Direct
Service
- Tutored
207 adults.
- Interviewed
and assessed reading and writing skills of 97 learners
- Matched
104 learner/tutor pairs and placed 20 tutors in 11 community agencies.
- Sent
104 individualized recommendations to tutors upon initial match with
their learners.
- Assisted
11 learners in transition to other educational, vocational or job
opportunities.
- Held
six 12-hour training sessions for volunteer tutors, training 116 volunteers.
- Held
more than 30 individual classes or multi-session workshops focusing
on Phonics, Writing, Grammar, Spelling, Public Speaking, Reading the
Newspaper, Poetry, Learning Strategies, and Computer and Internet
Introduction.
- Began
the monthly Wednesday Night Readers book discussion group drawing
approximately 20 tutors and learners for each session.
- Held
4 Continuing Education sessions and 6 Roundtable meetings for tutors.
- Referred
588 persons to appropriate services and answered 905 additional information
questions.
- Sent
182 letters with recommendations and learning strategies to tutors
after pair reviews with Instruction Supervisor.
- Interviewed
182 learner/tutor pairs for three-, six-month and one year progress
reviews and other instructional meetings.
- Continued
to expand the Project Read book collection in the Main and Branch
libraries.
Family
Literacy
- Tutored
43 parenting adults.
- With
financial support from the Starbucks Foundation, presented 6 family
literacy workshops for adult learners, their children, and tutors.
- Gave
more than 400 books to the children of learners upon the learner’s
initial intake, the children’s birthdays, and at monthly giveaways,
workshops and special events.
- Distributed
information packets to parenting adults which included social service
referrals, library activities for children, tutoring referrals for
children, and tips on reading to children.
- Worked
with Head Start State Preschools throughout San Francisco in order
to publicize family literacy services.
- Conducted
intake and follow-up Families for Literacy Surveys for the California
State Library on all learners parenting children 5 years and under.
Collaboration
- Collaborated
with City College of San Francisco by referring Project Read tutors
to volunteer at the following Adult Basic Education Sites: John Adams
Community College, Adult Learning and Tutorial Center, Mission Community
College, and Southeast Learning Center.
- Collaborated
with Community agencies by referring Project Read tutors to volunteer
at the following agencies and institutions: The Episcopal Sanctuary’s
Skills Center, San Francisco County Jail #8.
- Collaborated
with other Bay Area Literacy Programs, the SIBL (Songs Inspired By
Literature) Project and KQED to present a major event celebrating
International Literacy Day on September 7, including workshops for
learners and tutors and a free concert on the Civic Center Plaza.
- Hosted
a reception at the American Library Association Annual Conference
highlighting former learners who are now on staff at 20 library literacy
programs in California.
Outreach
- Made
51 presentations to community agencies and businesses to promote Project
Read services and propose collaborations.
- Made
contact with 35 organizations and businesses to recruit additional
students.
- Set
up 225 informal information tables in neighborhoods.
- Distributed
40,000 flyers, posters, card stands, pens, pencils, and other promotional
materials.
- Participated
at Glide Memorial Church, Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative,
Sunnydale Housing, K105-FM Promoting Literacy to Young Adults, SF
Hilton Employee Resource Fair, Dept. of Rehabilitation, Tenderloin
Resource Fair, ADK sorority, Sarano Kelley book publishing event,
YBC, It’s Your Business Collaboration, ALA Convention Racism & Literacy,
ALA Convention Learners to Leaders forum, and numerous local Head
Start programs, street festivals, city parades, health fairs, and
high schools.
Computer
Learning Lab
- Restructured
learning lab to demystify technology and showcase ease of use, provide
immediate opportunities for learner success, emphasize use of select
software in achieving personal literacy and lifeskills goals, and
establish lab as a welcoming gathering place for the Project Read
community.
- Redesigned
segment of tutor training class dealing with computer lab to provide
a better introduction to the software.
- Began
offering monthly Family Computer Lab sessions featuring family literacy
software for use by children and parents.
- Refurbished
and provided 7 donated computers to Project Read learners.
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