Literacy: Spanning North America
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The Literacy Alliance is Positively Fort Wayne
Wane:
7.06.2020 by Dirk Rowley
Roughly one out of 10 adults in Allen County does not have the
equivalent of a high school diploma.
The Literacy Alliance
works to make diplomas accessible and affordable. They adapt to student schedules
and charge fees based on the student’s ability to pay.
“Maybe they dropped out their senior year and they’re now 19 years old
and thought, ‘I better go finish,'” says Literacy Alliance CEO Melinda Haines.
“We have people in their 50’s and 60’s who come back and say, ‘You
know, I really want to read to my children or grandchildren and I realized I
should have done this earlier.'”
Sometimes the diploma isn’t the goal. As one of the few organizations
that works with adults who read below a sixth grade level, The Literacy
Alliance will set reachable goals to keep clients moving ahead.
When a judge ordered Ryan Napier to attend The Literacy Alliance, he
had been away from school for 20 years and didn’t want to return. His outlook
on school quickly changed.
“It’s going to be a blessing because I’m gonna get my GED and then I’m
looking at going to college for manufacturing,” Napier explains. WATCH
02:35
Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 9
Reading Level: standard /
average.
Reader's Age: 13-15 yrs. old
(Eighth and Ninth graders)
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Adult ESL Classes Go Online At Lincoln Community Center
Mankato
Free Press: 7.07.2020 by Dan Greenwood
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Minnesota in March — leading to the
closure of all public schools, including the Lincoln Community Center
in Mankato — staff had just eight days to transition from in-person to
online classes for their Adult Basic Education program, bringing both the
students and instructors quickly up to speed.
“We started April 1 and didn’t have any time with the students prior
to closing,” said Karen Wolters, the program’s coordinator. “Now our entire
program is online.”
Liv Musel-Staloch, who supervises the English as a Second Language
program at Lincoln, said about 500 of the roughly 900 ABE program’s students
are English language learners, and reaching out to those students — making sure
they had a computer and internet connectivity — was a top priority.
“We did a lot of phone calling and FaceTiming to talk them through how
to connect,” Wolters said. “We got our office staff on board to be calling all
the students and find out who needs computers and who needs internet. We paired
our teachers into teams so they could team teach, so those teachers helped each
other with the technology.” READ MORE ➤➤
Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade
Level: 12
Reading
Level: fairly difficult to read.
Reader's
Age: 17-18 yrs. old
(Twelfth
graders))
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TEACH Helps Immigrants Navigate the COVID-19 Era
Tutors adapt instruction so non-English speakers can keep learning
RB
Landmark: 7.07.2020 by Jackie Pisano
Health recommendations, government guidelines, travel restrictions and
social anxieties have all made for navigating uncharted territory the past
several months.
But for area residents where English is a second language or have only
called the U.S. home for a short time, trying to survive during these times has
been, simply put, nerve-wracking.
That's where Tutoring English
to Advance Change, or TEACH, comes in.
Since 1993, the community based nonprofit run by the Catholic sisters
of LaGrange Park's Congregation of St. Joseph has worked to provide free,
one-on-one tutoring and cultural mentoring for immigrants and non-native
English speakers in more than 40 communities throughout the western suburbs,
providing access to developing English literacy in a friendly approach as a
means to achieving life goals. READ MORE ➤➤
Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade
Level: 12
Reading
Level: fairly difficult to read.
Reader's
Age: 17-18 yrs. old
(Twelfth
graders))
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Orillia Literacy
Council Nets $115,000 In Provincial Funding
Orillia
Matters: 7.10.2020 by Andrew Philips
Like many others, those offering essential learning programs have
experienced major service-delivery changes thanks to COVID-19.
And while virtual learning became an integral tool for elementary and
high schools following their closures in March, the same isn’t always true for
organizations trying to help people acquire rudimentary learning skills.
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“The majority of my learners are not technical enough to do it by
email,” Gateway Centre for
Learning executive director Jennifer Ellis said, noting that many don’t
have computers or the internet and some aren’t particularly interested in
technology.
During a visit to Gateway's Midland office Thursday afternoon, Simcoe
North MPP Jill Dunlop heard first-hand from those delivering basic learning
skills to residents across the region through provincial initiatives.
Dunlop met with representatives from three such organizations to
congratulate them on their continued funding through the province’s Ministry
of Labour, Training and Skills Development and hear how they’re coping
“during these trying times.”
Orillia & District Literacy Council
program manager Cathy Graham said work is now underway to gradually reopen.
“We’re moving along,” Graham said, noting books and furniture have
been moved to install protective barriers. “We have our pandemic plan in place
and are working on implementing it right now.” READ
MORE ➤➤
Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 15
Reading Level: difficult to
read.
Reader's Age: College graduate
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