Greetings to all Project Read students and volunteers!
        I am thrilled to have been given this exciting opportunity to work with all of you. I am looking forward to doing all I can to support you, and to help strengthen Project Read as we move into the next century.
        I was actually born in San Francisco. I left at a rather young age, spending most of my formative years in Canada and Southern California. I have been working in the field of adult literacy for approximately ten years; first as Literacy Coordinator for the Riverside City and County Public Library, and later as coordinator for the newly established Riverside County
        Library System. I have also served as President and Executive Board Member of the Southern California Library Literacy Network (a regional network comprised of the 50 library literacy programs from Santa Barbara to San Diego). I am a strong believer in a learner-centered approach to literacy instruction. When we ask the students themselves what it is they want to learn, we are making them a partner in the learning process. I think that this is what has made the California Literacy Campaign programs unique and successful.
        Over the next few weeks, I hope to meet many of you. Please take the opportunity to drop by the Project Read office and say hello when you visit the Main Library. - Randall Weaver