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Azusa Adult Literacy Podcasts: 2020
According
to the U.S. Census, nearly 1-third of Azusa residents were born outside the
United States. The goal of our Inspired Citizenship program is to empower our community
and encourage stronger civic participation for all City of Azusa residents. The
immigrant community often faces barriers to citizenship, due to low or
interrupted education levels and limited English proficiency.
Created
by the Azusa City Library,
Inspired Citizenship is a program to help adults prepare to become United
States citizens. The library offers special information workshops to help you
and your family achieve your dreams of becoming U.S. citizens
Due
to COVID-19, our weekly classes have transitioned into a virtual service.
The
Adult Literacy program has developed a podcast of quick, insights into our
tutor programs. The following episodes are of volunteer tutors and learners
from the different programs we offer.
The Adult Literacy program offers four programs our Adult Basic Literacy program, Grassroots ESL, Leamos and Inspired Citizenship. LISTEN 04:49
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| @BonaVista |
Bona Vista
is celebrating a new opportunity for the WorkForce Diversity program through a
recent partnership with the Literacy Coalition.
Teresa
utilizes services through the Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation program, which
assists people to prepare for and attain employment. Her job coaches, Courtney
Butler and Erin Durr, wanted to first identify Teresa’s areas of interest; the
primary career interests identified were teaching the English language and
literacy.
With an occupational field identified, Teresa began to work on setting goals to lead her toward this career. Durr recently assisted Teresa in the Indiana University Kokomo application process in order to pursue a degree in English. A college degree will provide the foundation for a career in teaching these skills, as well as the confidence and credentials Teresa seeks in her career path. READ MORE ➤➤
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| Butte Literacy |
One
of the fastest growing groups in town these days is the Butte Literacy Program, a community-based, non-profit organization
that has provided free and confidential tutoring to adults in the Butte-Silver
Bow community for over 30 years.
Since
June 2018, the free one-on-one adult tutoring program has gone from servicing 8
students to 124, and from 5 to 14 tutors. Most are from the area, but some come
from as far as Dillon.
“We’ve
increased exponentially. I have no idea what started it. I had no idea what I
was doing. This was all by the seat of my pants in terms of running it,” said
Tenney Hammond, the program coordinator. “But it seems to have worked. So I'm
scared to change for fear it'll screw it up.”
Each
student’s reasoning is different and their ages range from 16 to 74. Typically,
Hammond said, the program attracts students between the ages of 30 and 50.
But
this year, the program’s age demographic has shifted, Hammond said.
“After COVID-19 hit, it seems like we’ve been getting more students between the 16 and 25 year-old range,” she said, adding 16 students have enrolled since April. READ MORE ➤➤
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