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Total Volunteer Hours in July/August
1992
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Volunteer Hours in 2017
8997
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Students and volunteers enjoy some amazing home-cooked dishes at our summer party in August.
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Hello volunteers, and welcome back from summer break! Fall quarter has just begun and is off to a great start. We hope everyone who attended our annual summer party enjoyed an evening of delicious food, student speeches and performances, and fun.
Here at our Lake City Learning Center, we are excited to welcome 41 new students this fall, for a total of 167 combined with returning students!
We are also pleased to announce that 87% of our students made gains between fall 2016 & summer 2017! Thank you all for your contributions which support this fantastic display of student success.
This term, we kick off our brand new tutoring block system, with set times for tutoring pairs to meet before or after class. Our
Ready to Work class has also transitioned to being held four days a week instead of two. We are still accepting new students for this class - if you know anyone who could benefit from this course which offers workplace English and employment case management services, please let them know to call us!
This past school year, 200 dedicated individuals supported adult literacy by volunteering with us. Can you guess the answers to the following questions regarding our student and volunteer data from the 2016-2017 school year?
How many students did we serve (onsite and offsite)?
a. 386
b. 797
c. 523
How many countries do our students come from?
a. 83
b. 24
c. 56
Together, our students speak how many languages?
a. 32
b. 63
c. 81
How many hours did Literacy Source volunteers contribute over the school year?
a. 34,551
b. 9,025
c. 12,582
You can find the answers to these questions at the end of this newsletter. Read on for information on upcoming trainings, volunteer needs, and a brand new section of our library!
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Registration Open for Community Volunteer Training
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Registration is officially open for the next Community Volunteer Training at Seattle Central Library! Everyone is welcome to attend this
FREE day of workshops to support adult ESOL and ABE learners in the greater King County area. The Seattle Public Library, King County Library System, Literacy Source, and Seattle Goodwill sponsor the CVT on a quarterly basis, so volunteers all over the city can access these valuable resources.
Space is limited, so be sure to register early to ensure a spot for the workshops you'd like to attend.
Sign up for ESOL Teaching Techniques, Lesson Planning, Understanding Adult Learners, Talk Time training, and more!
Learn about past trainings and access previous training resources
here. We h
ope to see you there! 
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| Save the Date: Literary Mixer! |
Bring a book. Have a drink.
Discuss.
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We would like to welcome everyone to the fall term by inviting you to join us for a volunteer social event - a Literary Mixer!
Come and bring a book you have read or are reading (e-books work too), enjoy a glass of wine, and strike up a conversation with other Literacy Source volunteers about your book. This event will take place at Literacy Source on Thursday, October 12, from 7:30 to 9 pm. During the event, w
e will also be sharing the debut of our new Social Justice Lending Library.
We hope you can join us!
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Note from our Instructional Director: Tutoring Changes
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| Cat Howell, Instructional Director |
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We're ready for a great fall quarter, with many full classes in new time slots.
To provide more structured support to our volunteers, we've implemented some instructional changes at our center.
We will now be matching students with tutors in
tutoring block times, either before or after class. As part of this realignment, we're changing our tutor on-boarding process by offering a new
Tutor Orientation training
. This training will familiarize new and returning tutors with the updated logistics of tutoring at Literacy Source. It will also provide time to practice lesson planning using some of the
tutoring kits
(
pronunciation, beginning literacy, writing, reading, citizenship, etc.) available on the
Tutoring Resources folder in our Google Drive.
We encourage both new and returning tutors who want information about the new materials to sign up for this training. The next one is on Friday, September 29,
from 9 am to 12 pm, and you can sign up for it here. Please talk to me or the advisor you work with if you have any questions.
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In an effort to eliminate barriers for our students, we are proud to announce that we have added an evening childcare for school-aged children on Mondays and Wednesdays! We'd like to thank volunteer
Kate Jorgenson f
or helping us provide a quiet, supervised setting so mom or dad can focus on their own class.
We are still in the process of recruiting and hiring a student to be our new childcare leader on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 9 to 10:30 am
. Thanks so much to our lovely board member
Lul
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Roque Weda for helping to fill this role in the meantime. W
e are still seeking the help of another volunteer to temporarily assist us as needed.
Please contact
Lynn
if you are interested.
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| New Volunteers and staff at our Working with Adult Learners training on September 18. |
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We've had fabulous volunteer turnouts at the trainings we've hosted so far in September to kick off the fall term, including
Citizenship Toolkit and
Working with Adult Learners in a Diverse Environment (a required training for all of our volunteers). Additionally, our lively guest trainer,
Alysan Croydon, presented her Beginning Literacy training, bringing her wealth of 30 years experience in teaching and training in ESOL. If you couldn't make it to Alysan's training this time around... fear not! She will be facilitating ESOL trainings at the
Community Volunteer Training
on October 14, as well as a Teaching and Planning Lessons training at Seattle Central Library on October 28. A big thanks to the many volunteers who attended these trainings. We hope they have been beneficial as you continue to work with our adult learners!
Missed the trainings? Check out other upcoming trainings
here.
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Celebrating a Year of Service
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We would like to take a moment to acknowledge
Dick Sampson, Karen Cowgill, Adrian Lazarevic-Fogelquist, Ron Padgett, Ruth Anderson, Sue McAllister, Steve Reutebuch, Becky Rosenberg, Joanna Bachman, and
Judith Benjamin for reaching one year of service at Literacy Source. Thank you so much for all that you do!
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| Social Justice Lending Library |
To create and preserve a safe and inclusive learning community, we at Literacy Source are dedicated towards strengthening our collective self-awareness, cultural consciousness, and intercultural communication skills. As part of this effort, we are proud to introduce our new Social Justice Lending Library, which will offer an evolving list of resources for volunteers and teachers. Check out a book from the library, or bring one of your own to share! If you don't see what you're looking for, please add it to the clipboard next to the bookshelf. We will be debuting this new resource during our upcoming Literary Mixer on October 12.
Want to donate books to our Social Justice Lending Library? Check out our
Amazon wishlist
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And be sure to check out some of our recommendations from the library below.
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By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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| Vietnamese Seniors Youth and Bonding Event |
We are happy to serve as a fiscal sponsor for the
Vietnamese Senior Association's
Senior and Youth Bonding event
on September 30. The event will include family story-telling, live music, karaoke, cultural dance, and food. Please spread the word to anyone you know who might be interested in attending!
Organizers of the event hope to help foster the connection between Vietnamese seniors and youth and to celebrate the community spirit.
When?
Saturday, September 30, 2017
11:30 am-4 pm
Where?
Garfield Community Center
2323 East Cherry Street
Seattle, WA
Please email or call if you plan to attend:
Kim Lundgreen: klundgree@yahoo.com
Linh Huynh: lynntdtravel@yahoo.com; (206) 229-3332
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Congratulations to our newest U.S. citizens!
Genet Kassaye from Ethiopia
Selamawit Tesfu from Ethiopia
Weinishet Woldemariam from Ethiopia
Thank you to the volunteers who have worked with these students!
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Current Volunteer Needs and Upcoming Trainings
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LAKE CITY CENTER:
One-on-One Tutors
ESOL, reading, writing, math, GED prep, and citizenship
2 x 1.5 hrs per week (ongoing, flexible times)
Student Assessment Proctors
2-5 hrs, 2x per month, daytime and evenings
Conversation Partners
Mon and Wed, 4:15-5:45 pm
Childcare Assistants
Mon and/or Wed mornings, 9-10:30 am
TALK TIME PARTNERS:
Wednesdays, 2-3:30 pm
For more information, please contact Caroline.
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Tutor Orientation and Lesson Planning
Note: This training will be held again on October 27.
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Community Volunteer Training
Saturday, October 14, 2017
9 am-1:15 pm
Location: Seattle Central Library
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Teaching and Planning Lessons for English Language Learners
Saturday, October 28, 2017
9 am-3:30 pm
Location: Seattle Central Library
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New Volunteer Orientation
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Please help us spread the word!
Our upcoming New Volunteer Orientation will be on Wednesday, October 4 at Literacy Source. Sessions will take place at 1 and 7 pm.
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Answers to Student / Volunteer Data Questions
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How many students did we serve (onsite and offsite)?
b. 797
How many countries do our students come from?
a. 83
Together, our students speak how many languages?
b. 63
How many hours did Literacy Source volunteers contribute over the school year?
c. 12,582
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Fall Quarter Dates and Closures
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Literacy Source is open:
Mon and Wed, 8:30 am-8:30 pm
Tue and Thu, 8:30 am-7:30 pm
Fridays, appointment only
Important dates and office closures:
September 18: First day of Fall 1 classes
October 26: Last day of Fall 1 classes
October 30-November 2: No classes, open for tutoring and New Student Registration only
November 6: First day of Fall 2 classes
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