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Claremore Progress: 2.05.2021 by Edell Godwin
1.
How did Rogers
County Literacy Council begin?
A
series of articles in the Claremore Progress regarding literacy prompted
several Progress employees to come together and form the Rogers County Literacy
Council. RCLC became a 501c3 and when the Will Rogers Library was built, an
office and tutoring room were dedicated to literacy. Since then the RCLC office
has occupied that space. Training, tutoring meetings and classes have taken
place in that building. Additionally through local cooperation, the County
Building, Northeast Tech, RSU and several local churches and private businesses
have hosted RCLC adult learners and tutors. There is great support for literacy
endeavors in our community.
2.
What’s the mission of Rogers County Literacy Council?
To
help create an improved community in which reading, writing, speaking,
listening, and thinking serve as a foundation for life-long learning in Rogers
County through tutoring. The personal literacy goal of each learner is
considered and integrated in tutoring goals.
4.
How can people within the community help?
This
year the council will survive the pandemic! And assure our community that
literacy help continues to be a part of the local landscape. Computer literacy
is a newer project utilizing Northstar, access is supported through the partnership
with the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
Any person (16+) interested can call or email to sign up. READ
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Kimberley Bulletin: 2.05.2021 by Carolyn Grant
Now
more than ever, we are expected to do a lot online. Banking, job applications,
shopping, even sharing photos and news with family. For many of us, it’s
convenient. But for others, it’s new and intimidating, or just down right
confusing. And online safety concerns go hand in hand with some of these tasks
as well, says CBAL Community Literacy Coordinator Carol
Fairhurst.
But
there is help available for those who’d like to pick up some tips on navigating
online.
Gina
Orr is working with CBAL’s Adult Literacy program, and she provides free 1-1
Tech Support to anyone who wants to learn how to use their device – computer,
phone or tablet. CBAL is also offering sessions on Online Safety, to help
people understand the risks and how to protect yourself. This can include using
passwords, sharing emails safely, identifying scams and banking online.
“Susan
is a CBAL student who signed up for some help,” Fairhurst said. “When she heard
her monthly strata meetings would be held over Zoom, she wasn’t sure she would be
able to figure out how to attend. She was already struggling with learning how
to use her new laptop, and now Zoom was looming over her like some unknown
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Daily Herald: 2.09.2021 by Cassandra Shepherd
Illinois
Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White recently announced the winners
of the 2020 Spotlight on Literacy Awards,
which recognize participants in Illinois literacy programs.
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Literacy DuPage, one of the state's largest volunteer tutor literacy organizations, is proud that one of its students received the Spotlight on Achievement Award and two volunteer tutors accepted the Spotlight on Service Award.
"I am honored to congratulate these outstanding students for their hard work and determination to achieve lifelong reading and learning skills," White said. "Many of them have had to overcome great difficulties and personal obstacles to reach this level of achievement. I am also proud to recognize our outstanding volunteer tutors for their generosity and encouragement in helping literacy students achieve their highest potential."
Award winners
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Maria Wisniewski emigrated with her family from Poland and had limited
opportunities to speak, read, or write English regularly. Wanting to improve
her language skills, she sought the help of tutors at Literacy DuPage. She has
blossomed during the past year, speaking, reading, and writing English. She
helps translate English instructions to her co-workers and recently read her
first novel in English. Wisniewski also participates in a conversation group at
her local public library.
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Sue Jones joined Literacy DuPage in 2012 after retiring from her private
practice law firm. Over the years, she initiated three conversation groups, two
at the Wheaton Public Library and one at the West Chicago Public Library. READ
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News 5 Cleveland: 2.10.2021 by Jade Jarvis
As
children in Ohio are starting the process of moving back to in-person learning,
hundreds of adult students are working towards their own education goals
through Seeds of Literacy’s
virtual classroom.
Staff
members there said they desperately need more volunteer tutors to step up and
help out.
Bill
Cook, of Northfield, came to Seeds of Literacy back in 2013 looking for a new
challenge.
“I've
taught most of the areas, mostly now I teach math,” Cook said.
When classes moved online to Zoom, Cook’s visuals went virtual.
“Some
people use whiteboards. Some people use paper and markers. Others are able to
use whiteboard software and electronic tablets. So I've done all of that,” Cook
said. “We made YouTube videos of our lessons. And that was all effective, and
now we're able to meet in Zoom, use Zoom breakout rooms for one-on-one lessons
with students, so that's been very helpful.”
“It's been a whirlwind,” Todd Seabrook, the virtual site coordinator for Seeds of Literacy, said.
Seabrook
said since July, 400 students have enrolled at Seeds, with 75 to 100 logging in
per week. Some are from as far away as California. But the problem is they only
have about 50 active tutors right now. WATCH 03:07
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