KLC in the media
March 26, 2021
Community Staffed, Community Served
“There is a demand for more childcare providers in Kalamazoo County and in the city of Kalamazoo,” said Rose Fetzer, KLC’s Adult Learning Services Navigator, “The program also provides learning opportunities. In the Edison neighborhood, we saw individuals who wanted to move into the ELP career path.”
March 22, 2021 
State Programs Working to Address Shortage of Childcare Workers, Providers
While work is being done on the state level to address these problems, local communities are also taking action. It’s one of the reasons the Edison Early Childhood Education Career Pathway was started. It’s a partnership between the Kalamazoo Literacy Council, Southwest Childcare Resources, and YWCA Kalamazoo to help people pursue a career in early childhood education. A major part of the program is a full-time, paid eight-month apprenticeship that will result in a childcare development associate credential.
March 8, 2021
Kalamazoo Opens First 24-hour Child Care Center in Edison Neighborhood
In partnership with Kalamazoo Literacy Council and Southwest Child Care Resource, the YWCA of Kalamazoo prepared to open a new expansion to their childcare program in the Edison Neighborhood.
February 8, 2021
Career Pathway Aims To Fill Shortage of Childcare Providers in Kalamazoo
The Edison Early Childhood Education Career Pathway program was created to fill a childcare shortage officials said became very apparent in specific neighborhoods throughout the city of Kalamazoo.
February 4, 2021
YWCA in Kalamazoo Creates Career Pathway to Staff 24-hour Childcare Center
This program partnership will create an employment pipeline in Kalamazoo County. Apprentices will train as early learning professionals at YWCA’s new Edison Children’s Center, on the lower level of The Creamery apartment building at the intersection of Portage and Lake streets in Kalamazoo’s Edison neighborhood.
February 1, 2021
Edison Early Childhood Education Career Pathway Press Release
People who want a career in early childhood education now have a clear path to a good paying job thanks to an innovative program based in the Edison neighborhood.
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new tutors who’ve just completed online training. They are an energetic group eager to get matched with a learner or assigned to a classroom and start their service journey with us. Anyone can be a virtual tutor! We have plenty of support available. Learn more and sign up for our next training: https://bit.ly/3kcBCJDProLiteracy webinar
Ideas from the Field: Navigation Strategies to Bridge the Digital Divide
Connecting adult learners to virtual services is challenging, especially when they don’t have the literacy, language, or digital skills to engage in services independently. Watch the video above to hear the strategies used by Kalamazoo Literacy Council to remove the barriers to virtual learning.
Michael Evans, executive director of Kalamazoo Literacy Council, explains how we established a laptop loaning program and implemented other supports to effectively connect ABE, ESL, and basic literacy learners to services. questions.