May 2024 |
Volume 12, Issue 5
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The Insider
The Insider, the monthly newsletter of LVA Essex & Passaic Counties, will keep you in the loop on all the organization’s upcoming events.
Thank you to Dr. Barbara Trueger for her time during our April workshop supporting our tutors in their teaching of reading skills by not only enriching their knowledge but also expanding their comfort zone and self-confidence during her workshop “Tips & Tricks: Reading Skills”
Literacy Volunteers of America Essex & Passaic Counties90 Broad Street, 2nd Floor, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
(973) 566-6200, ext. 217 or 225 195 Gregory Avenue, 2nd Floor, Passaic, NJ 07055 (973) 470-0039 Cristhian Barcelos -Executive Director
[email protected] Jorge Chavez -Data Processing Coordinator [email protected] Sydnay Eckerling -Education Coordinator [email protected] Valeria Garrido -Social Media & Newsletter Coordinator [email protected] Cheryl Locastro -Tutor Support Specialist & ESOL Instructor [email protected] Marisol Ramirez -Student Coordinator [email protected] |
Greetings LVA family!
As the warm embrace of spring envelops us, we're delighted to welcome you to another edition of the LVA Newsletter. May brings with it a sense of renewal and growth, and we're excited to share with you the latest happenings and updates from our vibrant community. This month, we are highlighting Ettling, a student from Honduras who arrived here before she turned eighteen and has worked hard to start her own business while learning English. While she’s currently taking a pause in her studies, she is a hard worker, and we look forward to continuing to see her succeed and progress towards her goals. We are also bringing you the story of volunteer tutor Donna, who came to us thanks to another tutor sharing her amazing experiences being part of the team and helping other students (thank you, Olga! Our students are so lucky to have someone like Donna, who expresses admiration for her students while giving them her best to keep them growing in their skills. May is Asian & Pacific American Heritage Month, and many of our students go through such an amazing range of experiences that we thought it worth it to recommend a list of books by wbur that address the vast experiences of Asian Americans in the U.S. Last but not least, be sure to read our Featured Story. This month, we bring you an article that shares tales familiar to our community of adult students struggling to read and the need for programs, legislators, and others to do more to support them. Here’s a snippet from the intro: “Shawntell Fitzgerald is convinced that with the right kind of help in school, she could have learned to read. […] Now 49 years old, Ms. Fitzgerald is struggling to reclaim a lost education.” Our organization cannot thrive without your support. So, thank you to each of you who are part of the LVA community, whether as students, tutors, staff, donors, or those simply helping us spread the word about what we do. In the News
To view the following stories, copy and paste the highlighted website into an internet search bar.
"10 books that remind us there is no singular Asian American experience." wbur. https://wbur.fm/3V7KEwf "How to practice 'deep reading'" Life Kit: NPR. https://n.pr/3V6j2H |
Ettling arrived in the United States from Honduras at the young age of seventeen. She recalls her journey starting in a car that had an engine failure and made it so she had to figure out her way by bus. She started her own cleaning company and looks forward to continuing her studies.
Tutor Training WorkshopsOnline Training, by TBD
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ) Tuesdays, 6 to 8 pm June 4, 11, 18, 25, July 2, & 9, 2024 Tutor Support Workshops"Understanding Refugee Student Needs: Challenges and Approaches in English Language Instruction,"
with Wendy Jager Platform: Google Meet Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 10 am to 11:30 am http://www.lvaep.org/workshops.html Other Professional Development"Long-term Vocabulary Retention for Adult ELLs through Retrieval Practice,"
with Betsy Ljubic, by COABE Platform: Zoom Thursday, June 13, 2024, 2 pm Register @ https://bit.ly/3WRxtAY |
Getting to Know Us
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Millions of adults need help reading. Why the US needs to change course.
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Getting to Know Us
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