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Medina Gazette: 12.17.2020 by Aaron Niedermyer
Education
is a huge factor when it comes to succeeding in life, and sometimes people need
a little extra help getting that last piece of the puzzle they need to be
successful.
That’s
where Project: LEARN of Medina County
steps in. Project: LEARN is an organization that intends to make sure every
adult in Medina County who wants literacy education can get it at no charge.
It
began in 1983 when founder Ellen Daiber saw a population in Medina County that
wanted help becoming literate in English. Daiber decided to tackle this issue
head-on and began tutoring out of the basement of a local church. In the years
since, Project: LEARN now has four different locations throughout the county.
After almost 25 years operating solely as a tutoring center, administrators of Project: LEARN realized they were in desperate need of a new source of funding to stay afloat. The program had very specific constraints when it came to this project: It had to relate to their mission of adult tutoring and increasing literacy, be managed primarily by volunteers, worked on a shoestring budget and it could not negatively impact other nonprofit organizations in Medina County.
With all the constraints in mind, former Executive Director Linda Smalley came up with the idea of a used book store. READ MORE ➤➤
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Adrian Dominican Sisters: 12.18.2020
Adult
literacy students are known for their persistence. Many learn English as a
second language or improve their reading or writing skills under challenging
circumstances. For Areej, an adult learner from Bethlehem in Palestine, and her
tutor, Sister Joan Mary, OP, those setbacks have been more numerous than most
during just over a year of working together.
A
tutor at Aquinas Literacy Center
in Chicago, Sister Joan explained, “Areej came to me
at Aquinas Literacy Center to learn English,” Areej’s first language is Arabic.
“She’s very eager to learn and is just a wonderful student.”
Sister
Joan Mary, OP, left, and Areej meet at Aquinas during the pandemic.
They
began their one-on-one tutoring sessions in October 2019, months before the
COVID-19 pandemic forced the temporary shut-down of Aquinas. When the literacy
center reopened in September, Sister Joan said, many of the tutoring pairs met
remotely, via Zoom. However, because Areej did not have access to a computer,
she and Areej met in person – but with a table and a sheet of plastic between
them.
“We
met at a time that I was given, when nobody else was there, because that’s how
they managed it,” Sister Joan said. “It was very difficult. [Literacy students]
have to see your mouth and hear how the words are pronounced – and I was
wearing a mask, and so was she.” READ MORE ➤➤
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Star: 12.18.2020 by Stu Salkeld
The
Paintearth
Community Adult Learning Centre is doing some learning of its own, as it
adapts to the COVID-19 pandemic, heard Castor town council at its regular
meeting Dec. 14.
Councillors
heard a presentation from the learning council Program Manager Cindy Heidecker,
who noted that the organization, with two locations in Castor and one in
Coronation, continues to offer programming during the pandemic.
Heidecker
stated the Learning Champions program is underway, which is required
programming as the learning council receives funds from Alberta Advanced
Education for it.
She
also explained the council must provide adult literacy programming to those who
need help reading and writing, plus life skills help if needed.
Basic
computer skills courses are also available, and Heidecker noted this means
starting right from how to turn the computer on.
More
advanced computer skill courses are available but are part of a different
course. READ MORE ➤➤
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