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EACH ONE TEACH, ONE
PROGRAM: Broward County Library Learning Services: Each One, Teach
One"
AGENCY: Broward County Library Learning Services
CONTACT: Janet Hansen, Literacy Coordinator, Tel: Fax:
, Email: jhansen
PROGRAM MISSION: The Broward
County Libraries Learning Services program is committed to serving the needs of
individuals and families by creating, promoting, and implementing environments and tools
which support
life long learning. It offers one-on-one adult literacy tutoring using
the Laubach method for basic literacy, the Challenger Program for adult students
progressing beyond basic literacy and The Kentucky GED Video Series to assist learners in
obtaining their high school equivalency diploma. The English for Speakers of Other
Languages (ESOL) program offers basic literacy instruction to those who are not literate
in their own language. Additionally, a Career & Workforce Development component is now
available at the Collier City Library. Expansion and renovation plans are in progress to
make the Collier City Library a "model for library literacy" which will have as
its focus literacy services for adults, children and families. Supplemental learning
programs beyond basic literacy are also available for all ages.
SCOPE OF THE
PROGRAM: In the
"Each One, Teach One" program, our adult program, literacy staff is involved
with coordinating tutors and learners, designing training and learning programs and
providing these trainings to the public and other agencies. An estimated 400 adult
learners are being served by tutors in the program which still has a waiting list. There
are always more students wanting help than available tutors.
From the very beginning, the adult learner is in
charge of the learning and makes his/her own assessment of what needs to be learned. All
learner information is confidential. All trainings, materials and services are offered
FREE for both the learner as well as the tutor.
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The Laubach Way to Reading Series is a four-book program. Tutors are asked to make a
commitment of at least one year, meeting twice a week in hour and half sessions. Tutors
are asked to attend an overview of the program at an Orientation workshop, which is
offered twice a month - one in the afternoons and one in the evenings. After the
Orientation, they are asked to attend two full days of Saturday Tutor Trainings. They will
be matched with a student at the end of Day 1 of training and will return months later for
Day 2. At the end of Day 2, Tutors will receive a Certificate entitling them to membership
in Laubach Literacy in Action, a nationally recognized volunteer literacy program. Even if
the volunteer tutor relocates, he or she will be able to join a Laubach program in their
new home and continue their literacy efforts. Additionally, Laubach Literacy International
offers volunteers the opportunity to tutor in other countries.
In addition to the tutor trainings, volunteers and learners (and their families) are
strongly encouraged to attend additional inservice workshops offered during the year. The
hard work and accomplishments of both the tutor and learner are celebrated annually at our
Frederick Douglass Awards Ceremony.
FUNDING: Broward County Libraries Learning Services is funded predominately
by Broward County government and is supplemented by occasional grants and the work of
volunteers through the Friends of Literacy through Libraries.
ELIGIBILITY:
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