CSU Northridge 8:30a

Nov. 13+ American Education Week

Nov. 15+ CAEL Council for Adult & Experiential Learning Conference San Diego

Nov. 18 Tellabration (Saturday before Thanksgiving) Have the Talk of a Lifetime

Nov. 23+ The Great Listen 2017

Nov. 27 Overview of Orton Gillingham Approach Cyberspace 4 weeks

Nov. 27 Special Ed Law and Dyslexia Cyberspace 4 weeks

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poets & Writers Los Angeles Literary Events Calendar

California Book Festivals

Poetry Flash – So & No California

Storytelling Association of California

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar :: November 2017

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar :: November 2017

For Local, California and National

Literacy or Library Conferences and Events

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

Calendar

National Family Literacy Month

READ Ventura County Library 

Nov. 01 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Fontana 5p

Nov. 02 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Crestline 12:30p

Nov. 02 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation South Bay Literacy Torrance Library7p

Nov. 04 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library 29 Palms 9a

Nov. 04 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Chino Hills 9:30a

Nov. 04 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Yucaipa 10a

Nov. 04 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Diego Co Library El Cajon 10a

Nov. 04 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Crestline 12:30p

Nov. 04 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Hesperia 3p

Nov. 04 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Barstow 3:30p

Nov. 06 Adult Literacy Tutor Training READ/San DiegoLibrary10a

Nov. 07 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 12N

Nov. 09 Adult Literacy Tutor Training Newport Beach Library 9:15a
Nov. 14 Adult Literacy Tutor Training Placentia Library 6p

Nov. 14 Youth Literacy Tutor Orientation Words Alive San Diego CA 1p

Nov. 15 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Highland 5p

Nov. 15 Literacy Trivia Challenge Ventura Co Library 6p

Nov. 16 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Big Bear 3p

Nov. 16 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 6p

Nov. 18 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Yucca Valley 9a

Nov. 18 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Grand Terrace 10:30a

Nov. 18 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Adelanto 12N

Nov. 20 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Corona Library 7p

Nov. 25 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Rialto 10a
Nov. 25 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Apple Valley 10a
Nov. 27 Adult Literacy Tutor Training Santa Barbara Library 5:30p

Beverly Hills Library Adult Literacy: last Friday month 10:30 - 12 N

LAPL Adult Literacy volunteers receive 7 hours of Online Instruction

Local Tutor Workshops :: Always Scrolling in the Right Frame

National City Library :: Work Readiness Workshops

Work Readiness Workshops

National City Community Calendar

Literacy Services helps adults improve their basic reading, spelling, and math skills empowering them to reach their full potential in life. We match adult

learners with trained tutors for one-on-one or small group sessions.

Services:

Reading, Writing, Spelling and Math Tutoring

Computer Readiness Classes (Basic and Intermediate)

GED, Citizenship Test Prep, Driver's License Test Prep

Literacy Computer Lab

The Literacy Computer Lab is a special computer lab for adult literacy learners. The lab includes access to Mavis Beacon Typing, Lexia Strategies, Ultimate Phonics, Rosetta Stone, Math Tutor, and Learning Express. The lab is open during Literacy Office hours.

If you or someone you know needs help, contact Literacy Services staff.

All services are free and confidential! 619-470-5860

Oceanside Library :: Request for Proposals :: Adult Literacy Services

Request for Proposals - Adult Literacy Services

Oceanside News: 10.24.2017

RFP

The Oceanside Public Library, a department of the City of Oceanside, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP), seeking a qualified consultant to review all aspects of the Library’s provision of literacy services for English-speaking adults, or Adult Literacy services. These services offer a path to literacy for adult learners, building skills and changing lives in a positive, confidential environment. The consultant’s recommendations may be applied to the Oceanside READS Literacy Program, or to any Adult Literacy services the Library may provide or coordinate.  

The consultant will be expected to address the following areas and make recommendations:

> Community adult literacy needs and outcomes analysis

> Progress and status tracking for adult learners

> Resource management to meet objectives and service level needs

> Tools and materials

> Marketing and collaboration

The RFP may be found here.

Proposals must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. PST on Tuesday, November 28, 2017.

Please direct all questions to Brad Penner, Library Division Manager, no later than Friday, November 3, 2017.

California Library Association Conference :: Nov 2-4 :: Literacy

2017 California Library Association Conference

 New Worlds Emerge

Nov 2 – Nov 4 :: Riverside

@CalLibAssoc

#NewWorldsEmerge

Conference Planner: Literacy

Literacy Pre-Conference

Nov 2: Just-in-Time Literacy Instruction and Program Management Skills

1:00pm - 4:15pm

Five experienced library literacy coordinators will provide advice to colleagues

2:45pm - 4:15pm

Adult Literacy XPRIZE Competition 
Shlomy Kattan, Senior Director of the $7M Barbara Bush Foundation

Nov 3: Literacy Interest Group Meeting

1:00pm - 1:45pm

Nov 3: Leamos (Let's Read) at the Library: Lessons Learned Teaching Spanish Literacy

3 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Cathay Reta Adult Literacy Coordinator Azusa City Library

Rolando Olivo Adult Literacy Coordinator Riverside County Library Systems

New worlds do emerge when you learn to read for the first time. For adult Spanish speakers who never attended school, that is exactly what is happening at libraries throughout California.

Nov 4: An Invitation to Family Literacy: the Reading Ambassadors Program

3:00pm - 3:45pm

Let’s be honest, when it comes to family reading California families don’t have a level playing field.

Nov 4: Rural California + Digital Literacy + ESL Instruction

4:30pm - 5:15pm

Learn how Butte County Library established a digital literacy program for rural valley residents at a farm labor camp.

Literacy Library Jobs – California :: Placer Co :: Huntington Beach :: Calaveras Co

Literacy Library Jobs – California

Library Specialist-Library Assistant II Library Literacy Services - PT

Placer County Library

Recruit, enroll, and support tutors and learners of all ages . . .

Deadline: Nov 16

Literacy Community Liaison - PT

Calaveras County Public Library

will oversee literacy instruction at the Calaveras County detention center (Jail) and will work closely with incarcerated individuals.

DEADLINE: OPEN

Library Literacy Services Aide - PT

Huntington Beach Library

Staffs the literacy office, Answers phones and responds to Literacy's email, Assists literacy volunteers and adult literacy students

DEADLINE: OPEN

BayNet Library and Information Network

CalOpps

Library Jobs in California

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