Literacy: Spanning the US
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Greater Raritan Workforce
Development Board Offers Virtual Literacy Program
My
Central Jersey: 6.20.2020
A new series of virtual literacy
services is set to begin next month for adult learners seeking a high school
diploma and to develop English language skills in Hunterdon and Somerset
counties.
Like other programs around the
state and nation, because of the coronavirus pandemic, the programs once
offered in face to face settings in libraries and churches have moved to a
remote-learning model. Students and teachers will be using Zoom, Whatsapp and
other virtual methods to conduct individual and group learning. Some of the
programs also are purchasing additional Chrome books to help support students’
learning experiences.
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Beginning on July 1, Hunterdon County Educational Services
Commission is hosting new literacy programs open
to residents of Hunterdon and Somerset counties. Services include high school
equivalency, basic computer skills and English Language acquisition.
In addition, the Hunterdon
County Educational Services Commission also operates two Workforce Learning
Link sites offering adult literacy programs. These programs offered through the
Greater
Raritan One-Stop Career Center, are also currently being offered remotely,
and may go back to some form of in-person classes later this summer or in the
early fall. READ MORE ➤➤
Based
on 7 readability formulas:
Grade
Level: 14
Reading
Level: difficult to read.
Reader's
Age: 21-22 yrs. old
(college
level)
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Midcoast Literacy Looking For Volunteer
Tutors
Boothbay
Register: 6.20.2020 by Dan Burson, Midcoast Literacy
Midcoast Literacy, a non-profit
that provides free literacy tutoring to people of all ages, needs more
volunteer tutors who can begin working with children and adult learners this
summer, especially in the Bath/Brunswick area. Tutors are needed for school-age
children who are struggling to read at grade level; for children and adults
from asylum seeking families; and for adults wanting to improve their literacy
skills so they can improve their lives. If you think you might be able to help
an adult or child in the Bath/Brunswick region develop stronger literacy skills
this summer, please contact Midcoast Literacy at admin@midcoastlit.org
“The COVID-19 pandemic, school
closures, and stay-at-home directives have all made the need for literacy
programs more acute,” says Don Lader, Midcoast Literacy’s executive director.
His comments were echoed by Brunswick Cultural Broker Nsiona Nguizani, who
works closely with new Mainers in the region. “Kids who are being tutored are
getting to speak English outside school, and they’re picking it up quicker than
the other (immigrant) kids,” says Nguizani. “The tutors are the
person-to-person keys that bring them to the language.”
=Currently, tutoring sessions
are taking place remotely via Zoom and other platforms, and in-person at
outdoor sessions. In the coming months, some tutoring pairs will move their
sessions to inside locations that allow for appropriate distancing and
protection measures. READ
MORE ➤➤
Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 14
Reading Level: difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 21-22 yrs. old
(college level)
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Greenhouse Ministries Focuses On
Education
Murfreesboro
Post: 6.20.2020 by Kristina Brown
Are you looking for useful ways
to volunteer? Do you want to invest in
your community, but are unsure where your donations will do the most good? Would you like to know more about the services
non-profit organizations in your community provide? Read on to discover how you can make a
difference in Rutherford County.
For over 20 years, Greenhouse Ministries’
mission has been simple: help, educate, and connect the underserved while
nurturing them in a safe place. Greenhouse’s clients are primarily the working
poor, single mothers and grandmothers, the homeless, those displaced through
job loss or medical issues, the disabled, and those on Social Security.
Greenhouse offers services for
basic human needs. These include providing help from its food pantry, clothing,
toiletries, household items, prayer, and assistance obtaining an ID/birth
certificate.
However, the main emphasis of
the services offered at Greenhouse Ministries is the long-term help through educating
and connecting with their clients. It offers adult education classes, including
computer skills, tutoring for the high school equivalency test, literacy
tutoring, parenting, budgeting, and career advancement classes. It also
connects its clients with other resources available, including job and housing
opportunities, as well as connecting them with other nonprofits who might be
able to better serve their needs. READ
MORE ➤➤
Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 13
Reading Level: difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 18-19 yrs. old
(college level entry)
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Literacy Volunteers Adapting In
Age Of COVID-19
Winchester
Star: 6.22.2020 by Brian Brehm
The COVID-19 quarantine pushed
many area schools, businesses and organizations into cyberspace, where people
meet via videoconference using services such as Zoom and WebEx.
Included among them was Literacy Volunteers Winchester Area, which
switched to a distance-learning model in order to continue teaching English as
a second language.
While there have been a few
hiccups along the way, officials said the overall results have been encouraging
— so much so that distance learning will become a permanent teaching
alternative for the nonprofit at 301 N. Cameron St., in the Our Health complex.
Student-turned-tutor Laura
Rodriguez admitted, “It’s challenging,” but said she is learning to adjust to
the online teaching model by gauging the reactions of her pupils whenever she
introduces new subject matter.
Tutor Meghan Blake, a
Winchester resident who recently graduated from St. Joseph’s College in New
York, said the key to successful online teaching is adapting to a sometimes
unpredictable environment.
“These people are at home. They
have kids, so we’ll have kids show up in class,” she said. “That can be both
fun and interesting at the same time.”
Literacy Volunteers Winchester
Area has a multi-faceted mission, helping people of all ethnic and educational
backgrounds improve their reading, writing and computer skills, and assisting
immigrants with the process of becoming naturalized U.S. citizens. READ
MORE ➤➤
Based on 7 readability formulas:
Grade Level: 11
Reading Level: difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. old
(Tenth to Eleventh graders)
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