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WBFO: 10.21.2020 by Jay Moran
Remote
instruction has been a challenge for some students, and a nightmare for some
parents who may not be savvy in working with computers. Literacy issues are
compounding the problem. "With the pandemic and so much at-home, we have
really seen where those gaps are in a lot of adult reading skills," said
Amy Moritz, Literacy Coordinator for Literacy
Buffalo Niagara. She
says some parents "may not understand all the instructions that teachers
are sending home."
According to Moritz, 147,000 people in Erie and Niagara counties struggle to read at Level One. On a national level, the Barbara Bush Family Foundation recently released a study that shows the connection between poverty and literacy. LISTEN 04:05
Literacy Update: Summer 2020
The Literacy Office is
usually buzzing with small group ESL tutoring sessions, one on one tutoring,
appointment and trainings for new tutors and new learner assessments but for
the past 3.5 months it has been empty. Our Adult Literacy services, as all
Library program and services have moved online.
We
have been fortunate to move some of our learners and tutors online but we’ve
come to learn of the digital divide within our community. Our Adult Literacy
Services provides online learning tools such as Reading
Horizons and our Leamos program
which is web based but these opportunities attract individuals who are already
comfortable with the technology. Moving forward our commitment lies in reaching
all our learners and creating a space where our learners feel comfortable
learning to using this technology.
COVID-19
taught us we could exist in a world we never thought imaginable but if we scale
it down to the small, important details we see how much we can learn. We can
see how much we take for granted.
Click to listen to a conversation with Azusa City Library
Manager Leila about how the library is meeting the challenges of Covid-19. LISTEN 06:54
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Whig Standard: 10.21.2020 by Stephen Tipper
The
Rainbow
Literacy and Adult Learning Society has started up many of its programs.
The
programs that began last week include Time for Rhymes – the Vulcan program
started Friday in the Allen Subdivision park (an indoor venue is to be
announced); Animal Tales, which started Friday at Porthos Pet Supplies in
Vulcan; and mentorship, which began Oct. 15 at the Get-A-Way Youth Centre.
The
society’s Alphabet Soup program is being run online, Oct. 20 to Nov. 10, on
Zoom. The sessions run from 2-3 p.m. on Tuesdays for parents with children
between the ages of two and five.
Rainbow
Literacy and Adult Learning offers a variety of other programs, including
courses for those learning the English language and those wanting to learn
computer skills.
“Our core programs are still running,” said Barbara Moore Coffey, the society’s executive director, last week. READ MORE ➤➤
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Daily Commercial: 10.24.2020 by Cindy Peterson
Although
Mount Dora resident Johnnie Coley has a bachelor's degree in psychology and a
master’s degree in human service management, she never learned to read.
“I’ve
been faking reading my whole life,” Coley confessed at her graduation ceremony
from the adult literacy program at the W.T. Bland Library
in Mount Dora on Wednesday. “This is my truth.”
Although
it sounds unreal, Coley said she has a good memory and would memorize what she
wanted to say at speaking engagements. If she was asked to read something, she
would just reply back with something generic to get around the fact that her
eyes froze every time she tried to read.
As
for writing, Coley said she could spell words and make it through sentences
knowing what she wanted to say. She considers herself a good writer but for
some reason, when she was asked to read something, she couldn’t make out all the
words and it didn’t flow together in a sentence.
Coley
saw that the library offered an adult literacy program and she finally decided
to walk in.
“I
thought at first it was just for people who wanted English as their second
language,” she said. “I didn’t even know if I would qualify. And then what was
I going to say? ‘Hey guys, I have a master’s degree, can you teach me how to
read?’”
But she faced her reality and decided to join the program, where she found zero judgment. READ MORE ➤➤
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