Great opportunity!
Our next tutor training is scheduled for
Saturday March 16th, 2019
8:30 am to 5:30 pm
Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church in
Severna Park, MD
and will include basic literacy, math, and English Language Learner (ELL) instruction.
We have a class size limit of 35. If you, or someone you know, would be interested in attending this training, please email Lisa Vernon at director@aaclc.org or call 410-269-4419 as soon as possible to reserve a seat.
Left to right: ELL tutor Joan Spring, student Marina, and ELL tutor Jane Felsentreger
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March 20th 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Woods Memorial Church
Severna Park
This workshop is designed for tutors who work with English Language Learners (ELL) and would like to help them improve their spoken American English pronunciation. This interactive workshop will improve their ability to understand the place, manner, and voicing of articulation for many of the speech sounds of spoken American English, both consonants and vowels.
An explanation will be given of the differences between a letter, and the sounds represented by that letter. Hand mirrors (provided) will be used to provide a visual of the appearance of parts of the mouth when producing speech sounds, and we will practice. Handouts of worksheets for some commonly mispronounced sounds will be provided, as well as a handout of useful websites to use with our students.
Tutor Joan Spring, a speech pathologist, will lead this valuable workshop. Please be sure to RSVP to Jane Seiss at janeseiss@gmail.com or call our office at 410-269-4419 to leave a detailed message.
Happy Valentines Day!
Please take a moment to read peruse our website to learn about extraordinary AACLC students and “meet” some of our new AACLC literacy and math students as well as some tutors.
You will also want to grab your calendar and make note of several upcoming events. Our Annual Appreciation dinner will be held on April 25th and County Executive Steuart Pittman will be our keynote speaker! We have a firm cap of 200 attendees this year so tutors, students, and assessors please RSVP as soon as possible to guarantee seating.
We also have an upcoming workshop for our English Language Learner (ELL) tutors on March 20th, and our spring 2019 AACLC tutor training date has been set for March 16th. If you know of anyone who would like to be a literacy or math tutor for us, please forward this newsletter and encourage them to contact me.
Kind regards,
Lisa Vernon, Executive Director
Lisa Vernon, Executive Director
Anne Arundel County Literacy Council
301-523-6750 (cell)
By Thomas Sticht, International Consultant in Adult Education
“With hundreds of billions of federal dollars invested in Early Head Start, Head Start, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school special reading programs, over the last 40 years, we have consistently witnessed failures to improve the average reading scores of 17-year-olds who are on the cusp of adulthood and, for millions of them, on the brink of parenthood. Meanwhile, expenditures for adult literacy education have been and still are trivial.”
“Based on extensive research showing that investments in adult education could result in improved reading scores for both parents and their children (Sticht, 2010; 2011), I argued that perhaps with massive injections of adult literacy education in the Adult Education and Literacy System (AELS) of the United States, it might be possible to finally improve reading scores of children from their entry into school all the way up through their graduation from high school….”
“…We must remember that the real head start for children, starts with the heads of their parents!”
To read the entire article, click here: https://www.proliteracy.org/Blogs/Article/392/The-Effects-of-Adult-Literacy-on-Children
Thanks to your support, $11,073 was raised through GivingTuesday to improve adult literacy in Anne Arundel County! Out of 547 “small” nonprofits competing nationally through MightyCause, Anne Arundel County Literacy Council ranked #8 for most donations raised on November 27th.
You are providing free books, tutoring, and assessments for interested, low-income adults. Goals achieved include GEDs, jobs, better-paying jobs, and an improved quality of life for our students and their families. You are changing lives through literacy with your donations. Thank you!
Please take a moment to “meet” students elsewhere on this website to share in their joy at achieving their reading and math goals. Also, our spring 2019 literacy tutor training date has been set for March 16th. CLICK HERE for details. If you, or someone you know, would like to take this training, please call 410-269-4419 or emaildirector@aaclc.org as soon as possible to reserve a seat.
Kind regards,
Lisa Vernon, Executive Director
Lisa Vernon, Executive Director
Anne Arundel County Literacy Council
301-523-6750 (cell)
director@aaclc.org
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#GivingTuesday gives us a chance each year to compete for prizes. Starting November 15th through November 27th, a very generous AACLC donor will also DOUBLE your donations up to $2,500 with a matching gift!
So if you have not sent in your membership donation, you can do so online through our #GivingTuesday AACLC mightycause webpage, double your donation, and save a stamp.
PLEASE NOTE: You will have the choice to opt-out of covering a 5% platform fee during your check-out process. If you elect NOT to cover the platform fee for AACLC, Mightycause WILL cover the fee so that AACLC is guaranteed to receive every penny of each donation.
Thank you Mightycause!
From left to right: tutor coordinator Jane Seiss, student coordinator JoAnn Cook, assessor coordinator Emily Clement, database assistant Patti Durst, director Lisa Vernon, tutor training coordinator Jill Mischo, and GED/math coordinator Dr. Perinaaz Gandhi. Not pictured: Database managers Bruce Phillips and Dan Milleville, Treasurer Megan Jackson, TABE coordinator Barb Colacicco, student coordinator assistant Judy Smallwood, and GED math coordinator Susann Felton.
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The Literacy Council is fortunate to have a dedicated team working behind the scenes supporting our tutors and students! They generously share their time, talents, and abilities so we can fulfill our mission and provide free reading, writing, math, and English instruction to low-income, interested Anne Arundel County adults.
Left to right: ESL tutor and class leader Joan Spring, student Marina, and ESL tutor Jane Felsentreger
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We have great news to share! Thanks to Joan Spring, an experienced ESL conversation class tutor who has joined our team, as well as requests from our community of tutors, we are launching a free Drop-In ESL Conversation Group in Crofton this fall. Matched students, as well as students on our waiting list, are invited to attend.
The next class will be he on
Wednesday evening, November 7th
at 7 pm Wegman’s Cafeteria, Crofton
– no books required –
– the teacher will use “News for You” newspapers –
and other materials as needed
– tutors do not need to attend –
(although you may want to come the first time your student attends)
Tutor Training Coordinator Jill Mischo and GED math trainer Deena Fujimoto
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Current and future GED- math tutors, you don’t want to miss this great opportunity! GED-math tutor trainer Deena Fujimoto will give an overview of the math GED test, including the use of the TI 30-XS calculator, as well as a brief introduction to the Common Core Math style which is taught in schools.
Come to our math workshop on Saturday, November 17th, from 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church, Room 208. (go down the stairs located on the left – hand side of the lobby. At the bottom of the stairs turn left and walk through the swinging doors. Room 208 is a large classroom on the right.)
Please RSVP to Dr. Perinaaz Gandhi at perinaaz.gandhi@gmail.com if you will be attending this training so we can have an accurate number of handouts.
UPDATE: This event was originally scheduled for Nov. 9, 2018, and has been moved to Nov. 10, 2018, same time, same place.
Tutors! Are you new to tutoring and need a little feedback? Do you have some successful strategies to share? Do you need some strategies to overcome a tutoring challenge?
Come to our Follow-On workshop Saturday morning, November 10th, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. at Wood’s Memorial Church in Severna Park, Room 150. (go down the stairs located on the left – hand side of the lobby. At the bottom of the stairs turn right. Room 150 is the first classroom on the left.)
Share how your first sessions are going and how we can help. Learn how to incorporate writing into your lessons and how to use some graphic organizers that can help your student organize her thoughts. Learn where to find informative videos to help you tutor. Our basic tutoring simply can’t cover all the strategies and resources that will make you a successful tutor. Even experienced tutors can use a few refreshing strategies to boost their tutoring skills!
Set your calendars and RSVP to Jane Seiss at jane.seiss@gmail.com
