Kalamazoo Literacy Council

Tutor Training: Session Two
2020-09-17 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Detroit) | Virtual
Welcome tutor trainees!
This is the second training session the KLC requires before tutors can be matched with a learner. The September training process includes an orientation, and four sessions of 90-min trainings. We focus on virtual learning, blended learning, and using the Laubach and Challenger series.
Click here to register.

Tutor Training: Session One
2020-09-14 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual
Welcome tutor trainees!
This is the first training session the KLC requires before tutors can be matched with a learner. The September training process includes an orientation, and four sessions of 90-min trainings. We focus on virtual learning, blended learning, and using the Laubach and Challenger series.
Click here to register.

Tutor Training: Orientation
2020-09-10 15:00 - 16:30 | Virtual
Welcome tutor trainees!
This is the official orientation session the KLC requires before training, and before tutors can be matched with a learner. In the Literacy Advocacy Orientation, you will learn about the KLC’s history, programs, services, learners, and your critical role as a volunteer tutor. The September training process includes an orientation, and four sessions of 90-min trainings. We focus on virtual learning, blended learning, and using the Laubach and Challenger series.
Click here to register.

Friendly Connections Open Tutor Forum
2020-08-27 14:30 - 16:30 | Kalamazoo Literacy Council, 420 E Alcott St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001, United States
Forum leader: Jessi Pavey, KLC Student Services Coordinator
This forum will provide tutoring strategies for new and experienced tutors and instructors who support the learning of KLC students.
Everyone is invited to share student-tutor stories, successes, frustrations, and mysteries. Attendees will gather tips for improving tutoring and gain insights and understandings of the learning process. This forum will also further help us realize we are a part of a vital organization.

Online Health Literacy Forum
2020-08-20 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual
Forum leader: Doris Ravotas, Ph.D.
This online forum will explore strategies to provide instruction that imparts health and literacy skills for adult learners.
Health is a topic that applies to every adult learner, so using tutoring strategies that meet the health goals of learners is important. Yet, most of the materials for adults do not consistently incorporate health content. According to the Partnership for Clear Health Communication, literacy skills are the strongest predictor of health status, more than age, income, employment status, education level, or racial/ethnic group.
To register, please email Kito Jumanne-Marshall.

Read and Seed Online Health Literacy Class
2020-07-17 06:00 - 07:00 | Virtual
Read and Seed is an online health literacy class for tutors and students to enjoy learning about:

Growing fruits and vegetables
Food safety tips
Healthy and delicious recipes
Fun food-related activities
Easy exercises for indoors and out

Classes begin Friday, July 17th, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
To register, email Kito Jumanne-Marshall.

Tutor Training: Session 4
2020-05-21 14:00 - 17:00 | Kalamazoo Literacy Council, 420 E Alcott St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001, United States
Dinner and refreshments will be served.

Tutor Training: Session 3
2020-05-18 14:00 - 17:00 | Kalamazoo Literacy Council, 420 E Alcott St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001, United States

Tutor Training: Session 2
2020-05-14 14:00 - 17:00 | Kalamazoo Literacy Council, 420 E Alcott St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001, United States

Online Writing Class
2020-05-12 06:00 - 07:00 | MI
You’re invited to join our virtual writing class, where learners will be able to improve their basic writing skills such as sentence structure, vocabulary, and grammar. With this class, they will soon master the necessary skills to write a short story about themselves as well as the knowledge to write a well-rounded essay.
This class is ideal for students enrolled in the ExpressWays 2 Success GED program, JOBS, or general tutoring.

Tutor Training: Session 1
2020-05-11 14:00 - 17:00 | Goodwill Industries, Board Room, 420 E. Alcott St., Kalamazoo, MI, 49001

Tutor Orientation
2020-05-07 15:00 - 16:30 | MI
Join us for an Literacy Advocate Orientation where you will learn about the KLC’s history, programs, services, learners, and your critical role as a volunteer tutor.

Health Literacy Class: Coronavirus for Literacy and Language Learners
2020-04-24 05:00 - 07:00 | MI
Please join us for a free online class designed for anyone wanting to understand the facts to keep themselves, their families, and their communities safe. The curriculum is ideal for tutors, learners, and literacy advocates as we all work together to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click here to join the meeting.

Meeting number (access code): 472 936 279

Meeting password: [REDACTED]

Friday, April 24 Lesson 5: Adjusting to the changes around the Pandemic (this lessons will be built on the changes in the pandemic plus any particular areas of interest of the learners.
After completing this lesson learners will be able to:

Speak, read, and write the new vocabulary needed to understand the latest changes in the pandemic responses.
Review the latest recommendations by the CDC, WHO, and the national, state, and local governments.
Change their pandemic plans as needed.

Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS)
2020-04-22 05:00 - 07:00 | Virtual
Get ready to work:

Find a job
Get a better job
Move up in a current job

Each session will cover:

Apply for jobs
Write good cover letters and resumes
Interview skills

Health Literacy Class: Coronavirus for Literacy and Language Learners
2020-04-17 05:00 - 07:00 | MI
Please join us for a free online class designed for anyone wanting to understand the facts to keep themselves, their families, and their communities safe. The curriculum is ideal for tutors, learners, and literacy advocates as we all work together to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click here to join the meeting.

Meeting number (access code): 472 936 279

Meeting password: [REDACTED]

Friday, April 17 Lesson 4: How to Live with the newest US initiatives and Dealing with Anxiety
After completing this lesson, learners will be able to:

Speak, read, and write the new vocabulary needed to understand the newest US initiatives.
Explain how to lower anxiety and keep sane during social distancing.
Change their social distancing and working plan as needed.

ExpressWays 2 Success
2020-04-16 14:30 - 16:30 | Kalamazoo Literacy Council, 420 E Alcott St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001, United States

Health Literacy Class: Coronavirus for Literacy and Language Learners
2020-04-10 05:00 - 07:00 | MI
Please join us for a free online class designed for anyone wanting to understand the facts to keep themselves, their families, and their communities safe. The curriculum is ideal for tutors, learners, and literacy advocates as we all work together to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click here to join the meeting.

Meeting number (access code): 472 936 279

Meeting password: [REDACTED]

Friday, April 10, Lesson 3: Understanding the stimulus package
After completing this lesson learners will be able to:

Speak, read, and write the new vocabulary needed to understand the stimulus package
Explain how the stimulus package could affect them
Take actions needed to benefit from the plan

Health Literacy Class: Coronavirus for Literacy and Language Learners
2020-04-03 05:00 - 07:00 | MI
Please join us for a free online class designed for anyone wanting to understand the facts to keep themselves, their families, and their communities safe. The curriculum is ideal for tutors, learners, and literacy advocates as we all work together to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click here to join the meeting.

Meeting number (access code): 472 936 279

Meeting password: [REDACTED]

April 3, 2020: Lesson 2 What is the risk of getting sick and what do I do if I get sick?
After completing this lesson, learners will be able to:
1. Speak, read, and write the vocabulary needed to understand recommendations from the CDC
and the WHO.
2. Explain and act on the CDC recommendations in the “Symptoms of Coronavirus Disease” poster.
3. Explain the risks in getting the virus, how they vary by age, and what to do if someone in their
family gets the virus.
4. Explain the nature of this pandemic and how we must all work together to “Flatten the Curve.”
5. Develop a plan for themselves and their families if one person gets sick.

Tutor Training Sessions 1 & 2
2020-03-09 04:00 - 13:00 | MI
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Tutor Training Sessions 3 & 4
2020-03-06 04:00 - 11:00 | Goodwill Industries, Board Room, 420 E. Alcott St., Kalamazoo, MI, 49001

Health Literacy Forum
2020-02-26 11:00 - 12:30 | Westwood United Methodist Church, 538 Nichols Rd., Kalamazoo, MI
Forum leader: Doris Ravotas, Ph.D.
This forum will explore strategies to provide instruction that imparts health and literacy skills for adult learners.
Health is a topic that applies to every adult learner, so using tutoring strategies that meet the health goals of learners is important. Yet, most of the materials for adults do not consistently incorporate health content. According to the Partnership for Clear Health Communication, literacy skills are the strongest predictor of health status, more than age, income, employment status, education level, or racial/ethnic group.

Cancelled: Friendly Connections Open Tutor Forum
2020-02-20 13:30 - 15:30 | Kalamazoo Literacy Council, 420 E Alcott St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001, United States

ESL Forum
2020-01-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 1747 W Milham Ave, Portage, MI, 49024, United States
Forum leader: Vicki Konzen, ESL of Southwest Michigan Instructor
This forum provides teaching strategies and helpful resources for tutors and instructors who provide literacy instruction for English Language Learners.
English as a Second Language (ESL) is an important part of the adult learning continuum. Immigrants and refugees in our community are eager to learn language and literacy skills that help them function at work, school, and in social settings.

Tutor Training: Sessions 3 & 4
2020-01-18 04:00 - 11:00 | MI

Health Literacy Forum
2020-01-15 11:00 - 12:30 | MI

Tutor Training: Sessions 1 & 2
2020-01-11 04:00 - 11:00 | Kalamazoo Literacy Council, 420 E Alcott St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001, United States

Workforce Literacy Forum
2020-01-10 09:00 - 10:00 | Michigan Works! Southwest, 1601 S. Burdick Street, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001
Forum leader: Michael D. Evans
This forum will explore how tutors can provide instruction to help learners acquire the literacy skills they need to engage in workforce development activities.
Getting a job is a major motivation for many adult learners. In today’s workforce, knowing how to read is a necessary skill to obtain a job, be promoted, or keep a current job. Workforce literacy includes equipping learners with the vocabulary, reading, writing, and critical thinking skills necessary to become proficient in services provided by workforce development and employment readiness agencies.

Tutor Orientation
2020-01-09 14:00 - 15:30 | Kalamazoo Literacy Council, 420 E Alcott St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001, United States

Adult Literacy Research and Training Symposium
2019-12-13 03:00 - 10:30 | WMU-Fetzer Center, 2251 Business Ct., Kalamazoo, MI, 49008, United States
