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A Quarterly Report of the Certified Literate Community Program Issue 70 October 2014
LITERACY ALLIANCE – COLUMBUS/MUSCOGEE
For a 3rd year, the city has recognized the connection between literacy and crime and the CLCP has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Columbus Office of Crime Prevention.
The afternoon Adult Basic Education class sponsored by the Alliance will soon relocate to a local agency in order to reach more students.
“Kindergarten Readiness” volunteers continue working one on one with pre-k students. A “spin off” of this program called “Reading is RAD” (Reading for A Difference) has high school students using the curriculum, with some adjustments, with children in daycare and pre-k children in groups. In a pilot of this program, the children in RAD outperformed the children in Kindergarten Readiness.
On October 10th Georgia’s First Lady and children’s author, Mrs. Sandra Deal visited 2 schools, attended a luncheon with the Literacy Alliance and visited a local daycare. The CLCP has programs at all of the locations visited.
On November 4th the city council will proclaim November “Vocabulary Month in Columbus” for the 3rd year in a row. Barbara Moushon Executive Director
SUMTER COUNTY LEAP
To celebrate Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, LEAP (Learning for Everyone, Inc.) asked Adult Education students at the Stein Center and at the South Georgia Technical College McClain Center to write personal stories on what earning a GED diploma has meant. The 41 stories will be sent to state legislators as part of the GALA (Georgia Adult Literacy Advocates) Letter Writing Campaign to create awareness of the need for strong adult education programs across the state.
A student at the McClain Center wrote the following: “I joined the Adult Education Program because I am trying to better myself for me and my children. My personal experience in this program is going good and according to my plan of ‘sticking it out’. I am determined to ride the roller coaster of life, juggling kids that are in school and myself that's enrolled into school as well. I enjoy my classmates. We all get along to help one another. Adult Education has helped me with my self-esteem and confidence on becoming a better person, not only for me but also for my children. It will help my future well being in life. I see things a little different in life now. It has made me see that I'm a little smarter than I thought I was. The Adult Literacy program is helping me in ways I never thought it could. I hope to graduate from this program and be able to show my children to never give up on any dream or goal.” Brittany Dawson Executive Director
GAINESVILLE-HALL COUNTY ALLIANCE FOR
LITERACY On August 14th, the 2014 GED Graduation was
held at Free Chapel Church. 221 Hall County students received their GED diplomas this year. The Alliance sponsored an honors night for the students on July 29th.
The 1st annual Dancing for a Cause event was held September 6th at the Gainesville Civic Center.
Eleven local celebrities danced to support the Gainesville-Hall community through the following human services agencies: Alliance for Literacy, American Red Cross, Center Point, Rape Response, and Teen Pregnancy Prevention. The night was a huge success and each of the participating agencies will net over $15,000.
On September 23rd the CLCP hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of Woods Mill Adult Learning Center.
This new Center will allow Hall County Adult Education to expand services. This was made possible through collaboration with Lanier Technical College and the Gainesville City School Board. The Center will also offer dual enrollment to Gainesville City High School students. Dorothy Shinafelt Executive Director
CLCP NEWS
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PEACH COUNTY LEAP L.E.A.P. (Literacy Education for Adults in Peach)
continues to fulfill their CLCP mission and take advantage of opportunities to partner with community organizations. In July, City Administrator Martha McAfee and Deana Moore with I Think I Am Foundation extended a challenge to Fort Valley organizations to bring school supplies to Festival Park and help distribute them to children.
L-R sitting: Ann Jefferson, Odessa McNair (L.E.A.P. Board
Members) L-R standing: Elena Gelter (CGTC Instructor), Desmond Jones (GED
Student), Mildred Lindsey (L.E.A.P. Director)
Over 18 organizations and 450 children signed up for the event and everyone went home equipped with needed school supplies. L.E.A.P. and Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) conducted registration as well.
In recognition of Adult Education and Family Literacy Week in September, Peach County Family Connection invited L.E.A.P. and CGTC to present on literacy. Participating in the meeting were representatives from Central Baha'i Community, Fort Valley Community Gardens, Well Care Health Plans, Vic-Ki Foundation, Inc., Amerigroup, Congressman Sanford Bishop, Fort Valley Housing Authority, On the Path Children & Family Services, Fort Valley State University, MGCAA, Blue Heron Lake Nature Conservancy, Peach County Board of Education and Peach Neighborhood Service Center.
Several in attendance accepted the L.E.A.P. challenge to distribute flyers at their workplaces and will make an effort to refer at least 2 people to an Adult Education class.
The CLCP decided to send a message to everyone entering each corridor of Fort Valley and a reminder to residents. Colorful road signs carrying the message Don’t Settle for Minimum Wage, L.E.A.P. For A
Better Career! along with contact information are now posted at the city limits of all roads leading into the city. L.E.A.P. conducted a poster contest and Adult Education students created posters which resulted in the new signs. Blue Bird Corporation assisted with funding for the signs.
Mayor Barbara Williams, CLCP Board Members Dollie Horton, Dr. Odessa McNair, Mildred Lindsey, Dr. Carole Taylor, Larry Dobbs, Dr. Virginia Dixon, Thomas Palmer, Dr. Daryl Fineran
Mayor Barbara Williams, State Representative Patty Bentley,
Congressman Sanford Bishop’s Staff Member Michelle Sands Mildred Lindsey Executive Director
SCHLEY COUNTY CLCP
Schley County CLCP is proud of GED graduate Matthew Montgomery, who has continued his education at South Georgia Technical College to study diesel mechanics.
He recently won the Caterpillar Excellence Award, which is based on highest grade point average. Montgomery won a toolbox with tools valued over $1600. Linda Adams Board Member
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PICKENS COUNTY CLCP On July 24th, the Chattahoochee Technical
College Appalachian Campus library hosted a poetry reading, Visions of Verse. The featured poet, Charles Clifford Brooks, III, enthralled listeners with new poetry as well as from “The Draw of Broken Eyes and Whirling Metaphysics,” which garnered him a Pulitzer Prize nomination, among others.
Before reading, he talked with students about
poetry and how similar it is to music, citing Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” “Though the words are written in German,” he said, “it makes us feel something… without ever knowing how to speak the language. That’s what poetry does—it makes us feel… makes us connect with others… and reminds us we’re not alone.” In addition to writing, Mr. Brooks teaches part-time in Adult Education, where he constantly urges his students to write. His teaching position is funded by the Pickens CLCP. Students presented at the event, sharing in the beauty of the written word. An additional reading was held September 25th. Amy Denney Board Member
BIBB COUNTY DREAM TEAM
In honor of Bibb County’s CLCP, the DREAM Team, CLCP Board Member Horace Holmes, Jr., spoke to the Buck Melton Adult Education classroom during Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. Laverne Stubbs and Phyllis Dorn co-teach the class. Mr. Holmes spoke to the students about persisting in their studies and overcoming obstacles. He shared with them his lifelong struggle with dyslexia and that it was not until he was 55 years old that he learned to read phonetically. He also shared with them the importance of punctuality and what that truly means: getting places early and coming prepared to do whatever it takes to be successful.
Phyllis Dorn Executive Director
LITERACY COUNCIL OF MACON COUNTY The Literacy Council of Macon County in
collaboration with the Department of Labor sponsored their quarterly job hunting assistance program on September 17th. The next program will be held December 17th.
The CLCP held their 5th annual Trivia Bee on September 27th at the Preston Williams Community Center. Modern Woodmen of America donated a matching fund grant of $2,000. Spring Rosati Executive Director
COBB WORKS LITERACY COUNCIL
The Cobb Works Literacy Council 2014 Dictionary Project is going strong.
The CLCP is serving 9 elementary and 2 middle schools for a total of 2,000 dictionaries. As always, the Literacy Council is grateful to their generous sponsor, Cobb EMC, for a donation of $4,000.
The CLCP sponsored their 8th annual GED Ceremony on October 4th at the Mansour Center in Marietta. Judith Venable Executive Director
For CLCP information and materials visit the CLCP website www.clcpga.org & the Online Professional Learning Center http://literacy.coe.uga.edu
CLCP Websites: Athens-Clarke www.athensliteracy.org Baldwin County www.milledgeville.communitiesinschools.org Calhoun-Gordon County www.calhoungordonliteracy.org Cobb County www.cobbworks.org Columbus-Muscogee www.theliteracyalliance.org Fannin County www.flagadulteducation.com Forsyth County www.literacyforsyth.com Hall County www.allianceforliteracy.org Jackson County www.jacksoncountyclcp.org Lumpkin County www.lumpkinliteracy.org Macon County www.literacycouncilofmaconcounty.weebly.com Sumter County www.learningforeveryone.org Troup County www.troupclcp.org State CLCP website www.clcpga.org Online Professional Learning Center http://literacy.coe.uga.edu
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WIREGRASS SOUTH CLCP In recognition of Adult Education and Family
Literacy Week, Lanier County Schools Title 1 Parent Involvement Program partnered with Family Connection and CLCP to organize volunteers to read to students in the classroom. Parents, students and community partners all participated in what has been an annual event since 2012.
On September 18th, Brooks County Family Connection and the CLCP held their annual Big Bodacious Spelling Bee at Quitman Church of God.
Six teams participated along with many volunteer judges, word callers, hosts, greeters, helpers, presenters, and much more. Proceeds for the event will provide children in need with Christmas gifts and adults will benefit through funds donated to the local Adult Education program.
The annual Lanier County Spelling Bee was won by the Wiregrass Technical College Team – Wired Up (pictured below). Along with Wiregrass Tech, teams were sponsored by Lanier County Middle School Cheerleaders ("Bow Hive"), Lanier County High School Student Council ("Stu-Bees"), Lanier County Lion's Club ("Cowardly Lions") and Farmers and Merchants Bank ("Word Nerds").
Front (l-r): Leanne Powell, Mary Kay Blake, Beverly Madison
Back (l-R): Denise Lee-Mathis, Robert Hutchinson, Betty Smith Leanne and Mary Kay are Lanier County Adult Ed students
Judy Stewart Executive Director
CLCP PROGRESS
Clinch County was certified by the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia as a Certified Literate Community Program Participant on August 7th. Clinch is the 87th county to join the Certified Literate Community Program. Nominations for the 2015 Barbara Loar Award for Excellence in a Certified Literate Community Program are due by December 19th. The award will be announced at the 2015 March CLCP retreat where the recipient of the award will receive a check for $1,000 for his/her CLCP. Nominations for the 2015 CLCP Literacy Honor Roll are due by January 26th. The CLCP Literacy Honor Roll is an opportunity to recognize literacy champions other than the legislators recognized through the GALA Legislative Literacy Honor Roll. The 2015 CLCP Literacy Honor Roll will be announced at the 2015 March retreat. The annual CLCP Retreat is scheduled for March 25-26 at Amicalola Falls State Park and Lodge in Dawsonville. Retreat registration details will become available in December. The Fall CLCP meeting was held October 2nd during the Office of Adult Education Fall Conference. The invocation for the GED® awards luncheon was given by Barbara Moushon (pictured below), recipient of the 2014 Barbara Loar Award for Excellence in a CLCP.
CLCP Information CLCP is an innovative program designed to promote
community literacy and improve literacy levels throughout Georgia. If you are interested in starting a
CLCP in your community, Contact Billie Izard at 404-679-5256 or [email protected] or CLCP, TCSG,
1800 Century Place NE, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30345
Page 5 CLCP Progress (cont’d.) 2014 advocacy efforts in Georgia were recognized at the OAE Fall Conference with 4 awards: GALA Letter Writing Campaign: with 5,536 letters:
Central Georgia Technical College Adult Education Program & Baldwin, Bibb, Dooly, Houston, Peach, Pulaski, Macon, Monroe
Certified Literate Community Programs Volunteer Hours: with 26,786 volunteer hours:
Bibb County DREAM Team Certified Literate Community Program
Volunteer Tutor Hours: with 18,500 volunteer tutor hours:
Wiregrass South Regional Certified Literate Community Program
GED Testing Fee Scholarships: with 554 GED Testing Fee Scholarships awarded to adult education students:
Southwest Regional CLCP
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CLCP Calendar
It’s All About Words: Newsletter submission deadline: Columbus/Muscogee County…….November 1 - 30 January………………….……………..……….December 31 April………………….…………..………….……….March 31 Spelling Bees: Gainesville/Hall County ………………May 12, 2015 Award for Excellence in a CLCP nominations deadline: ………………………….……..……….December 19 Dancing for a Cause: Gainesville-Hall County..(tentative)...August 29, 2015 Honor Roll Nomination deadlines: 2015 GALA Legislative Literacy Honor Roll…..January 26 CLCP Annual Reports Due: 2015 CLCP Literacy Honor Roll……….……….January 26 FY14….………..……………………….September 30 Calendar Year 2014…….….……….…....January 19 EAGLE:…………………………………...…….March 16-18
CLCP Directors Annual Retreat: Amicalola Falls State Park and Lodge………March 25-26
GALA
(Georgia Adult Literacy Advocates) GALA’s mission is to increase awareness, support, and funding for adult literacy needs and efforts in Georgia.
Our vision is a literate Georgia with accessible learning opportunities for all adults. GALA’s 2014 Letter Writing Campaign resulted in over 8,200 letters written by Adult Education students and advocates. Congratulations to the winners of the 2014 Advocacy Award:
Central Georgia Technical College Adult Education Program & Baldwin, Bibb, Dooly, Houston, Peach, Pulaski, Macon, Monroe
Certified Literate Community Programs
GALA’s 2015 advocacy projects will focus on the Letter Writing Campaign, Legislative Literacy Honor Roll and Literacy Day at the Capitol. The Letter Writing Campaign How-to Packet and the Legislative Literacy Honor Roll nomination forms may be found at both the GALA and CLCP websites (www.gaadultlitadvocates.org and www.clcpga.org). For additional information, contact Billie Izard at [email protected] Nominations for the 2015 GALA Legislative Literacy Honor Roll are due by January 26th. For additional information, contact Billie Izard at [email protected]
Literacy Day at the Capitol will take place February 17th, 2015. For additional information contact Diana Brace at [email protected]
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Barrow County/Adult Literacy Barrow/Dr. Ron Saunders/770-868-4089 Bibb County/DREAM Team/Phyllis Dorn/478 960-2804 Carroll County/Literacy Is For Today & Tomorrow (LIFT)/Alicia Michael/770-214-9300 Cherokee County/Cherokee Education Enhancement Foundation (inactive) Clarke County/Athens-Clarke Literacy Council/Annice Ritter/706-254-9877 Cobb County/Cobb Literacy Council/Judy Venable/770-528-8095 Coweta County/Certified Literate is Coweta's Key (CLICK)/Anne Josey/678-423-2000x339 Crisp County/Crisp County CLCP/Faith Collins/229-273-1565 Decatur County/Decatur County Certified Literate Community Program /Debbie McIntyre/229-248-2517 Dooly County/Dooly County CLCP/Bernetta Childs/478-957-6340 Elbert County/Community Partnership of Elbert County/706-283-8838 Fannin County/Fannin Literacy Action Group (FLAG)/Amanda Callihan/706-946-3524 Forsyth County/Literacy Forsyth/Annaliza Thomas/770-876-2011 Gilmer County/Gilmer Learning Center/Dan Meadows/706-276-1110 Gordon County/Calhoun-Gordon Council for Literate Community/Joni Thomas Harbin/706-602-1370 Habersham County/Volunteers for Literacy of Habersham County/Joy Purcell/706-776-4063 Hall County/Gainesville-Hall County Alliance for Literacy/Dorothy Shinafelt/770-531-4337 Haralson County/Learning Always Means Progress (LAMP)/Betty Candler/770-537-6059 Hart County/Nancy Hart Literacy Council/Betty Hulsey/706-376-5534 Houston County/Houston County Joint Certified Literate Community Program/478-550-2363 City of Keysville/Visions of Literacy/ Eunice Seigle/706-547-3007 Lowndes County/Valdosta/Lowndes Certified Literate Community Program/Karil Brockington/229-247-8100 Macon County/Literacy Council of Macon County/Spring Rosati/478-472-2777 Monroe County/Monroe County Adult and Community Education (ACE)/Lisa Lee/478-992-2880 Muscogee County/Columbus Literacy Alliance/Barbara Moushon/706-748-2610 Newton County/Newton County READS/Kathy Fowler/678-342-7943 Peach County/Literacy Education for Adults in Peach (LEAP)/Mildred Lindsey/478-825-9407 Pickens County/Pickens County Certified Literate Community Program/Denise Duncan/706-692-5600 Pulaski County/Hope, Education, Learning and Progress Network (HELPNetwork /Vera Clark/478-783-2918 Schley County/Schley County Certified Literate Community Program/Linda Adams/229-937-5708 Southeastern (Montgomery/Tattnall/Toombs Counties)/Southeastern CLCP/(inactive) Stephens County/Stephens Education Literacy Foundation (SELF)/(inactive) Sumter County/Learning for Everyone - Avenue to Progress (LEAP)/Brittany Dawson229-924-9443 Taylor County/Taylor County Striving to Teach Adults to Reach for Success (STARS)/Alton Ford/478-847-5168 x5168 Tift County/Literacy Volunteers of Tifton & Tift County/Dr. John Hamm/229-391-2527 Washington County/Washington County Alliance for Literacy/478-240-2092
Certified Literate Community Participants
Baldwin County/Baldwin County Certified Literate Community Program/Sandy Baxter/478-452-3408 Catoosa County/Catoosa Citizens for Literacy/Shirley Smith/706-965-8275 Chattooga County/Chattooga County Literacy Council/Rose Kohler/706-734-2206 Clinch County/Clinch County CLCP/Jennifer Smith/912-487-5799 Coastal Georgia/Coastal Georgia CLCP (inactive) Dawson County/Reading Education Association of Dawson (READ)/Sandra Lipkowitz/706-579-1771 DeKalb County/DeKalb Council on Literacy/Lucie Johnson/678-733-0887 Dodge County/Dodge County Certified Literate Community Program/Debbie Connell/478-374-1997 Dougherty County/Dougherty County Literacy Council (inactive) Douglas County/Learning for Every Adult in Douglas (LEAD)/Janice Johnson/770-942-5022x12 Early County/Early County Literacy Task Force/Gwen Houston/229-723-5122 Floyd County/Rome/Floyd County Alliance for a Literate Workforce (inactive) Jackson County/Jackson County Certified Literate Community Program/Sandra Fite/706-367-8574 Laurens County/Renew Education And Life Skills (REAL)/Jackie Pittman Curtis/478-277-4582 City of Lawrenceville/Lawrenceville Certified Literate Community Coalition (inactive) Lumpkin County/Lumpkin County Literacy Coalition/Julie Leibel/706-867-9607 McDuffie County/McDuffie County Partners for Success/Miriam Smith/706-595-3112 Pierce County/Pierce County CLCP/ Stephanie Bell /912- 449-8480 Randolph County/Reading Educates And Delivers Success (READS)/Kuanita Murphy/229-732-3796 Southwest Regional/Southwest Regional CLCP/ Jessica Jennings/229-522-3565 Spalding County/Griffin-Spalding Certified Literate Community Commission/Terri Huddleston/770-228-0729 Terrell County/Reading Here Is Number One (RHINO)/Margaret Halbrook/ 229-995-2011 Towns/Union/Towns Union Literacy Instills Pride (TULIP) (inactive) Troup County/Troup County Certified Literate Community Program/Debbie Burdette/706-756-4645 Turner County/Turner County Connection-CIS Certified Literate Community Program/Greg Millette/229-567-2537 Upson County/Renewed Education and Adult Development Program (READ)/David Koplan/706-601-5551 Walker County/Walker County Alliance for Literacy (inactive) Wayne County/Wayne Literacy Alliance/Margaret Jacobs/912-424-9471 Whitfield County/Education is Essential Foundation (inactive) Wiregrass North/Wiregrass North CLCP/Alice B. Hobson /229-468-2278 Wiregrass South/Wiregrass South CLCP/Judy Stewart /229-468-2207
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