2016 California Book Festivals

California Book Festivals

books, comics, poetry, storytelling, writing and more !

January

Cowboy Poetry Gathering: Jan 30-Feb 4, Elko NV

Rancho Mirage Writers Festival: Jan 28-29

February

California Antiquarian Book Fair: Feb 10-12, Oakland

CODEX 2017: International Symposium & Book Fair, Berkeley

LA Art Book Fair: 2016, Geffen Contemporary @ MOCA

Long Beach Comic Expo: Feb 18-19, Convention Center

Marin Academy Literary Festival: 2016, San Rafael

Riverside Dickens Festival: Feb 25-26

San Diego Public Library – Local Authors: Feb

San Gabriel Valley Literary Festival: 2016

Southern California Writers’ Conference: Feb 17-20, SD

March

Read Across California

San Diego Public Library – Little Local Authors

Woman’ Scream" International Poetry Festival

Book Passage Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conf: Mar 4-5, Corte Madera

Charlotte S Huck Children's Literature Festival: Mar 3-4, Univ Redlands

LA Zine Fest: 2016, Majestic, 650 S Spring

Literary Women – Festival of Authors: Mar 4, Long Beach

Mariposa Storytelling Festival: Mar 10-12, Yosemite

San Diego Storytelling Festival: 2016, Encinitas Library

Sierra Valley Grange Cowboy Poetry: 2016, Vinton

Women's Literary Festival:  2016, Santa Barbara

World Storytelling Day: A global celebration of storytelling Mar 20

April

National Poetry Month

Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair: 2016, Oakland

Black Writers On Tour: 2016, Carson Community Center

California Bookstore Day Apr 30

Cowboy Poetry Week  Apr 16-22

Haiku Poetry Day Apr 17

International Edible Book Festival: Apr 1

L A Times Festival of Books, USC: Apr 22-23

Latino Book & Family Festival – Inland Empire: 2016, CSU San Bernardino

Literary Orange: 2016, Irvine

Ojai Storytelling Festival: 2017

Ojai Word Festival: 2016

Pasadena Festival of Women Authors: 2016
San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival: 2016

Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival: 2016, Old Town Newhall

SFJazz Poetry Festival: 2016, SFJAZZ Center

UkiaHaiku Festival: 2016

May

Berkeley Poetry Festival: 2016

Festival of Women Authors Orange County: 2016

Grand Park Downtown Bookfest: 2016, LA

Latino Book & Family Festival – Inland Empire: 2016 CSU San Bernardino

Oakland Book Festival: 2016

Steinbeck Festival: 2016 Salinas

Women's Literary Festival: 2016, Santa Barbara

June

Author Fair, El Segundo Library

Celebrating Words Festival: 2016, Pacoima

LitFest Pasadena, 2016

Sacramento Black Book Fair, June 02+

Bay Book Fest: June 03+, Berkeley

July
Comic-Con Intl: 2016, San Diego

LaborFest, SF: 2016

Sierra Storytelling Festival: 2016, Nevada City

August

Liemert Park Book Fair: 2016, Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza

Tuolumne Meadows Poetry Festival: 2016, Parsons Lodge, Yosemite Natl Park

September

Comic Con Long Beach: Sep 17-18

Fall into Fiction UCAAB, Sep 22 Carson

Family Day at the Park: Sep 17 Stockton

Latino Book & Family Festival: Sep 10, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes

Library of Congress Natl Book Festival: Sep 24, Wash DC

Orange County Children's Book Festival: Sep 25 Orange Coast College

Pebble Beach Authors & Ideas Festival: Sep 23-25

San Francisco Zine Fest: Sep 4

ScholarShare Children’s Book Festival: Sep 24-25, Sacramento

Southern California Poetry Festival: Sep 10-11, Aquarium of Pacific LB

Southern California Writers’ Conf – LA: Sep 25-27, Irvine

Teen Book Festival, Sep 17 Pasadena Library 12N

WeHo Reads: Banned Books Sep 26, West Hollywood Library 11a

October

Authors in the OC: Oct 1, Anaheim

Book'd LA: Oct 20, North Hollywood

Burbank Library Local Authors Showcase: Oct 15 1p

Filipino American International Book Festival: 2017, San Francisco

Great Valley Bookfest: Oct 8, Manteca

High Desert Book Festival: Oct 1, Victorville 10a

Humboldt County Children's Author Festival: 2017

Lit Crawl LA: Oct 21, NOHO

LitQuake SF: Oct 6-15

San Diego City College Intl Book Fair: Oct 12-16

San Diego Jewish Book Fair: Oct 29-Nov 6

Stan Lee's Comikaze: Oct 28-30, LA Convention Center

Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival: Oct 1, Berkeley

November

Loomis Cowpoke Gathering: Nov 10-13

San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival: Nov 5-20

Monterey Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival: Nov 18-20

Jewish Book Month: Nov 24-Dec 24

December

Howard Zinn Book Fair: Dec 4, San Francisco City College Mission Campus

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

Save California Libraries & Literacy - ADVOCATE !

SAVE CA LIBRARIES LITERACY - ADVOCATE !

The Budget Subcommittees are gearing up to meet, so it's time to make our voices heard and work to reinstate funding for libraries and literacy!

EVERYONE -- tutors, learners, literacy professionals, and friends -- must rise to the occasion and write letters. Lots of letters!! Some things to keep in mind . . .

1. Handwritten letters are the best, but if you can't do that, don't worry -- send a typed letter.
2. Volume matters! Our goal is a minimum of 200 letters on the Senate and Assembly Budget Subcommittee Chairpersons' desks, with copies on the committee members' desks.
3. You can use the same wording in your letters to the Senate and Assembly Budget Subcommittee Chairs.
4. Personal stories make a difference. Ask your tutors and students to write about the difference your literacy program has made in their lives.

See a sample letter below to get you started. More Advocacy Tips @ CLA.

It's best to send your letter via U.S. Mail. 2nd best is fax.

Do NOT email your letter -- emails are not effective.

Senate Budget Subcommittee Number 1 on Education Finance
State Capitol, Room 5061
Sacramento, CA 95814

Stage 1: 200+ Letters BEFORE March 31

Stage 2: 200+ Letters in the Spring

Senator Senator Carol Liu,Chair

Dear Senator Liu,Please reinstate funding for public libraries --$3.7 million to Adult Literacy Programs (the California Library Literacy and English Acquisition Program), $8.5 million to the California Library Services Act, and $3 million to the Public Library Foundation.

I would like to specifically address the $3.7 million for Adult Literacy Programs, which serve English-speaking adults who read at less than a 6th grade level.

It is estimated that 23% of adults in California lack basic literacy skills such that they would be unable to fill out a job application. Last year these programs served 22,733 adult learners using 12,609 volunteer tutors who volunteered 855,206 hours (a value of $20 million in volunteer time). Additionally, the programs leveraged every $1 of state funds to raise $5 in local/private funds, much of which will not be available without the state's money to leverage.

We received no state funds in 2011/2012 which closed several programs and forced surviving programs to make deep cuts to program hours and staffing levels. We estimate that we will serve 25% fewer learners (approximately 5,500 adults) as a result. This is in addition to our existing state-wide waiting list of 3,000 adults. If funds are not restored for 2012/2013, up to 42 more programs could close.

There are very few other options for these adults. 57% of our programs reported that there is no other local service. And 76% reported a decrease in service or the elimination of their local adult school.

Don't let this happen! Improving literacy makes good economic sense when you consider that 70% of our adult learners were in their prime wage-earning years (ages 20 - 49). And the programs work -- of the adults who set the goal: 48% wrote their first resume; 58% were able to fill out a job application; and 53% found a job. California clearly needs programs that produce results like this.

Thank you in advance for your support.
Sincerely,
(Your Name)

cc: Senator Ted Gaines
Senator Rod Wright

Senate Budget Subcommittee 1-Educ Finance
Senator Carol Liu, ChairState Capitol, Room 5061
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: (916) 324-7543

Senator Ted GainesState Capitol, Room 3060
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: (916) 324-2680

Senator Rod WrightState Capitol, Room 5064
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: (916) 445-3712

Assembly Budget Subcom 2-Educ FinanceAssemblywoman Susan Bonilla, ChairState Capitol, Room 2188
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: (916) 319-2111

Assemblyman Bill Berryhill
State Capitol, Room 3141
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: (916) 319-2126

Assemblywoman Julia BrownleyState Capitol, Room 2163
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: (916) 319-2141

Assemblyman Brian NestandeState Capitol, Room 4139
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: (916) 319-2164

Assemblyman Sandre Swanson
State Capitol, Room 6012

Sacramento, CA 95814

Fax: (916) 319-2116

. . . from
Laura Seaholm - Program Manager, Project Second ChanceContra Costa County Library

WordCount: 86,800 Most Common Words

86,800 Most Common Words

The WordCount website is alive and well !

It was created by Jonathan Harris in 2004. Here’s link to a conversation with him @ Wordmaster on Sep 2, 2004.

WordCount

an interactive presentation of the
86,800 most frequently used English words

Anonymous reported that Wordcount was no longer available (see comment). Contacted Jonathan Harris; he said the site was being moved to a new host and would be up and running soon.

Here are 2 other lists of the most common English words:
6000 Most Frequently Used English Words
Word Frequency Lists and Dictionary: Corpus of Contemporary American English

CA & National Literacy Calendar: March 2012

California Literacy Calendar: March 2012

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences
- local, California and National -

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

Info about local Tutor Training Workshops is always Scrolling in the Right Frame.

Read Across America Day: March 2
World Read Aloud Day: March 7

Southern California Literacy Events: March 2012Mar 02+: Charlotte S Huck Children's Literature Festival – U Redlands
Mar 02+: IDA, Inland Empire Annual Conference – Riverside
Mar 07: Sensory Film – The LORAX 10am
Mar 10: Literary Women - Long Beach Festival of Authors

California Literacy Events: March 2012
Mar 07+: CABE Conference – Sacramento
Mar 09+: Mariposa Storytelling FestivalMar 15+: California Language Teachers Assn Conf – Los Angeles
Mar 15+: CUE Conference – Palm Springs

National & International Literacy Events: March 2012Mar 07: Sensory Film – The LORAX 10am
Mar 08+: We Learn - Women & Literacy – Univ Rhode Island
Mar 12+: Everyone Reading Conference NY
Mar 13+: Public Library Assn Conf – Philadelphia
Mar 14+: Early Education Technology for Children Conf – Salt Lake City
Mar 16: Transliteracy, Technology and Teaching – University at Albany
Mar 25+: National Conf on Family Literacy-NCFL – San DiegoMar 28+: Global Summit on Childhood – Washington DC
Mar 28+: TESOL Annual Convention – Philadelphia
Mar 30+: Latino Children's Literature Conf – University of Alabama
Mar 31+: Latino Book & Family Festival – Chicago

Monrovia Library - Local Retiree Teaches Literacy and Language at Library

Local Retiree Teaches Literacy and Language at Library
Bailey Bishop works with two English language learners on a weekly basis.
Monrovia Patch: 2.13.2012 by Alison Roeske

Bishop was introduced to the Monrovia Public Library’s Literacy Program by way of his friend Alan Wayte, who is another long-term tutor. For the past three years, Bishop has been working with Alma Lara, a mother and homemaker who is originally from Mexico.

"This student of mine knew very little English when I first started working with her. She told me that she feels some gratification and she’s improving and looks forward to bigger and better things as we move along," he said.

.    .    .    .    .

"I think it’s one of the better libraries in Southern California. The literacy section is good. Good teaching materials," he said. READ MORE !

SCLLN Writer To Writer Awards: 2011

2011 Writer To Writer Awards

Southern California Library Literacy Network
2012 Literacy Conference - Lunch Ceremony

Adult Learners read or listened to a book that inspired them and wrote a letter to the author.Congratulations to every Adult Learner who wrote a letter !

Emerging category (dictate a letter to tutor or staff)

Winner—Ramon G, Carlsbad City Library Learning Center
Runner Up—Flavio G, San Diego County Library-Vista
Runner Up—Sam F, Carlsbad City Library Learning Center

Beginning category (write basic, simple letter independently)

Winner—Shaina K, Newport Beach Central Public Library
Runner Up—Erica S, “Let’s Read, Altadena!” Altadena Library District
Runner Up—Anonymous, Newport Beach Central Public Library

Intermediate category (write a more complex letter with larger vocabulary)

Winner—Teruyo M, Newport Beach Central Public Library
Runner Up—Patricia W, San Diego Public Library-READ/San Diego
Runner-Up—Linda P, Carlsbad City Library Learning Center

Advanced category (independently with little support from tutor or staff)

Winner—Anonymous, Carlsbad City Library Learning Center
Runner Up—Hermond J, Carlsbad City Library Learning Center
Runner Up—Javier V, Huntington Beach Public Library

Azusa Library - Promotes Literacy For All Ages

Azusa City Library promotes literacy for all agesAzusa Pacific Univ-The Clause: 2.15.2012 by Annie Yu

Literacy skills are developed from a young age, and a child that has access to plentiful books will often continue to develop his or her reading skills well into adulthood. However, many kids have limited access to a library. Enter the Bookmobile, Azusa City Library’s very own customized Dodge van.

The colorfully decorated van has steps, a ramp, a pull out canopy for shade and a generator for air conditioning. The Bookmobile is handled by a two-person team, providing library cards as well as book checkouts. Occasionally, the Bookmobile also has story time and crafts for the kids.

There are 10 different locations around Azusa that the Bookmobile visits: one preschool, four elementary schools, one junior high school, one high school, one adult school and two senior citizen centers. The students are free to walk into the Bookmobile to browse and to lounge on the chairs or cushions often set up outside.

Adult Literacy Services: Helping adults in reading and writing
Over 30 million adults in the U.S. lack the basic literacy skills it takes to read and fully comprehend this sentence. According to the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL), these adults are placed in the “below basic” category, with “no more than the most simple and concrete literacy skills.”

The NAAL shows that while a shocking 14 percent of the national population cannot read the newspaper or follow directions on a bottle of painkillers, the percentage is overshadowed by the 23 percent of Californian adults and the 33 percent of L.A. County adults who lack these basic literacy skills.

The Azusa City Library offers a free literacy program, Adult Literacy Services, to help struggling adults improve their basic reading and writing skills, as well as simple math skills. The program is a part of the California Library Literacy Services, which started in 1984 to improve literacy among Californian adults. The Azusa chapter of the program was shut down for several years due to funding cuts, but they were able to reopen last April. They currently have around a dozen students, with a few more on the waiting list. READ MORE !

Literacy Library Jobs - California - Alameda - El Dorado

Literacy Jobs: February

Alameda Free Library: Literacy Adm Asst II / PT– Feb 23
El Dorado Co: Early Childhood Literacy – Feb 23
Lawndale: Youth Policy Inst - Fam Lit Parent Coor / PT – Feb 29
Hollywood: Youth Policy Inst – Financial Literacy / PT

Goodbye, State Funding For California Libraries

Goodbye, State Funding for California Libraries
@Twitter

gypsylib: Goodbye, state funding for California libraries http://t.co/8ZxHw63F via @kalwnews Bad news for CA libraries and literacy. Tuesday, February 07, 2012 6:53:04 AM

bfister: Goodbye, state funding for California libraries - yeah, we need jobs, not ... uh, literacy. Wait.... http://t.co/odsm1X7c via @kalwnews Monday, February 06, 2012 11:28:50 AM

boyadamsam: Hope you're not a fan of literacy, because the state of California just defunded its libraries. http://t.co/rXshAKFb Hat tip to @ensable. Monday, February 06, 2012 10:31:35 AM

AmreaderToo: @audreywatters: California completely cuts state funding for libraries http://t.co/M0P06Pku Literacy programs, et al must find other $. Monday, February 06, 2012 10:11:22 AM

wasouder1: RT @bookbent: I understand that California has enormous budget issues, but slashing library funding to $0 is horrible. Literacy programs will suffer. Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:55:32 AM

bookbent: I understand that California has enormous budget issues, but slashing library funding to $0 is horrible. Literacy programs will suffer. Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:54:11 AM

TravisSheridan: And there you have it folks. California does not like literacy. Better increase public safety funding. http://t.co/uCRFCGFL Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:44:55 AM

taripie: RT @ZaraTV: This is just sad. LIbrary funding is now at ZILCH. (via @TravisSheridan) http://t.co/yhmIzuJ4 Tuesday, February 07, 2012 9:18:19 AM

wasouder1: RT @bookbent: I understand that California has enormous budget issues, but slashing library funding to $0 is horrible. Literacy programs will suffer. Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:55:32 AM

ZaraTV: This is just sad. LIbrary funding is now at ZILCH. (via @TravisSheridan) http://t.co/yhmIzuJ4 Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:54:29 AM

punchj: Read Punch's Library Daily < Goodbye State Funding for California > http://t.co/noZAzaA4 #libraries #bankruptstate #savelibraries Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:55:57 AM

gsistare: Now would be the time to start measuring political aptitude / citzenship as related to the quality of the local library http://t.co/BKIRuQGc Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:35:27 AM

playprof: I grew up in San Francisco & enjoyed the riches of the the public library. What will happen to children like me now? http://t.co/D6c8Afib Monday, February 06, 2012 5:22:34 PM

PSCLiteracy: RT @marshallbooks: Your public library needs you. California eliminated state funding to libraries. http://t.co/VIoVvVlP Monday, February 06, 2012 3:12:33 PM

Destiny_Disney: RT @marshallbooks: Your public library needs you. California eliminated state funding to libraries. http://t.co/VIoVvVlP Monday, February 06, 2012 11:33:40 AM

calliope: Sigh. http://t.co/jO5G0ECK Bye California Library State funding.#swearwords Monday, February 06, 2012 11:32:25 AM

therealprotonk: CA cuts $59M from library funding (http://t.co/pbbHlYN9) and may ask the UC System for a $200M loan.(http://t.co/IMx9E7xo). Monday, February 06, 2012 11:05:42 AM

carl_grant: CA legislators commit their state to further decline by cutting all public library funding! http://t.co/yy5dSUmu Monday, February 06, 2012 11:05:19 AM

kmsqrd: RT @sheepeeh: MT @audreywatters: CA cuts state library support http://t.co/Ab5fb9Ma / What happened to "libraries will get you through times w/no money"? Monday, February 06, 2012 10:40:33 AM

marshallbooks: Your public library needs you. California eliminated state funding to libraries. http://t.co/VIoVvVlP Monday, February 06, 2012 10:29:42 AM

sheepeeh: MT @audreywatters: CA cuts state library support http://t.co/Ab5fb9Ma / What happened to "libraries will get you through times w/no money"?

Centro Latino for Literacy - Welcome to SCLLN's Newest Member

Welcome to SCLLN's Newest Member:
Centro Latino for Literacy

Centro Latino offers several different literacy and education classes at our three classrooms headquartered in the Westlake/Pico-Union section of Los Angeles. The Spanish language literacy programs Leamos & Listos meet the California Langauge

Beginning Literacy standards and are designated as Pre-ESL curriculum. Education partners teach English as a Second Language (ESL) as well as Computer and Job Readiness Skills. This approach increases students’ self-confidence, empowers participants to take pro-active steps to improve their futures, and also nurtures a sense of accomplishment and joy in learning. Learners range from 18 to 80 in age.

Over 1500 students as of early October 2011 including:
Leamos has reached 197 students, 96 from partner sites
Listos has reached 111 students
ESL has grown to 856 students
382 students have learned new computer skills
20 students have learned job skills and preparedness

• March 18, 2012: Join Centro Latino Team @ the LA Marathon
• April 2012: Open House
• Sep 28, 2012: Manos Amigas

Visit Centro Latino on Facebook

Centro Latino for Literacy
1709 W. 8th Street, Suite A
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213 . 483 . 7753

CA & National Literacy Calendar: February 2012

California Literacy Calendar: February 2012

SCLLN Literacy Conference

February 25

Buena Park Holiday Inn

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- local, California and National -

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

Info about local Tutor Training Workshops is always Scrolling in the Right Frame.

February: National African American Read-In

Southern California Literacy Events: February 2012
Feb 3 Ink & Blood: Dead Sea Scrolls to Gutenberg The Muzeo Anaheim
Feb 23 Spelling Bee 5:30pm - San Diego Council on Literacy Fundraiser
Feb 25 SCLLN Literacy Conference Buena Park Holiday Inn
Feb 25 Sensory Friendly Films 10am - SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY @ AMC theaters

California Literacy Events: February 2012Feb 10+ CATE Conference - Ontario
Feb 24+ CARS+ Convention - Riverside
Feb 25 SCLLN Literacy Conference Buena Park Holiday Inn
Feb 27+ International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference - San Diego

National & International Literacy Events: February 2012Feb 1 The Edgy Librarian Online - Cyberspace
Feb 2 No Child Left Out Education Conference - Isle of Palms, SC
Feb 4+ National Reading Recovery Literacy Conference Greater - Columbus OH
Feb 15+ NABE Conference - Dallas TX
Feb 21+ NAREN Annual Conference - Panama City Florida
Feb 22+ Learning Disability Association Conference - Chicago IL
Feb 25 Sensory Friendly Films 10am - SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY @ AMC theaters

2012 SCLLN Literacy Conference Workshops: Feb 25

SCLLN Literacy Conference 2012
February 25
Buena Park Holiday Inn
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Lunch: Writer To Writer Awards Ceremony

Early Bird Registration: Feb 3, 2012
- click here for Form –
$ 40.00: SCLLN Tutors and Staff
$ 15.00: Adult Learners

After Feb 3:
$ 60.00: SCLLN Tutors and Staff
$ 25.00: Adult Learners
Non-Members - $ 75.00

Strand 1 9:00 – 10:15
Stay In Control
It is easy for the daily responsibilities to overwhelm us to the point that at the end of the day we feel like we have fallen behind. Worse yet, this feeling occurs day after day until we feel we have lost control of our lives.
Picture Books – Not Just For Kids!
Explore a variety of uses of picture books with adult learners and their families to reinforce adult and intergenerational literacy skills, writing skills, reading comprehension, vocabulary, English language skills and the opportunity to relax and enjoy a book with someone special.
Presentation Skills – Tricks of the Trade
Looking to refresh your training skills, gain confidence in making presentations, or learn how to keep your audience involved? This workshop is for you.
Adult Literacy Services: Where the Boundaries Begin and End
A panel of field professionals will discuss the numerous grey areas we all navigate in serving low-literate adults. Legal, ethical and practical advice will be provided along with a Q&A session with the audience.
Teaching non-literate Spanish-speakers to read and write
Do you work with non-literate, Spanish-speaking youth or adults? Learn about a simple computer-based tool to teach them to read and write. Based on 20 years of classroom experience, ¡LEAMOS! por Computadora (Let’s Read! by Computer)
Twitter 101
Getting Started – Tweeting – Tips. Bring a Laptop with WiFi.
Tweet, Tweet, Tweet
Learner Focused: Getting Comfortable with Writing & Journaling
Get rid of your fear of writing! Learn techniques to get started and be comfortable with writing and journaling.

Strand 2 10:30 – 11:45
Financial Literacy
Join us in this interactive workshop and learn about:
Preparing and working with a personal (family) budget
The basics of managing and balancing a checkbook
Managing your personal credit
Improving Silent Reading Fluency
Learn about the physical and cognitive reading process and how it affects the abilities of a learner to attain fluency. Reading Plus is a tool that can address these issues, allow readers to overcome obstacles and make amazing improvement in their reading skills.
Teach Back, Teach Forward:
Walking out of doctor’s office with Info you need
About 80% of what is heard in the Doctor’s Office is forgotten upon leaving. There are some methods that can be used to increase assimilation, and thus compliance, that we will practice, both tutor and learner.
Job Readiness for Learners
Tutors wishing to assist learners in practical, up to date methods for preparing to enter the job market will gain information about the paper presentation, the verbal presentation and the online presentation needed by candidates in today’s tight market.
Reading Comprehension Made Simple
Have you ever finished reading a page and realized that you can’t remember what you read? Does your learner struggle with reading comprehension? Come and join us to learn a few simple strategies that will help you understand and remember more of what you read.
Supporting Parents as their Child’s 1st Teacher
Parents are their child’s first teacher and literacy is the cornerstone of academic success. This workshop will provide an overview of how to involve parents in their child’s education at school.
Learner Focused: ProLiteracy’s Education Network and YOU!
offers a world of resources for adult learners, tutors and literacy programs. Come find out how you can use the Education Network to practice reading, writing, math, everyday literacy activities and more!

Strand 3 1:45 – 3:00
Moving Into Literacy with the Feldenkrais Method®
Coordinated movement is essential for greater ease in learning. In this workshop, participants will be guided through a series of slow and gentle movement sequences designed to help them reconnect with their natural abilities to express themselves more clearly.
Poor Readers’ Ghosts and Goblins!
It’s a scary world out there for poor readers! Always, that devastating fear that others will find out they can’t read very well. In spite of all the ingenious ways they’ve devised of keeping it a secret, it’s lurking out there in the shadows – ready to come out of nowhere and shatter their lives – like some scary monster!
What’s the 2-1-1?
Understanding Orange County’s Comprehensive Information and Referral System
American Accent Training
Accent is a combination of three main components: intonation (speech music), liaisons (word connections), and pronunciation (the spoken sounds of vowels, consonants, and combinations).
Literacy Material Grab Bag
Books, Manipulatives, Magazines, etc. that Burbank tutors find helpful. If you have a favorite, bring 1 to share.
Grammar Games and Speaking Activities for ESL Groups
Need some easy activities to help your ESL students practice tricky aspects of basic English grammar like irregular past tense verbs or when to put the “s” on present tense verbs? Would you like to learn some games to play during class to get your students smiling and talking?Learner Focused: Naturalization 101
Officers with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will provide an overview of the naturalization process and the requirements for naturalization—such as good moral character, physical presence and knowledge of English and civics.

Literacy Library Jobs - California - National City

Literacy Coordinator (Senior Library Technician)
National City Library
Application Deadline: Open

Under direction, to perform technical and paraprofessional duties in the library, including supervision of lower-level staff; oversee activities of assigned function; and perform related duties as required.

Literacy duties may include preparing grant application; grants recordkeeping; organizing literacy services; assessing literacy skills for program placement; selecting material and teaching aides; and assisting in the preparation of the budget.

Literacy Research Contractor: KOREH L.A.
Application Deadline: Feb 1, 2012
Start date: Feb 15, 2012

The Literacy Research Contractor is a time-limited, grant-funded independent contractor for The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. Working in coordination with the Director of Programs for the Community Engagement Department and KOREH L.A. staff members, the Research Contractor will conduct and analyze research on the current state of literacy work in Los Angeles County.

Education Manager: Children's Creativity Museum
Start Date: Feb 1, 2012

3Cs of 21st-century literacy - Creativity, Collaboration and Communication - inspire new ideas and innovative solutions.

The Education Manager leads a team of Educators, Education Interns, and Volunteers to implement and evaluate all of CCM’s education and public programs. These programs include school field trips, early childhood programming, and weekend workshops. In addition, the Education Manger works closely with the Youth Program Manager, the Exhibits Manager, and the Visitor Services Manager to ensure that all of CCM’s education and programs support and/or enhance the general admission experience. The Education Manger ensures that CCM’s educational approach consistently fosters creativity, collaboration, and communication throughout its entire exhibit and program experiences.

2012 SCLLN Literacy Conference 2012: Feb 25

SCLLN Literacy Conference 2012
February 25
Buena Park Holiday Inn
8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Lunch: Writer To Writer Awards Ceremony

Early Bird Registration: Feb 3, 2012
- click here for Form –
$ 40.00: SCLLN Tutors and Staff
$ 15.00: Adult Learners

After Feb 3:
$ 60.00: SCLLN Tutors and Staff
$ 25.00: Adult Learners

Non-Members - $ 75.00

Win A Free Admission – see *Q below

Some of the Workshops
Self Confidence
Job Readiness
Financial Literacy
Health Literacy
Reading Plus
Stay in Control
Spanish Literacy
Families in Schools
Boundaries
Using Picture Books
Training Techniques
Social Media
Reading Comprehension

*What was the topic of the SCLLN Blog posting on Nov 15, 2011 ?

Winner = The Correct Answer with the earliest email or postmark.

From the beginning of the establishment of library literacy programs by the California State Library in 1984, library programs in Southern California have been meeting to share resources and ideas, and address literacy issues. The Southern California Library Literacy Network (SCLLN) was formalized in 1985.

Costly Cuts: $7 million cut from adult literacy programs

STATE: $7 million cut from adult literacy programs
Press Enterprise: 12.16.2011 by Kevin Pearson

Library directors across the region are worried about the future of adult literacy programs in the wake of sweeping budget cuts the state announced this week.

If the programs don’t survive, people like Beaumont’s Larry Washington may never learn to read.

Washington, 57, is one of hundreds of adults in Riverside County who are enrolled in those state-funded programs that teach adults how to read and write.

Among almost $1 billion in total budget cuts, roughly $16 million will be slashed from libraries, including about $7 million designated to fund literacy programs.

Eight libraries in the Inland area have literacy programs, which are for native English speakers. The amount of state money they had been receiving was based on population.

“This is devastating to California libraries,” said Hemet Library Director Wayne Disher, who serves as president of the California Library Association. “It’s really sad. You try and be as positive as you can, but how do you do that when someone has taken everything you have?

“I think we will see a good portion of them, at least half of the literacy programs, will be forced to close.”

COSTLY CUTS

But how much longer those services will remain is in doubt. In Hemet, Disher is hoping the library’s financial backers can help secure the $15,000 needed to keep the 90-person adult literacy program afloat through the end of the fiscal year June 30, but he is worried what might happen if the money runs out.

A number of Inland libraries had already begun to brace for budget cuts, which extend beyond the adult literacy programs, but others were hopeful that the governor would keep some of the funding intact. But with all the funds cut, libraries are now pondering their next move. READ MORE !