Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Lunch @ The Library - California Library Association

Lunch @ the Library: Program Information


The California Summer Meal Coalition (CSMC) and California Library Association (CLA) are working with libraries and meal providers across California to offer summer lunch programs that are designed to provide nourishment and summer enrichment for children and teens. All library meal sites provide free summer lunches and engage families with library programs and services. Some libraries are extending the impact of their lunch programs by providing arts, literacy, and STEM programming for participating children and teens.

Library summer meal sites in California
The need for free summer meals
Summer vacation presents a different reality for many impoverished children in California. In addition to limited access to summer learning and enrichment programs, many low-income children struggle to have basic needs met, with reduced access to healthy food and safe places to congregate. The intersections between summer health and summer learning and enrichment are great, suggesting that a holistic view of the summer landscape is crucial to understanding existing challenges and opportunities to creating a summer experience in which all children are healthy, active, and engaged.

A 2012 report from the National Summer Learning Association highlights the links between food insecurity, childhood obesity, and the achievement gap:4
•Food insecurity increases during the summer break without access to the nutrition provided by the National School Lunch Program.
•Children may gain weight two to three times faster during the summer than during the school year.
•Low-income youth may fall further behind in academic skills—particularly reading—during the summer break, experiencing greater “summer learning loss” than their higher-income peers and widening the achievement gap.
•Nutrition education interventions that exclusively target the school environment may be less impactful because weight gain happens primarily outside of school.
•Adequate nutrition promotes brain development and improves cognitive functioning, whereas inadequate nutrition is associated with physical and mental health issues, emotional and behavioral problems, learning deficiencies, lower grades, and repeating a grade.

Children who are well-nourished are likely to have cognitive advantages over children with deficits in this area, and reducing health disparities among lower and higher socioeconomic children can help close the achievement gap.5
READ MORE !

Visit the California Department of Education’s searchable online map here for more sites. Summer meal sites will offer free lunch and snacks to youth under age 18 from June 2 through August 8.


Monday, June 2, 2014

National & International Literacy & Library Events: June 2014

National & International Literacy & Library Events: June 2014

SCLLN
Literacy & Library Events & Conferences
- Local, California and National -
the Southern California Library Literacy Network
for more information


June 5+  Adult Education Research Conf, Penn State
June 9+ Health Literacy Leadership Inst, Tufts School of Medicine-Boston
June 10  Anytime, Anywhere Summer Learning & WEBCAST, New America Fnd DC 10a
June 15+ National History Day Contest, University of Maryland
June 16+ Volunteering & Service Conference, Atlanta GA
June 19+ Children’s Literature Assoc Conf, University of South Carolina
June 20+ NEXT LIBRARY 2014: ACCELERATE LEARNING, Chicago Public Library
June 20+ Urban Libraries Council Conf: NEXT Library 2014, Chicago PL
June 21 Autism Sensory Friendly Films: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 10a
June 22+ Correction Education Assn Conference, Arlington VA

American Library Association, Las Vegas: June 26 -29
June 27
21st Century Teens: Literacy in a Digital World 8:30a
June 28
Conversation Starter: Storytime-Not Just Reading Out Loud 8a - 8:45a
Every Child Ready to Read 2-Does it Really Work? 8:30a - 10a
Guideline Development for Financial Literacy Education in Libraries 8:30a - 10a
Apps are All Right! Exploring Role of Apps in Children's/Teen Services 8:30a - 10a
Literacy Outcomes in Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada 10:30a - 11:30a
ACRL President's Program: Financial Literacy at Your Library 10:30a - 12N
Library Power to the People: Facing Up to the Climate Crisis 10:30a – 12N
ECRR 2.0: Using Apps and eBooks in Early Literacy Programs 1p - 2:30p
Online Inside: Digital Literacy in Correctional Settings 1p - 2:30p
HackHealth: Engaging Tweens in Seeking/Utilizing Health Information 2:30p - 4p
Time to Reskill: An Action Plan for Literacy 3p - 4p
Best Websites for Teaching and Learning 4:30p - 5:30p
   Poster Sessions
Get the Facts! Nonfiction, Informational Reading, Literature for Youth 10:30a - 12N
Pick. Spin. Win: Recycling History with Archival Photographs 10:30a - 12N
Don’t Let Your Kids Slip and Slide 2:30p - 4p
June 29
Citizenship Programs and Resources at the Library 8:30a - 10a
Library Services to the Incarcerated and Detained 10:30a - 11:30a
Every Child Ready to Eat: Nutrition Education for Families Early Literacy 3p - 4p
   Poster Sessions
Funky Fundraising–a Literary Pub Crawl to Raise Money for Literacy 12:30N - 2p
How do YOU Día?: Interactive Showcase Culturally Diverse Children’s Programs 12:30p - 2p

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Letters Of Support: $10 Million for California Public Libraries

BUDGET CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS APPOINTED
LETTERS NEEDED IN SUPPORT OF
Letters Requested by June 5
CLA-News From the Capitol: 5.30.2014 by Mike Dillon & Christina DiCaro

While the Assembly provided $10 million in their version of the Budget, the Senate did not take a similar action.  Thus, this issue must go to the Budget Conference Committee to be reconciled.  The Conference Committee may choose to adopt the Assembly version at $10 million, adopt the Senate version at $0, or adopt an amount in between these two numbers.

Your Help Is Needed – Letters Requested!

Please take a minute today to write the members of the Budget Conference Committee and urge their support for:

“Adoption of the Assembly Version, Budget Item 6120-211-0001 ($8 million for the California Library Services Act) and Budget Item 6120-213-0001 ($2 million for the California Library Literacy program).”

In your letters, please indicate
~ how much your library usage is up
~ how important it is to hold together the integrity of the “systems” under CLSA to protect the collaborative coordination between libraries
~ how your library would benefit if the $8 million were put into “communications and delivery” under the CLSA (e.g. could use it to buy better circuits in preparation for the statewide broadband connectivity, establish Wifi hotspots, etc.), and please indicate
~ how robust your literacy programs are
~ the value of that service in helping people to become more self-sufficient
~ how many adult learners remain on waiting lists, etc.


Please send or fax your letters to the following Budget Conference Committee members by Thursday (June 5) of next week.
Thank you for your help!
The Honorable Nancy Skinner, Chair
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 6026
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 319-2115

The Honorable Richard Bloom, Member
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 2179
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 319-2150

The Honorable Jeff Gorell, Member
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 6031
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 319-2144

The Honorable Shirley Weber, Member
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 3126
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 319-2179

The Honorable Mark Leno, Member
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 5100
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 651-4911

The Honorable Loni Hancock, Member
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 2082
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 651-4909

The Honorable Ricardo Lara, Member
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 5050
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 651-4933

The Honorable Jim Nielsen, Member
Budget Conference Committee
State Capitol, Room 4062
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 651-4904

Friday, May 30, 2014

Centro Latino for Literacy :: Leamos, Tacos, y Tequila Mixer

Leamos, Tacos, y Tequila
June 4
Centro Latino for Literacy

Join Centro Latino for Literacy: celebrate adult literacy and recognize the Honorable Fernando M. Olguín, past Centro Latino for Literacy Board Member and now U.S. District Judge, Central District of CA.

Come and enjoy delicious tacos and tasty tequila/margaritas while learning about literacy!

Mijares Mexican Restaurant
145 Palmetto Dr - Pasadena

Please RSVP

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Southern California & California Literacy & Library Events: June 2014

Southern California and California Literacy & Library Events: 
June 2014

SCLLN
Literacy & Library Events & Conferences
- Local, California and National –
Southern California Library Literacy Network
for more information


June 1 Author Fair, El Segundo Library
June 6+ Sacramento Black Book Fair
June 7+ Literary Stage - San Mateo County Fair
June 12+ Book Passage Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conf, Corte Madera
June 14  Tutor Conference READ/San Diego, Joan B Kroc-USD
June 15 River of Words: Saint Mary’s College, Moraga 1p
June 21 Sensory Friendly Film - HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 10a
June 23+ Wilson Reading Tutor Training, Sherman Oaks

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

SCLLN Literacy Tutor Workshop Calendar: June 2014

SCLLN Literacy Tutor Workshop Calendar: June 2014

For Local, California and National
Literacy or Library Conferences and Events
Southern California Library Literacy Network
Calendar

Summer Library Reading Club
June 2  Literacy Tutor Training READ/San Diego Library 10a
June 3  Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 12N
June 4  Leamos Tacos Tequila Centro Latino for Literacy, Mijares Rest 6p
June 5  Literacy Learner Orientation READ/OC Library 1p
June 5  Literacy Learner Orientation READ/OC Library 6p
June 5  Literacy Tutor Training Burbank Library 6p
June 5  Literacy Tutor Orientation South Bay Literacy, Torrance Library 7p
June 6  The Gift of Literacy Newport Beach Library 11a
June 7  Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Yucaipa 9a
June 10  Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Barstow 3p
June 11  Literacy Learner Orientation READ/San Diego Library 5:45p
June 14  Tutor Conference READ/San Diego Library, Joan B Kroc-USD
June 17  Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Hesperia 4p
June 18  30th Anniversary Literacy Huntington Beach Library 7p
June 19  Literacy Tutor Training San Bernardino Co Library Adelanto 4p
June 19  Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 6p
June 21  Family Picnic-Appreciation Day READ/Orange Library
June 27  Literacy Learner Orientation - READ/San Diego Library 9:45a

Info about local Tutor Training Workshops is always Scrolling in the Right Frame.
LAPL Adult Literacy volunteers receive 7 hours of Online instruction

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Literacy Library Jobs - California - Stanislaus Co

Literacy Jobs: California

AmeriCorps VIP Fellow, Literacy Coordinator - FT
inspiring underserved children with a love of reading, thereby enriching their lives and opportunities for future success (LAUSD).
TERM: Sep 14–Jul 15

Instructor II, Adult Basic Education - PT
oversees the educational progress of the students, decides on the individual learning plan for each student and assigns instructional materials based on assessments.
TERM: Aug 14–Aug 15

AmeriCorps Volunteer Coordinator - FT
The Health Trust, San Jose
identify and recruit high-quality, reliable community volunteers to become Reading Partners tutors.
TERM: Aug 14-Jun 15