Literacy Program Success

with English Language Learners

@your Library@your Library

NJLA Conference 2011

https://sites.google.com/site/hauckmah/links-1

Adult Literacy in US (NAAL study 2003)

14% of Adults lack Basic English Skills

Below Basic group: recent immigrants

Adult English language learners

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http://nces.ed.gov/naal/index.asp

• Literacy Partnership

• $5k one-time grants to develop

literacy programs for English language learners

www.americandreamtoolkit.orgwww.americandreamtoolkit.org

• 2010-11 grantees

75 public libraries 24 states

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American Dream Libraries are

• Developing Collections

• Reaching out and collaborating

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• Teaching Literacy and Citizenship

• Sharing resources

Tulsa City-County Library, OK

1 on 1 English tutoring

Bentonville Public Library, AR

Naturalization Ceremony

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El Paso Public Library, TXBookmobile

• ELL Resources list from grantees:

2011 list coming soon

www.americandreamtoolkit.org/resources.html

• Presentation: Lessons from the field• Presentation: Lessons from the fieldwww.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/olos/2010adppt_dc.pdf

• My Member Communities

http://connect.ala.org/

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7 NJ Libraries are American Dream Grantees

Atlantic County Library System

Leonia Public Library, Bergen County Cooperative Library System

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Passaic Public Library

Piscataway Public Library

Rockaway Township Library

Salem County Bookmobile Library, Salem County Library Commission

Vineland Public Library

Piscataway Public Library

Kate Baker-- Citizenship classeshttp://www.rtlibrary.org/CitizenshipClassesinPublicLibraries.pdf

Rockaway Township Library

NJ Library Grantees

Rockaway Township Library

Barb Hauck-Mah-- Computer Literacy https://sites.google.com/site/hauckmah/links-1

www.rtlibrary.org/esl.html

Vineland Public Library

Holly Rogerson-- Volunteer ESL tutoring

http://www.rtlibrary.org/volunteeresltutoring.pdf

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