What We've Done Lately

WordUp! Fair 2011 A Success!

By all accounts, the first annual WordUp! Fair was a roaring success with over 1500 people attending from the Bay Area!

From Facebook

Petaluma Education Foundation “What a wonderful new festival of learning for Petaluma, thank you Word Up for bringing our community such a great first event”

Tamara Wilder “Wonderful event. You guys rock!:)”

Thank You For Coming

Thanks to all who participated and we hope to see you again next year!

Keep an eye on the WordUp! Fair website for more information about Word! Fair 2012 or connect with the team on Twitter and facebook.

Literacyworks and COTS

Literacyworks assisted in starting the new COTS (Committee on the Shelterless in Petaluma) Family Literacy program by providing resources and training for volunteers and staff. Primarily through special programming, story-times, and other interaction with the families, COTS volunteer tutors and staff members demonstrate and model reading aloud and support parents in their role as their child's first teacher.

In a continuing effort to break the cycle of low literacy, the mission of COTS Family Literacy program is to offer coordinated early-literacy services to families that include an adult caregiver and at least one school age child. Literacyworks will continue to provide support to help this wonderful program grow. We hope to also assist COTS to starting an adult literacy program next year.

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updated: November 8, 2011

In the Works

Recent news and views related to Literacyworks and the fields of literacy and lifelong learning

Literacyworks Awarded LINCS Grant

Literacyworks has been awarded the grant for the Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) Regional Professional Development Center for Region 4 (RPDC$) which includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) recently announced the results of its recent competitions for LINCS. OVAE’s continued investment in LINCS signals its intent to more strategically utilize LINCS, for assisting states and local adult education agencies in promoting teacher effectiveness and evidence-based instruction in adult education. As a regional professional development center, Literacyworks will work with states to deploy evidence-based materials and professional development activities to the field of adult education. The regions are realigned to correspond with OVAE’s administrative regions, under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA).

LITERACY: The Story of Enrique Ramirez

Learning Resources

The Learning Resources site offers web-delivered instruction using current and past CNN San Francisco bureau and CBS 5 - KPIX (CBS Broadcasting) news stories.

Multiple Intelligences

Literacyworks is updating the site Multiple Intelligences, based on the theory of education developed by Howard Gardner.

Featured in How to Address Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom Tips and resources for putting MI theory into practice by Sara Bernard. This article was also published in the April 2009 issue of Edutopia magazine under the headline "Addressing Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom".

To read these stories and more of what's In the Works, click here

You Can Help

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Volunteer

Becoming a literacy tutor is not only rewarding, it's a lot of fun as well. Visit America's Literacy Directory to find out which programs near you are looking for volunteers.