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Lethbridge Herald: 3.12.2021 by Dale Woodward
A
new program to help people displaced from work take the steps back to
employment is being offered through the Lethbridge Public Library.
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On Adult Literacy & Learning at Lethbridge Public Library announced
Wednesay [sic] it has received funding to test a new program – Moving Forward,
New Opportunities, New Lives – that will help participants improve their
understanding of Canadian workplace culture and expectations and the literacy
and essential skills that are required in today’s workplace.
The
program runs April 12 to May 7 and focuses on displaced workers who have lost
their job in the past five years due to workplace closure, plants moving, job or
shift cuts, natural disasters or the COVID-19 pandemic.
“In
December the rate of unemployment in this area and Medicine Hat was one of the
highest in the province. It’s not unique to our area. We know everywhere across
the country and the world has been affected by COVID,” said Lil Radley,
coordinator of literacy services at Lethbridge Public Library. READ
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Springfield News Sun: 3.13.2021 by Brett Turner
Students
in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have had to make adjustments in the past
year, many dealing with virtual education or hybrid learning. This has led in
some cases to altering their attention and study habits.
For
years, area students needing extra help have turned to Warder Literacy Center (WLC),
located at 137 E. High St. in the former Warder Public Library building, for
such needs. But the pandemic has also seen this service take a hit.
Whereas
program tutors were once plentiful, the loss of using college students and seniors
due to safety concerns has led the WLC to seek new tutors to answer student
needs.
“We’re
seeing the impact of COVID right now. READ MORE ➤➤
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Springfield News-Leader: 3.14.2021 by Claudette Riley
Aquelia
Storlazzi said her youngest child has struggled with reading since she entered
kindergarten.
"I
wasn't seeing a lot of growth in her reading skills," she said.
The
single mother of three talked to her teachers. Despite the help available in
Strafford schools, she thought her daughter needed more one-on-one.
Through
her job, Storlazzi learned about the Ozarks
Literacy Council, which assessed her daughter, Natalee, and
paired the second-grader with volunteer Kay Beall.
"She
reads at home to her mother and I can see that is really helping," Beall
said. "I can tell that she wants to feel more confident reading. It's so
important for children to read to their parents and for their parents to read
to them."
The
nonprofit started in 1968 offers literacy programs in southwest Missouri. It
provides free books for families and trains volunteers to use curriculum to
tutor adults and school-age children in reading. READ MORE ➤➤
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