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Rotary Promotes Literacy

Rotary Promotes Literacy. 2007-2008 Diane Bandonis D5100 Literacy Chair. Learning About Literacy. Functional Literacy – A Definition The level of reading and writing skills necessary to participate fully in daily life. Outline. Statistics Benefits of Literacy RI Goals Project Ideas

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Rotary Promotes Literacy

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  1. Rotary Promotes Literacy 2007-2008 Diane Bandonis D5100 Literacy Chair

  2. Learning About Literacy Functional Literacy – A Definition The level of reading and writing skills necessary to participate fully in daily life

  3. Outline • Statistics • Benefits of Literacy • RI Goals • Project Ideas • Promoting Literacy • Tips for Literacy Success • Family Literacy and Early Childhood Education • Improving Primary Education • Adult Education • Workplace Literacy • Literacy for Women • Raising Public Awareness • Presidential Citation 07-08 Literacy Goals • Rotary Resources

  4. Statistics • More than 900 million people cannot read or write in any language. • 98% of the world’s illiterate live in developing countries. • 130 million children at the primary level are not in school.

  5. More statistics: • 275 million at the secondary level are not in school. • In industrialized countries, more than a third of adults have less than an upper secondary education. • Almost 4 million adults in the USA cannot read, sign their names, or perform simple addition or subtraction.

  6. More statistics: • 30 million workers in the USA can read only minimally. • 40 million workers in the USA are still not at a reading level sufficient for evolving technology.

  7. Benefits of Literacy Literacy Improves Lives !

  8. RI’s Literacy Goals for 2007-08 1. Raising awareness of literacy issues by encouraging: • Every district to carry out a literacy seminar (perhaps as part of another district event) • Every district conference to have a literacy component • Every district governor to present at least one literacy award.

  9. RI’s Literacy Goals for 2007-08 2. Request every Rotary club to participate in International Literacy Day: Sept.8,’07,and Rotary Literacy Month March 2008. 3. Ask every Rotary club to undertake a literacy project either at home or abroad. 4. Seek opportunities for alliances with other organizations and education departments.

  10. In addition, RI’s Literacy Resource Group calls for: • Continuation of the Basic Literacy Awards Program: -District Literacy Award = clubs will complete 5 literacy projects -Zone Literacy Award = clubs will complete 10 literacy projects

  11. Project Ideas “The Big Three” 1. The Dictionary Projectwww.dictionaryproject.org

  12. Project Ideas – The Big Three 2. School Partnerships or Adopt-a-School 3. Character Literacy Projects (The 4 -Way Test contests)

  13. Additional Suggestions • Once a month literacy club program or project • Conduct an adult literacy project • Conduct an “Outside the Box” Literacy Project:

  14. Outside the Box Project Ideas • Citizenship Literacy • Economic Literacy • Socio-Economic Literacy • Personal Finance Literacy • Health and Fitness Literacy • Emotional, Character and Self Help Literacy • Conflict Resolution Literacy

  15. Establishing a Literacy Program • Promoting Literacy • Tips for Literacy Success

  16. Improving Primary EducationProject Ideas • Provide books to students and classroom libraries

  17. More Elementary EducationProject Ideas • Volunteer to do repairs/improvements at a community school • Support additional training for local teachers and administrators • Help pay for tutoring of a special-needs student after school

  18. More Primary Education Projects • Start a mentoring program for students in the lower portions of their classes • Volunteer to spend time with students to help build their self-esteem • Adopt a school

  19. Project Ideas – Family Literacy • Organize a public awareness campaign encouraging parents to read to their children. • Establish a toy and book library at a school in an impoverished neighborhood. • Read to children in the local school. “Read To Me” is an established program used by Rotarians

  20. More Project Ideas: Family Literacy • Provide child care for parents attending literacy classes. • Campaign to promote reading in lieu of television viewing

  21. Project Ideas: Adult Education • Establish a literacy center with a library where people can come to read and to meet tutors. • Provide transportation for students attending literacy classes. • Establish a workplace literacy center

  22. More Adult Education Project Ideas • Tutor…allow readers to progress at their own rate • Personalize instruction for filling out job applications, or study for a driver’s license exam.

  23. Project Ideas: Workplace Literacy • Sponsor a business breakfast for Rotarians and community leaders to hear about literacy efforts in the workplace. • Invite a workplace literacy trainer/staff development specialist to address your Rotary club. • Give an award to the company with the most comprehensive literacy program for its employees.

  24. Project Ideas: Literacy for Women • Offer in home tutoring for mothers where day care is not available. • Assist with child care and/or scholarships for single mothers to return to school part time. • Fact: Two thirds of the 900 million people in the world who cannot read or write are women. Establish World Community Service Projects for Literacy Projects for women.

  25. Raising Public AwarenessProject Ideas • Help local literacy centers to publicize their classes. • Use International Literacy Day (September 8, 2007) as an opportunity to promote literacy awareness.

  26. Projects: Raising Public Awareness • Reward students who read the most books, win a spelling bee or a book-report contest, or tutor others. • Honor outstanding teachers. • Give special recognition to local literacy programs or to businesses that support literacy efforts. • Fund a picnic for literacy learners and their tutors.

  27. Helpful On-line Literacy Resources February ’07-June ‘07 President Bill Boyd’s web page on the RI website (the literacy section of the resource group listing) http://www.rotary.org After July ’07: President “Wilf” Wilkinson’s web pages on the RI website http://www.rotary.org The Zones 29 & 30 website http://www.rizones29-30.net/ District 5100 website (click on the Literacy Link on the home page) http://www.district5100.org

  28. Rotary Resources • A Project Development Database • Rotaract • Interact • Rotary Village Corps (RVC)/Rotary Community Corps (RCC)

  29. More Rotary Resources • Rotary Volunteers • World Community Service • Donations-in-kind Information Network

  30. Rotary Foundation Grant Opportunities • Matching Grants • Health, Hunger and Humanity (3 - H Grants) • Carl P. Miller Discovery Grants • Grants for Rotary Volunteers

  31. Presidential Citation ’07-’08 Literacy Goals • Ask each member of your club to mentor a young person, and have at least 50 percent of the club participate. • Sponsor or participate in a community literacy project. Consider working with the International Reading Association in developing a project • Seek a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant or Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grant for a water, health, or literacy project. • Conduct an International literacy project. • Adopt a school

  32. Make a difference, get involved!

  33. Additional ResourcesPlease see pages 13-16 of RI Publication Rotary Promotes Literacy for contact information. • Academy for Educational Development National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center http://www.aed.org • American Society for Training and Development. E-mail: info.center@astd.noli.com • Association for Childhood Education International (Maryland, USA). • The Basic Skills Agency (London, England) • Canada’s Official Development Assistance Program (CIDA) <http://www.acdi-cidi.gc.ca>

  34. Additional Resources • Canadian Organization for Development through Education (CODE) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • The Delta Gamma Society International Austin, Texas, USA • International Council for Adult Education E-mail: icae@web.net

  35. Additional Resources • International Reading Association E-mail: 74673.364@compuserve.com • International Networks in Education and Development (INET) E-mail: anns@msu.edu • Japan International Cooperation Agency http://www.jica.go.jp • Laubach Literacy Action. Syracuse, NY, USA • Literacy Volunteers of America. http://archon.educ.Kent.edu/LVA

  36. Additional Resources • National Center for Family Literacy. E-mail: BQUALLS1@aol.com • National Institute for Literacy Hotline. Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. • National Workplace Literacy Program. E-mail: Elizabeth_Miller@Ed.gov • NOGALSS (Non-Governmental Organization for Literacy Support Services). Adamawa State, Nigeria. • Operation Upgrade of South Africa. Durban 4000, South Africa.

  37. Additional Resources • Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL). http://www.unicef.unon.org • UNICEF Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean. Santefe de Bogota,DC • Office of the Regional Director for East Asia and Pacific. E-mail: unicef_eapro.unescap@un.org • UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA). E-mail unicefrosa@unrosa.mos.com.np

  38. Additional Resources • Middle East and North Africa, Aman Jordan • Volunteer Reading Aides. Chicago, IL USA • World Education. Boston, Massachusetts USA

  39. Rotary Promotes Literacy Literacy Improves Lives! Diane Bandonis District 5100 Literacy Chair DBSunrise@aol.com

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