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Adult Literacy Services @ Your Library Public Library Literacy Programming to Meet Community Needs

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

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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

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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

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Community Literacy orLiteracy Infusion

Basic reading, writing, & numeracy English fluency Family Literacy Health Literacy Financial Literacy Computer & Technological Literacy Workforce Literacy Civic Literacy

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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Established Library Contributions

to Community Literacy

Equal Access to All Books, Print Materials, &

Information Computers, Databases, & Online

Resources Storytimes Homework Help Computer Classes

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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)

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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

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PCPL / Literacy Volunteers of Tucson Partnership at Santa

Rosa Branch

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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

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ALA’s American Dream Literacy site

http://www.buildliteracy.org

Literacy Volunteer Helping a Student

English Language Class at a Branch Library

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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

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GED Classat a Branch Library

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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.

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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

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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)

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Summary Definitions of Literacy Adult Literacy Facts Established Library Contributions to

Literacy Library Literacy

Partnerships/Collaborations Partnership-driven Library

Contributions to Adult Literacy

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Questions???

Dawn R. Gardner Community Partnerships Librarian Pima County Public Library 101 N. Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ

85716 [email protected] 520-594-5616