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COABE-Coalition on Adult Basic Education

Literacy for All Radio: 5.28.2020 with Jose Cruz, San Diego Council on Literacy

In these show segments, we feature the Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE), and its CEO, Sharon Bonney. The more we talked, the more we learned what a tremendous resource that COABE is for adult educators, administrators, and adult students in the U.S. Listen and learn more about the important advocacy work that COABE provides to the ABE field and to the instructors who serve adult students throughout the nation. You’ll want to hear this!  LISTEN 57:56

White River Literacy

White River Literacy Council Celebrates Award Winners

Arkansas Online: 5.31.2020 by Andrea Bruner

Typically, name-calling isn’t something a principal wants to hear, but whenever Roger Ried heard his students at Southside Charter High School call someone a “Fred,” that would make him smile.

The “Fred,” in this case, is based on a book by Mark Sanborn titled The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary. A copy of the book was given to each Southside student two years ago, illustrating that each person has the potential to be a Fred.

In recognition of his advocacy for reading, the White River Literacy Council honored Ried, as well as others, with awards at a Celebration of Literacy via a Zoom meeting on May 21.

Winners are as follows:

• Administrator in Literacy — Ried, Southside Charter High School.

• Teacher in Literacy — Kathy Walter, Batesville High School.

• Community Person in Literacy — Jay Strickland, the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville.

• Organization Leader in Literacy — Diane Baker, the Kiwanis Club of Batesville.

Established in 2002, the White River Literacy Council is an affiliate of the Arkansas Literacy Association, which is part of the International Literacy Association. According to information from WRLC membership/technology chairwoman Tammy Gillmore, the organization’s goal is to spread the love of literacy throughout Independence County.  READ MORE ➤➤

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on (7) readability formulas:

Grade Level: 12

Reading Level: difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 17-18 yrs. old

(Twelfth graders)

Literacy Volunteers of
Franklin and Somerset Cos

An Update From Literacy Volunteers

Daily Bulldog: 5.31.2020 by Administrator

Dear Community,

I would like to share a few facts about Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties and I ask that you share this news. In this time of COVID 19, there are still positive things happening in the community.

Did you know that Literacy Volunteers tutors are still meeting with students?

Yes, the tutoring programs are still happening! Tutors are meeting with students via phone or video chat. Pictured above are Carol and Marlene. They have had a student/tutor partnership for 5 years. Currently, they are reading together 1 hour each day, via phone. There are currently 13 tutors and 11 students working on literacy goals.

Additionally, our Community Connect program is still providing monthly classes with 12 students currently participating. The classes provide a text- based discussion style learning forum about student selected topics such as family care, consumer protection, safety, and local government.

Our Bring Books to Life program is embedded within a local curbside preschool curriculum and 36 monthly books are provided, with activity kits and videos, giving parents the opportunity to have literary experiences at home with their children.  READ MORE ➤➤

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on (7) readability formulas:

Grade Level: 11

Reading Level: difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. old

(Tenth to Eleventh graders)

Honey Grove Library & Learning Center Receives Dollar General Literacy Foundation Grant

NTXE: 6.02.2020 by Malinda Allison

The Honey Grove Library and Learning Center is thrilled to be recipient of a grant of $8,000 from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to support family literacy.

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation funds will be used to offer expanded services in the form of English as a Second Language instruction to community members. The Library will additionally expand the Children’s education program to include Parent and Child Together programming. This program will provide opportunities for parents to interact with their children to build fundamental living and academic skills.

“This opportunity comes at a time when the needs of our community are so real after the shut-down of school and Library programs because of COVID-19,” says Mitzi Sherwood, Library Director.  “We will be planning programs that can offer needed literacy services to our patrons and bring new patrons to our Library.  We can use the funds over a 1 year period, which will give us time for proper planning to bring programs back into the Library.”

Rhonda Cunningham, Chairman of the Hall-Voyer Foundation which operates the Library, said:  “One of the primary objectives of the Honey Grove Library is literacy, which is strengthened when parents, grandparents and children read together.  READ MORE ➤➤

Automatic Readability Checker

Based on (7) readability formulas:

Grade Level: 14

Reading Level: difficult to read.

Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old

(college level)