Kosciusko Literacy Services Offering Adult Literacy Classes
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
The classes will meet from 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Sept. 11 at Gateway Education Center, 201 N. Union St., Warsaw. The class is designed for adults reading below an eighth grade level.
Volunteers are needed to provide an additional hour of one-on-one help. One objective is to improve reading skills to a minimum of the eighth-grade level so students may enter GED classes. Adults wanting to enroll in the literacy class may call 574-267-5380 to register.
A person with low-literacy skills lives in a narrowed world limiting his or her full participation as an engaged citizen. Increasing literacy levels is one of the best ways a society can improve its future.
Literacy improves not only employable skills, but makes stronger families, communities and economies.
One in eleven adults in Kosciusko County read below the basic skill level, and these poor reading skills are often embarrassing for the adult. Since adults needing help may be reluctant to receive assistance, encouragement from friends and family is important.
Sue Boyle, a retired reading specialist teacher, will be teaching the literacy class. Boyle taught a six-week literacy class for Kosciusko Literacy Services in 2009. Phonics and word decoding skills will be a key component in the classes. Kosciusko Literacy Services and the Warsaw Adult Education program, now under the Department of Workforce Development, have collaborated since 1993 to provide instruction to adults learning to read, earning a GED, or learning English as a new language. Funding from Workforce Development places a priority on adults, reading above a sixth-grade level, who can make measurable gains within a year. Kosciusko Literacy Services is seeking to restore service to lower literacy adults by providing this literacy class in addition to volunteer tutors.
Kosciusko Literacy Services received a $12,000 grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to administer adult literacy classes and expand the adult tutoring program at Kosciusko Literacy Services in collaboration with Warsaw Adult Education.[[In-content Ad]]
The classes will meet from 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Sept. 11 at Gateway Education Center, 201 N. Union St., Warsaw. The class is designed for adults reading below an eighth grade level.
Volunteers are needed to provide an additional hour of one-on-one help. One objective is to improve reading skills to a minimum of the eighth-grade level so students may enter GED classes. Adults wanting to enroll in the literacy class may call 574-267-5380 to register.
A person with low-literacy skills lives in a narrowed world limiting his or her full participation as an engaged citizen. Increasing literacy levels is one of the best ways a society can improve its future.
Literacy improves not only employable skills, but makes stronger families, communities and economies.
One in eleven adults in Kosciusko County read below the basic skill level, and these poor reading skills are often embarrassing for the adult. Since adults needing help may be reluctant to receive assistance, encouragement from friends and family is important.
Sue Boyle, a retired reading specialist teacher, will be teaching the literacy class. Boyle taught a six-week literacy class for Kosciusko Literacy Services in 2009. Phonics and word decoding skills will be a key component in the classes. Kosciusko Literacy Services and the Warsaw Adult Education program, now under the Department of Workforce Development, have collaborated since 1993 to provide instruction to adults learning to read, earning a GED, or learning English as a new language. Funding from Workforce Development places a priority on adults, reading above a sixth-grade level, who can make measurable gains within a year. Kosciusko Literacy Services is seeking to restore service to lower literacy adults by providing this literacy class in addition to volunteer tutors.
Kosciusko Literacy Services received a $12,000 grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to administer adult literacy classes and expand the adult tutoring program at Kosciusko Literacy Services in collaboration with Warsaw Adult Education.[[In-content Ad]]
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