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Saturday, April 17, 2010

A Student's Story

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Community Engagement: the process of building relationships with community members who will work side-by-side with you as an ongoing partner, in any and every way imaginable, building an army of support for your mission, with the end goal of making the community a better place to live.

Outreach: a systematic attempt to provide services beyond conventional limits, as to particular segments of a community: an educational outreach to illiterate adults.

Literacy: the ability to use printed and written information to function in society, to achieve one's goals, and to develop one's knowledge and potential.

Resources for Libraries

8 Principles of Public Outreach
Adult Literacy through Libraries: an Action Agenda, Online Course
ALA's American Dream Grants
ALA's American Dream Literacy Initiative
ALA's Literacy for All: Adult Literacy @ your library
ALA's How to Serve the World: Serving Non-English Speakers in U.S. Public Libraries
America's Literacy Directory
National Literacy Directory
IL Adult Learning Hotline
Libraries' English and Reading Network
How to Start an Adult Volunteer Literacy Program (ILSOS)
How to Apply for IL State Library Literacy Grants (ILSOS)
GCF Learn Free - Technology Tutorials Online
Joe's Web Tools - Readability Calculator
Pearson Fastback Series for Intermediate Book Groups
YALSA's List of Recommended Reads - Great for ESL Book Groups

Resources for Volunteer Training

ProLiteracy EdNet Tutor Training
Literacy Works Training in Chicago
IL Secretary of State Online Training
Adult Learning Resource Center (ALRC)
TESOL Accredited ESL/EFL Programs

Resources for Tutors

Teaching Adult ESL: A Practical Introduction, Betsy Parrish
Teaching Adults, Literacy Works
AzarGrammar.com
ESL Podcasts
Marshall Adult Education - Leveled Reading Skills Passages
Marshall Adult Education Resource Links
Merriam-Webster's Learner's Online Dictionary
Outreach and Technical Assistance Network
PBS Literacy Link
S.O.S. for Information Literacy
The Times in Plain English

Membership Organizations

American Library Association
Proliteracy Worldwide, Inc.
International Literacy Association
COABE: Commission on Adult Basic Education
IACEA: Illinois Adult and Continuing Education Association
IATEFL: International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
REFORMA: Latino Literacy Advocates
TESOL: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

Professional Associations

CAELA: Center for Adult English Language Acquisition
CAL: Center for Applied Linguistics
LINCS Literacy Information and Communication System
National Forum on Information Literacy

Publications

Education Articles on ERICDIGESTS
Language Magazine
Learn Hot English
TESL-EJ Online Journal
ProLiteracy Worldwide: Publications

Special Interest

American Library Association's Outreach Resources
Civic Participation and Citizenship Collection
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education
US Citizenship and Immigration Services

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