Literacy: Spanning the US
 |
Jesse
White Awards Over $5.6 Million in Adult Literacy Grants
Cyber
Drive Illinois: 7.25.2019 by Rachel French
Secretary
of State and State Librarian Jesse White awarded over $5.6 million to the Adult
Literacy Grant
Program to
help learners develop and enhance their reading, math, writing and
English language skills.
“An
estimated 2.1 million Illinois residents need adult literacy and/or
English-language instruction,” White
said. “I am pleased to provide funding for 113 local literacy projects that
will allow adult learners
to achieve their utmost potential in the upcoming year. I will continue to do
all I can to ensure
that every citizen of this state has access to quality literacy programs.”
A
total of 14,352 learners will be served by adult literacy programs around the
state. A total of 6,086 volunteer
tutors will provide training for learners putting them on the path to lifelong
learning. Adult literacy
projects help adults who read below the ninth-grade level or speak English at a
beginning level
to improve their reading, writing, math or use of English as a new language.
The
Secretary of State’s Illinois State Library Literacy Office administers the
Adult Literacy Grant Program
that supports services in the following areas:
Adult Volunteer Literacy Project — Provides training for volunteers who tutor
individuals ages
17 and older in basic reading, math, writing or language skills.
Penny Severns Family Literacy Project — Provides educational services to
parents and children
to enhance basic reading, math, writing or language skills.
Workplace Skills Enhancement Project — Provides on-site instructional services
to employees
of participating Illinois businesses, enabling them to enhance their basic
reading, writing
or language skills, and improve their chances for promotion. (A list of grant
recipients is enclosed.) READ MORE
>>
 |
Adult Learning Center Provides Needed
Services
Porterville
Recorder: 7.26.2019 by Jamie A Hunt
Rebecca
Jaurequi and Annamarie Olson both run Porterville
City Library’s Adult Learning Center where there’s a large amount of
learning, language, and reference books and specific materials to help adults
perfect their English language skills and literacy, or obtain language or math
assistance from a tutor. The learning center also has information about jobs,
resources to find and apply for jobs, complete the GED, High School diploma or
HiSET exam.
On
Wednesday, Nancy Sotelo and her tutor Ema Enriquez met at the learning center,
and Sotelo explained she has been working on pre-algebra for one month so she
can be a step ahead when she attends Porterville Adult School. “I see a lot of
improvement,” Sotelo said. Enriquez said, “I think this is helping Nancy, and
she is very determined to reach her goals and go on stage and receive her
diploma and inspire her son.
Besides
improving reading and writing skills, learners can receive assistance with the
GED or HiSET exam at the center, and also work on the citizenship exam with
one-on-one tutor help.” READ
MORE >>
 |
If
You Can Read This, We Need Your Help
Albuquerque
Journal: 7.26.2019 by Braden Anderson, Past Pres., NM Coalition For
Literacy
The
New Mexico Coalition for Literacy
(NMCL) has opened its Operating Assistance Grant and would like to encourage
anyone in their local communities to consider supporting or starting an adult
literacy program. As past president of the NMCL, I have seen the cause go
through many ups and downs in terms of funding and specific community needs,
but one thing has remained constant: the need for reading instruction, which is
dire in our state.
In
the spring of 2020, estimates of adult literacy ability will be released
nationwide and will offer statistics for New Mexico county by county after what
has been an almost a 15-year wait. What we know from the 2013 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL)
is that 16% of New Mexicans lack basic prose literacy skills at Literacy Level
1. Level 1 is the expected reading and comprehension level for ages 5 to 7 and
consists of tasks like reading simple signs, medication instructions or
ingredients lists. Imagine administering prescription medication to yourself or
your child in that situation. It could be critical.
Low
literacy is statistically related to social welfare issues like poverty,
incarceration and preventive health care. Given these facts, it is critical
that all concerned New Mexicans should take note and raise a call to action to
their elected officials, private and public entities, and individual residents
in support of adult literacy programs. READ
MORE >>
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment