Leon
Veal Receives
Staff
Recognition Award
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Leon receives a pat
on the back from Acting City Librarian Susan Hildreth
Project Read’s own Leon Veal was honored at San Francisco Public Library’s
Annual Staff Recognition Awards on April 28th. Over fifty library employees
were nominated for this year’s awards and, from that number, only eight
were honored for their outstanding service.
Leon joined
Project Read as a learner in 1994. After two years of instruction
and consistent progress, Leon was hired as Outreach Coordinator in 1996.
Since that time, Leon has become essential to the success of Project Read.
He is a tireless advocate for all of the adult learners in the program.
Leon is effective in his job because of his commitment to the mission of
Project Read, and this commitment is a direct result of his own experience
as a former adult learner. The staff members of Project Read are
extremely fortunate to work with this talented and dedicated man.
Congratulations,
Leon!
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What
Is Families for Literacy?
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The Families for Literacy Program* is part of Project Read’s adult
literacy services. Adult learners who have young children in the
home are eligible to participate in Families for Literacy activities.
Families for
Literacy’s goal is to help parents with preschool children develop family
reading habits and skills. In partnership with volunteer tutors, the FFL
program hopes to strengthen the support for reading and learning in the
home. As a tutor, you can make a crucial difference by helping to
stop the cycle in which non-reading behaviors are passed from parent to
child.
What Can The Tutor
Do To Help?
1. Help parents acquire the skills needed to promote reading readiness
in their children:
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Teach them how to select appropriate books
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Model and practice reading aloud to children
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Familiarize yourself and them with library services for children
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Explore the Children’s Room at your library, locate picture books
and easy readers
2. Continue to help parents with their own literacy skills.
3. Use children’s literature (FREE books available from Project Read
office) in addition
to other materials in your tutoring
sessions.
4. Encourage your learner to develop a regular story time habit.
5. Help parents establish a home library for their children:
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Let parents know about Friends of the Library book sales and local
used bookstores to build an inexpensive home library of children’s
books
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Take advantage of FREE children’s books available from Project Read
6. Encourage your learner to attend monthly FFL workshops presented by
Project
Read.
7. Attend Families for Literacy Continuing Education Workshops for
tutors.
* This year, Project Read’s Families for Literacy Program
has been supported through a generous donation from the Starbucks Foundation.
In July, additional funding will be available from the California State
Library under provisions of the California Library Services Act.
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