adult literacy services @ your library public library literacy programming to meet community needs
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Adult Literacy Services @Your Library
Public Library Literacy
Programming to Meet Community
Needs
What I’ll discuss today Definitions of Literacy Adult Literacy Facts Established Library Contributions to
Literacy Library Literacy
Partnerships/Collaborations Partnership-driven Library
Contributions to Adult Literacy
Common Definitions of Literacy
The ability to read & write The ability to understand,
interpret, & use printedmaterials
The ability to learn inorder to achieve one’s goals & to participate fully in society
Community Literacy orLiteracy Infusion
Basic reading, writing, & numeracy English fluency Family Literacy Health Literacy Financial Literacy Computer & Technological Literacy Workforce Literacy Civic Literacy
Adult Literacy &Adult Education
Adult Literacy: Using printed and written information to function in society, to achieve one’s goals, and to develop one’s knowledge and potential.
Adult Education: Educational program serving adults, 16 years of age and older, who are functioning below the high school completion level – emphasis on reading, numeracy, and English literacy.
Adult Literacy Facts 93 million adults in the U.S. (43% of adult
population) function below high school level.
Only 3% of these adults have access to classes and other services.
Business lose more than $60 billion in productivity each year due to employees’ basic skill deficiencies.
Children’s literacy levels strongly linked to their parent’s literacy levels.
More Adult Literacy Facts
75% of prison inmates & 60% of state welfare recipients don’t have a high school diploma or GED
Arizona has one of the highest high school dropout rates in the country
Nearly 1 in 5 adults in Arizona is functionally illiterate
At least ½ of all adults who are functionally illiterate live in poverty
Children whose parents can read are 5-6 times more likely to succeed in school
80% of the fastest growing jobs in the U.S. require some post-secondary education
Benefits to Society of Improving Literacy Rates
Increases tax revenue Decreases cost of social services Reduces crime Increase health Offers qualified workforce to current and
prospective employers Provides people the opportunity to function
in their families and in society
Established Library Contributions
to Community Literacy
Equal Access to All Books, Print Materials, &
Information Computers, Databases, & Online
Resources Storytimes Homework Help Computer Classes
Pima County Public LibraryLiteracy Collaborations
Literacy for Life Coalition (LLC) Literate Worker Partners Group Refugee Integration Service Provider’s
Network (RISP-Net) Pima County Community Health Task
Force(PCCHTF)
Financial Education Collaborative of Southern Arizona (FECSA)
Pima County Public LibraryAdult Literacy Partners
Literacy Volunteers of Tucson Pima Community College Adult Education Pima County Adult Probation / LEARN Centers Pima County ONESTOP Career Centers National OASIS United Way of Tucson & Southern Arizona AARP in Tucson & Pima County League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson
PCPL / Literacy Volunteers of Tucson Partnership at Santa
Rosa Branch
State & National Literacy Partners
Arizona Department of Education Arizona State Library Arizona Library Association American Library Association - Office
for Literacy & Outreach Services / American Dream Grant / www.buildliteracy.org
National Institute for Literacy Literacy Powerline
ALA’s American Dream Literacy site
http://www.buildliteracy.org
Literacy Volunteer Helping a Student
English Language Class at a Branch Library
Partnership-driven Library Contributions to Adult
Literacy Print & Online Resources / Multiple partners
•High/Low Materials
•Picture Dictionaries
•CDs for Language Learning
•Databases for Homework, Skills,Language Learning, & Test Preparation
English Language Classes / Literacy Volunteers of Tucson
GED & Citizenship Classes / Pima Community College Adult Education
GED Classat a Branch Library
GED Success Story – Sergio Curiel, GED student, Sam Lena-South
Tucson branch Before his GED class, his wife
helped their sons with homework
One day, when Sergio offered his son help, the son said he was waiting for his mom
Sergio said he would try; and he was able to help
When mom came home and asked about homework, the son said, “My dad helped me.”
Sergio wants to pass on to his kids to stay in school & finish.
More PCPL Partnership-driven Library Contributions to Adult
Literacy
Computer Classes / OASIS Job Help / ONESTOP Fall Refugee Health Fair /
RISP-Net & PCCHTF Tax Help & Financial Education/
United Way & AARP & FECSA Voting Info Tables, Issues Forums, & Mock
Elections / League of Women Voters
Ideas for expanded Library Contributions to Latinos & the
Spanish speaking
Spanish Language ClassesMore English Language ClassesGED study materials provided in
SpanishGrants to fund scholarships to pay
for the Citizenship Test ($675)
Summary Definitions of Literacy Adult Literacy Facts Established Library Contributions to
Literacy Library Literacy
Partnerships/Collaborations Partnership-driven Library
Contributions to Adult Literacy
Questions???
Dawn R. Gardner Community Partnerships Librarian Pima County Public Library 101 N. Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ
85716 [email protected] 520-594-5616