Literacy: Spanning the US
Joplin NALA Read Opening New Lab To Teach
Computer Literacy Skills
Joplin
Globe: 11.17.2019 by Emily Younker
Thanks to the generosity of donors throughout the
community, Joplin NALA Read is set to
open a new computer lab to help residents with their computer literacy skills.
"I am just ecstatic with all the hard work
that people have put into this and the opportunity it's going to give our
students," said Grace Clouse, executive director.
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Joplin NALA Read has offered computer literacy
classes since July and currently has a handful of adult students taking those
courses. Based on feedback from participants, the class often starts with the
basics — how to turn a computer on and off, how to save documents, how to
search the internet, how to send an email.
"Our computer literacy class is very
basic," Clouse said. "There is definitely a need for that."
In the future, those classes could be expanded to
teach adult students about specific computer programs, such as Microsoft Word,
she said.
The computer lab also is needed for the nonprofit's
students to engage in workplace literacy and job preparedness skills as well,
Clouse said. READ
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National Recognition: Ardmore Family Literacy Receives
Award at Kennedy Center Ceremony
News
Star: 11.21.2019 by Drew Butler
The team from Ardmore Family Literacy traveled
to Washington, D.C. last week to attend the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family
Literacy National Summit on Adult Literacy. The summit consisted of a busy day
of learning about the latest teaching methods and best practices in adult
literacy and concluded with an award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for
Performing Arts. There, AFL received the Pearl Literacy Award.
AFL Executive Director Leslie Kutz said this award
was given to three different organizations: One organization that focused on
children, one large organization that focused on adults, and AFL, which
represented a smaller organization dedicated to adult literacy.
“This is the first year for this award, and they
wanted to honor programs that showed measurable results. Programs that get
people in, teach them the skills they need to receive their high school
equivalency, then get them moving on to the next step in their life,” Kutz
said. READ
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Local Literacy Council Teaches Adults To Read
Alexander
City Outlook: 11.21.2019 by Gabrielle Jansen
The Lake
Martin Laubach Literacy Council has helped illiterate adults learn to read
since 1986.
The program currently has 12 students and served 24
people last year. Volunteers use Phoenix Reading for students and it takes
about nine months to a year for students to master it, according to director
Rita Cream.
“This is a long-term commitment,” Cream said. “It
takes a lot for people to learn to read.”
The program offers one-on-one tutoring for adults
in Tallapoosa and Coosa counties. Students and volunteers meet at an agreed
public location once a week and work at the students’ pace.
“There’s about 24 million Americans who can’t read
well enough to write a note or read a newspaper,” Cream said. “That comes out
to about one in four who don’t read well enough.”
Most of the adults who join the program want to
learn to read the Bible and write. READ
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The Dream Of Citizenship Is Alive And Well At Azusa
Library
SGV
Tribune: 11.21.2019 by Anissa Rivera
For Miguel Requelme, 34, of Covina, action is hope.
Born in Mexico, and brought to America at age 3, he
grew up grateful that his parents sacrificed so much to give him a better life.
Requelme graduated from Wilson High School in Long Beach in 2003, married in
2005 and is the proud father of two daughters. He worked his way up in the fast
food industry and is now a general manager.
“As a naturalized citizen, I am looking forward to
starting my own business this upcoming year,” Requelme said.
But first, he made time to celebrate Azusa’s newest
crop of American citizens. Requelme, after all, is himself a graduate of the
Inspired Citizenship program at Azusa City
Library.
Arlene Calderon, adult literacy program coordinator
at Azusa City Library, invited Requelme to speak to 33 newly-minted Americans
at a Nov. 9 celebration. READ
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