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California Library Literacy Services Webinar: Family Literacy
Sherry
Drobner, Former Literacy Program Manager - LEAP, City of
Richmond; Amy Prevedel, Independent Literacy Contractor;
Abigail
Sims-Evelyn, Literacy Program Manager - LEAP, City of Richmond
May
2, 2019 from 10am - 11am PDT,
Amy
Prevedel, Independent Literacy Contractor
June
4, 2019 from 10am - 11am PDT
Amy
Prevedel, Independent Literacy Contractor
So,
you've got the exciting opportunity to provide new family literacy programming!
How
do you even get started? In this webinar you'll take away tools you can use to
find answers to this question, within your program and library, and outside of
your library, too.
This
webinar will be of interest to: the California Library Literacy community,
especially literacy program staff people who will offer literacy programming
with new CLLS funds.
If
you are unable to attend the live event, you can access the archived version
the day following the webinar. View Webinar Archive
Literacy
Council of Tyler Helps East Texans Further Their Education
About
4 million Texas adults are in need of adult basic education. Illiteracy is a
serious issue that affects people across the country and state, including East
Texas.
CBS19:
4.05.2018 by LaDyrian Coal
Illiteracy
is an issue often forgotten by those who are not directly impacted by it.
However, the reality is that 51% of adults in Texas currently read at or below
an 8th grade level. Of that, 23% are reading below a 5th grade level.
“There’s
a large number of adults, most people are surprised, who are really lagging
behind educationally,” Nancy Crawford, Executive Director of the Literacy Council of Tyler, said.
Locally,
the statistics are even more alarming. In Smith County, 61% of adults read
below an 8th grade level. In recent years, the rates have increased.
These
individuals are among the 44 million American adults who cannot read a food
label or a simple story to a child. This can also have implications in the
workforce, health systems, school reform and other areas in someones daily
life.
“It’s
a problem Texas Legislature and many others have been working on so it’s not
something made up, it’s a legitimate problem,” Crawford said. “The truth is,
not everybody gets to grow up like I did and be secure in their education and
in their family. That’s just a hard-core fact.”
Crawford
works each day with individuals who are inhibited by their lack of education.
Whether it be in reading, writing or mathematics.
“Of
all the different students that I’ve met, it’s always been so many different
things. Moving around a lot as a child, parents who were drug-addicted,"
Crawford said. Being new to the country is a huge one, and every time you think
you’ve heard every possible reason, you’ll hear another one.”
When
it opened in 1990, the Literacy Council of Tyler had 30 students enrolled. Now,
2,000 students a year benefit from its services.
“We’ve
been at this for 25 years and now it’s undecided. Hispanics are our largest
population,” Crawford said. “They’re well over 60% of who we serve. Every year,
that’s gotten higher. The other common factor among all of them is high
unemployment and low wages.” WATCH
02:20
Library
Hosts ‘Talk, Read, Sing’ Storytimes
The
library invites parents, grandparents, any family members and caregivers,
storytime readers and not-yet readers of any age to join Families for Literacy
with their children for a fun-filled hour of reading, singing, playing and
more.
Jo
Fay and Martha Miller, both multi-talented local retired teachers and
storytellers will conduct the “Talk, Read, Sing” storytimes.
Parents
and caregivers can take home tips on sharing these fun activities with their
little ones every day. Each storytime will include free books for the children
and free snacks.
The
Talk, Read, Sing storytimes are sponsored by a Families for Literacy grant from
the California State Library.
The Lake County Library in partnership with Lake Bloom is promoting these Talk,
Read, Sing sessions. READ
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