Literacy:
Spanning the U.S.
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Literacy
Group Rebrands Itself In Effort To Reach More People
UARL Public Radio: 10.10.2017 by Colton Faull
The
Arkansas Literacy Councils is changing its name this week to Adult Learning Alliance of Arkansas in an
effort to better help adults who read below a fifth-grade level.
"We
felt the new name was a better way to communicate the work we do for Arkansans
18 years and older," says Executive Director Nancy Leonhardt.
"Alliance represents that we are the umbrella organization for a network
of about 27 community-based literacy councils around the state."
There
are roughly 320,000 people statewide who are illiterate with 32,000 of those in
Pulaski county, according to Leonhardt. "The focus nowadays is not just on
the areas of reading and writing, we're also improving adult's health, digital,
and financial literacy and soft skills."
The
ALA serves as a foundation for adult education for low level learners, helping
adults reach a fifth-grade reading level, he says. READ MORE >>
Basic
English Literacy Class Aims to Help Immigrant and Refugee Parents
WHO TV:
10.10.2017 by Christina Salonikas
A
Des Moines Public School program aims to help immigrant and refugee
parents adapt to the American culture and learn English.
According
to DMPS Bilingual Outreach Coordinator Vinh Nguyen, the basic English literacy
class focuses on topics that will help parents through every day routines.
“We
target different topics for them. We will help them to learn numbers, the
alphabet, how to spend money, how to go shop and how to fill obligations for
employment and anything they need to. We are very targetful [sic] and true in those topics for
parents to learn,” Nguyen said.
Nguyen
said there isn’t a formal textbook, but rather work pages that have parents
writing out letters, numbers, etc. The adult classes will incorporate
technology to help with certain lessons.
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Adult
tutoring program Project READ returns to Parkland
Prospectus News: 10.11.2017 by EvyJo Compton
Project READ,
a free tutoring program for adults, has returned to Parkland after a two-year
gap in state funding.
Now
that the program has started again, it is looking for volunteer tutors.
Project
READ is for those over 17-years-old whom are looking to tutor or wish to be
adult learners.
“Project
READ is a volunteer tutoring program for adults in the communities of Parkland
College district 505,” Amanda Harris, Project READ’s program manager, said.
“Trained volunteer tutors provide free tutoring to help adult learners improve
their skills in reading, basic arithmetic, or English as a second language
(ESL). […] We invite adults over the age of 17 who want to improve their
literacy, English, or math. They should be separated from high school and
score below the 9th-grade level in either math or reading.”
Once
tutors and adult learners have been accepted into the project, the office of
Parkland Adult Education matches the tutors with learners. READ MORE >>
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RSVP:
Adult literacy volunteers change lives
RSVP
program trains volunteers to assist adults who want to improve reading, writing
skills
Montgomery News: 10.11.2017 by RSVP
The
proposition seems simple enough: Meet an adult at a local library for 1-1½
hours once or twice each week to work on basic reading, writing and vocabulary
skills. But in practice, volunteers in RSVP’s Adult Literacy
program find themselves challenged and rewarded in surprising
ways.
“It’s
rarely what people think it will be,” said Janis Glusman, the program’s
recently retired founding coordinator. “The student’s probably not going to
have a eureka moment. It’s not a fairy tale. But there are those moments, and
they’re very satisfying, when you feel that you have reinforced your student’s
skills, that they’ve remembered new things, gained new confidence.”
The
program works through Montgomery and Delaware County organizations such as the
Abington Library Literacy Program, Delaware County Literacy Council, the
Literacy Council of Norristown and others. “We are also stationed throughout
the counties, at various locations,” said Glusman.
RSVP
links volunteers with a literacy provider that often is located near their
homes. They are trained and matched with adults seeking help. Some are learning
English as a second language. Some are seeking a high school diploma. And
others simply want to gain the ability to read and write well enough to hold a
job.
“When
you help someone learn to read or speak English, you enable that individual to
take advantage of a new world of opportunities,” said RSVP Adult Literacy
Coordinator Sandie Rollins. “Simply put, literacy changes lives.” READ MORE >>
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