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Project Literacy Newsletter Fall 2022
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Update for Learners on the Waitlist Thank you learners on the waitlist for your patience! I hope to match with a tutor soon. If you have any questions or if your schedule has changed, please reach out to Alex at avelasquez@sanleandro.org or at 510-577-3944
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PLEASE READ: Changing or Rescheduling Your Tutoring Schedule (In-Person pairs only) Please notify Alex of any and all changes to your in-person tutoring schedules. We want to make sure we don't double-book the Project Literacy space. We have plenty of space to accommodate multiple groups at one time, but please let us know ahead of time!
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ESL Funds Coming Soon We are working on applying to get ESL funds through the CA State Library's California Library Literacy Services (CLLS) Department. With ESL funds we can provide literacy services that include things like verbal communication and pronunciation help and allow enrollment of lower-level English learners. Currently, we only have traditional CLLS tutoring which is geared towards the acquisition of basic reading and writing skills, not verbal communication skills. This means that all our learners must have at least one goal pertaining to reading and writing to qualify for Project Literacy. With ESL funds, we will be allowed to admit learners only want to improve their verbal communication skills. Stay tuned for updates!
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Storytime at Project Literacy on November 9th at 5:30pm For Project Literacy learners and their kids age 0-5 Join Nicole upstairs at Project Literacy for songs, stories, playtime, and snacks on Wednesday November 9th at 5:30pm. Learn how to share books and literacy with your young children. Have fun learning together and meeting other people in the Project Literacy program. For more information call Nicole at 510-577-3976 or email her at nreader@sanleandro.org
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More Free Books! Pick a book from the Bonus Book Bin! Choose one while you're in the Project Literacy office, or make an appointment to come by. Each child can choose one bonus book each month. For more information call Nicole at 510-577-3976 or email her at nreader@sanleandro.org
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Families Read Together Website
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Congrats, New Tutors! I'd like to express a warm welcome to our new tutors from our Fall 2022 Training! Welcome aboard!
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Paid Service Opportunity for Tutors: Become an AmeriCorps Member with Project Literacy! We're looking for two applicants to become our Part-Time and Quarter-Time AmeriCorps Members. Project Literacy AmeriCorps Members will focus on capacity building in our Adult Literacy and Family Literacy Services, as well as in our soon-to-be ESL Literacy Services coming in January 2023. AmeriCorps Members will serve Project Literacy by: - Leading weekly small tutoring groups.
- Recruiting new volunteers and learners (including new learner assessment and Roles & Goals collection)
- Assisting with other programs and operations of Project Literacy.
- Participating in outreach events and trainings.
AmeriCorps Members will serve a minimum number of service hours for the year and receive a monthly Living Allowance. AmeriCorps Members can also receive an optional Education Award to pay for student loans or to pay towards current college classes: - Part-Time (900 service hours, 20 hours per week): Up to $9000 for service year*
- Quarter-Time (450 service hours, 10 hours per week): Up to $3000 for service year*
*Living Allowance stipend is dependent on start date. Does not include Education Award amount. Service year starts Nov. 1, 2022 and ends on Oct. 31, 2023. This is a great opportunity for recent college graduates, folks currently in college, retirees, and anyone interested in getting more involved in Project Literacy. If you are interested in our available positions, please let Alex know ASAP: avelasquez@sanleandro.org or at 510-577-3944
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Resource Spotlight The Change Agent is an adult education magazine for social justice. It contains stories written by adult learners on topcis that are relevant in everyday life. The Change Agent provides engaging content to practice reading, writing, English language, and digital literacy skills at multiple levels. The Change Agent puts out calls for learner writings throughout the year, and submitting a story to them would be a great goal for learners wanting to get their writing published. The Change Agent is free for CLLS learners and tutors! Here's the link and how to access issues: Username: CLLS Password: CLLS
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NEW Monthly Meeting Report Question On your October Monthly Meeting Report you will see an additional question at the end of the MMR narrative part asking if you and your learner need additional support. It is an optional question so feel free to ask for what you need and/or provide us feedback. Your feedback is very important to us as it truly helps us make improvements to the program.
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October Monthly Meeting Report Coming Due Just a friendly reminder that the October Monthly Meeting Report will be due on 11/10/22. If you use the spreadsheet version of the MMR, please contact Alex to get the link.
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We (Always) Need More Tutors! Do you have a friend or know someone who would want to be a volunteer tutor? Send them our way and have them call 510-577-3944 to get started!
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Hey Learners and Tutors! We need your stories! Give your learner the chance to shine and show off their writing skills. Submit a short article, blurb, story, poem, autobiography, recipe or anything else your learner may want to write about. We welcome tutors' stories too. Then keep a close eye on our newsletter....your learner may get published!
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To borrow Project Literacy books outside of your tutoring session, please contact Alex to schedule an appointment.
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Book Suggestions for Purchase Do you know of a good book that Project Literacy learners and/or tutors would love?
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These are important links that tutors and learners use on a regular basis:
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