Rotary Promotes Literacy

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Rotary Promotes Literacy

• 2007-2008
• Diane Bandonis
• D5100 Literacy Chair

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Learning About Literacy

• Functional Literacy A Definition
• The level of reading and writing skills necessary
  to participate fully in daily life

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Outline

• Statistics
• Benefits of Literacy
• RI Goals
• 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

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Statistics

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

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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.

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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.

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Benefits of Literacy

• Literacy Improves Lives !

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RI Literacy Goals The Big Three

• 1. The Dictionary Project www.dictionaryproject.o
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RI Literacy Goals

• 2. School Partnerships or Adopt-a-School
• 3. Character Literacy Projects (The 4-Way Test
  contests)

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Additional Suggestions

• Once a month literacy club program or project
• Conduct an adult literacy project
• Conduct an Outside the Box Literacy Project

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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

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Establishing a Literacy Program

• Promoting Literacy
• Tips for Literacy Success

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Improving Primary EducationProject Ideas

• Provide books to students and classroom libraries

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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

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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

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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

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More Project Ideas Family Literacy

• Provide child care for parents attending literacy
  classes.
• Campaign to promote reading in lieu of television
  viewing

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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

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More Adult Education Project Ideas

• Tutorallow readers to progress at their own rate
• Personalize instruction for filling out job
  applications, or study for a drivers license
  exam.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Helpful On-line Literacy Resources

• February 07-June 07
• President Bill Boyds web page on the RI website
• (the literacy section of the resource group
  listing)
• http//www.rotary.org
• After July 07 President Wilf Wilkinsons 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

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Rotary Resources

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

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More Rotary Resources

• Rotary Volunteers
• World Community Service
• Donations-in-kind Information Network

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Rotary Foundation Grant Opportunities

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

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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

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Make a difference, get involved!
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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_at_astd.noli.com
• Association for Childhood Education International
  (Maryland, USA).
• The Basic Skills Agency (London, England)
• Canadas Official Development Assistance Program
  (CIDA) lthttp//www.acdi-cidi.gc.cagt

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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_at_web.net

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Additional Resources

• International Reading Association E-mail
  74673.364_at_compuserve.com
• International Networks in Education and
  Development (INET) E-mail anns_at_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

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Additional Resources

• National Center for Family Literacy. E-mail
  BQUALLS1_at_aol.com
• National Institute for Literacy Hotline. Lincoln,
  Nebraska, USA.
• National Workplace Literacy Program. E-mail
  Elizabeth_Miller_at_Ed.gov
• NOGALSS (Non-Governmental Organization for
  Literacy Support Services). Adamawa State,
  Nigeria.
• Operation Upgrade of South Africa. Durban 4000,
  South Africa.

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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_at_un.org
• UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA).
  E-mail unicefrosa_at_unrosa.mos.com.np

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Additional Resources

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

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Rotary Promotes Literacy

• Literacy Improves Lives!
• Diane Bandonis
• District 5100 Literacy Chair
• DBSunrise_at_aol.com