Literacy: Spanning the U.S.
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Literacy
Council of Williamson County serves around 700 students a year
Community
Impact: 11.22.2018 by Albert Alvarado
For
the Literacy Council of
Williamson County the mission is simple: engage, empower, employ.
Whether
it is helping people with limited English skills get into a nursing program,
helping them pass state assessments or offering them education support, the
LCWC works to help people succeed and lead better lives.
“What
we hope to do is go out and find the students, the adults that are in our
communities that need an extra boost,” LCWC Executive Director Kimberly Goode
said. =“They are usually living in poverty; our students are undereducated and
unemployed or underemployed. Whether they come to us for GED, vocational
training or [English as a second language], it’s our job to make sure we
provide the literacy tools needed to take their lives to the next level.”
LCWC
serves approximately 700 students each year with seven paid full- and part-time
staff along with a team of 70 active volunteers. The council offers both formal
classes and in-home lessons. The organization currently offers ESL, GED and
high school equivalency, adult basic education and vocational training at
multiple sites throughout Cedar Park, Leander, Round Rock, Hutto, Taylor and
Bartlett. READ
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Literacy council provides adults with key skill
Alex
City Outlook: 11.23.2018 by Donald Campbell
“Sue” was 15 years old when she dropped out of
school, as she was pregnant and married soon after. School never came easy to
her, and after failing two grades she became embarrassed to fall that far
behind.
While Sue has been successful in raising a family
of three children, as well as her younger sister, her inability to read has
always been something she has tried to hide.
For Sue and many others like her in the Alexander
City area, there is a place ready and willing to help them gain the gift of
literacy.
Organized in 1986 and currently under the
leadership of director Rita Cream, the Laubach Literacy Council tutors adults
who currently read below a fifth-grade level or whose primary language is not
English at least once a week for three hours. Tutors meet with their students
one-on-one, giving those receiving help the highly focused attention they need
in order to better succeed.
With an illiteracy rate of 27 percent in Tallapoosa County,
having the Laubach Literacy Council ready to serve those in need is invaluable. READ
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Mid-State Literacy Council has array of programs for community
members
Centre
Daily: 11.26.2018 by Amy Wilson
To be fully literate in today’s complex society, a person must
be able to read, write, do math and use a computer.
As a child she was sick often and fell behind in school. A deep
hopelessness overcame her as a young adult until her sister told her about the Mid-State Literacy Council.
In her 20s, she began to learn to read better while working with trained
volunteer tutors. Equipped with stronger reading and computer skills, she
obtained her driver’s license, and said she felt normal and included in her
peer group. With increased confidence she applied on-line for her first job,
interviewed and began working part time. To promote to full-time work with
benefits or enter a training program, she continues to work with her tutors to
improve her reading, math and writing skills. She’s beginning to dream of
possibilities, such as helping others in the health care profession.
Our dream is that no one lacks literacy so that everyone can
access a life of safety, realized goals and community participation.
In 1971, community members led by Ruth Kistler — who recently
celebrated her 95th birthday — established Mid-State Literacy Council.
Currently, 200 trained volunteers are teaching young adults and adults through
Mid-State Literacy Council. Both parents and children are benefiting.
Supporters of literacy are donating books and funds to our children’s book
drive for children who don’t have books at home. Over time, the summer learning
slide can add up to the equivalent of three years of reading loss by the end of
fifth grade. READ
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