In case you missed these in our February, 2013 newsletter:
Nancy comes from a background of 33 years in public education in both Anne Arundel and Prince George’s County Public Schools. During this time, she served as music teacher, teacher of the deaf/hard-of-hearing and special education administrator and supervisor. Nancy also served on numerous special task forces and commissions at the local, state and national levels and was an active member of several professional organizations. Nancy has taught at both undergraduate and graduate levels at local post-secondary programs. She is a published author in the field, has served as an educational consultant on both state and national levels, and also served as a consultant to the Mister Rogers Neighborhood television program.
In 2001, Nancy was ordained as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church. Since that time she has served as Deacon, Youth Minister, and Assistant to the Rector at various churches in the area. Highlights include leading teams to an orphanage and school in Honduras, El Hogar de Amor y Esperanza, to provide educational seminars for the teachers and staff. She also served two terms as a member of the Advisory Board for El Hogar. Another special ministry was a two-part International Youth Exchange.
We’re so glad to have you on our board, Nancy!
Dr. Keller is a leader for both local and national organizations. He has resided in Annapolis for more than 30 years, and serves as chair of the Annapolis Human Relations Commission, National Board President of the Peace Action Education Fund, and Co-coordinator of the Homework and Reading program at his church.
Mike retired as Director of Policy Analysis and Research for the Maryland Higher Education Commission in 2008. Trained in journalism, Mike served as a war correspondent for the Vietnam bureau of Pacific Stars & Stripes. Mike brings a wealth of leadership and fundraising experience to the Anne Arundel County Literacy Council.
We’re grateful for your time and expertise, Mike.
Thirty-six year old Helen Zhuang came to the US from China five years ago with her husband and son, who is now 12 years old. Helen received an accounting degree in China and worked there as a bank teller for several years. She currently works part-time in a restaurant, but her long-term goal is to be proficient enough in English to pursue a full-time accounting position. Her short-term goals include being more involved in her son’s education, more independent in managing her household, and confident enough to make English-speaking friends and be truly involved in her community. Helen has been working diligently to improve her spoken English and her ability to understand others in order to meet these goals.
Volunteer tutor Cynthia Palmer has found Helen to be a joy to work with–she is cheerful, reliable, bright, inquisitive and a very hard worker. She takes pride in mastering grammar, pronunciation and new vocabulary, especially slang and idioms! Helen is making intensive efforts to improve her English as quickly as possible and her progress is impressive.
When the world says “Give up,” hope says, ” Try it one more time.” Author Unknown
Thanks to a generous donation from Robert and Jolene Caspar this past fall, we were able to completely renovate our website, ICanRead.org.
Elizabeth H. Cottrell, a freelance writer, author, social media pro, and digital publisher worked side-by-side with us to make our vision for this site become a reality. Since then she has donated her time to help us learn the basics of WordPress, while updating our blogs for us. There are so many new features:
If you haven’t done so already, please take a moment to look at this beautiful website. Thank you, Bob, Jolene, and Elizabeth!
Elizabeth H. Cottrell
RiverwoodWriter.com and Heartspoken.com
elizabethc@riverwoodwriter.com
If you haven’t done so already, please check out Phil Burgess’s terrific article on AACLC in the Capital Gazette in April called “Reaching down to lift up another is a good exercise.” Click here (For best viewing enlarge document when open.)
The article author, Dr. Phil Burgess, is president of the Annapolis Institute and author of “Reboot! What To Do When Your Career Is Over But Your Life Isn’t.” See www.BooterNation.com. Please send your own post-career story or nominations of interesting people with good stories, senior programs or other comments to pburgess@annapolisinstitute.net.
Warmest regards,
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We did it again! We have won both the 2012 and 2013 Top Rated Great Nonprofits award, as well as the GuideStar Exchange Seal, demonstrating our commitment to transparency. Please take a moment to check out our 40 five-star reviews.
Since its founding in 2007, GreatNonprofits has grown into the leading provider of reviews and ratings of nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. GreatNonprofits has received media coverage in Newsweek, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Alliance magazine, and on NPR, and is endorsed by USA Today, the Economist, Huffington Post, and the LA Times.
You don’t want to miss a single Tweet from AACLC! We are following over 200 Literacy Councils and leading thinkers in educational reform and innovation from around the world. We then Tweet interesting and thought-provoking links to articles on reading, writing, ESL, and technology, which we hope will challenge and inspire you along your tutoring journey. Here is a sample from our 464 Tweets so far:
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We are delighted to have Forrest Turetsky from the University of Maryland, College Park as our 2013 Maryland Nonprofit Leadership Intern. The Walter Sondheim Jr. Maryland Nonprofit Leadership Program was created to introduce high-achieving college students from across Maryland to career choices within the nonprofit sector. This year 20 students will be working within Nonprofits across the state on challenging, substantive projects.
Please welcome Forrest!
Jesse not only holds down a cleaning job to support her two young children, she meets with me EVERY DAY because she is so motivated to learn to read. She’s looking forward to be able to help her kindergartner and first grader with their homework, to read to them at night,and to eventually attend community college so she can train as a pharmacy technician. Jesse is an amazing woman: kind, generous, alert, smart, poised … but she has not had the opportunity to learn to read. We are a great team and both of our lives are better from having been brought together.
“The difference between where you are and where you want to be is your commitment to getting there.” ~ Michael Clapier
