1. Minnesota Literacy Council
Programs Overview
December 2012

2. 8 Programs, 4 Questions Each
ELF
Learning Center
Hotline
Tutor Training
Volunteer Outreach & Support
Technology Training
VISTA
L3 (Bremer)

3. ELF: Stakeholders/Customers
Parents and their children
Volunteers
Donors

4. ELF: Leadership/Expertise
In-Home Visiting Service
Early Childhood Education
Parental Involvement

5. ELF: Why support it?
Quality preschool and parenting classes curriculum
80% to 90% of students pre and post tested make a level gain in our assessment
Licensed Teachers

6. ELF: In Eight Words or Less
We help kids & parents be ready for school!

7. Learning Centers: Stakeholders/Customers
Students
ESL, GED, College/Career Prep, Computer skills
Volunteers
300+ volunteers overall; more than 30 classes completely volunteer-led
Community organizations
Social service providers, job counselors, refugee resettlement organizations

8. Learning Centers: Leadership/Expertise
For students, we provide personalized instruction and build community within.
For volunteers, we provide training and support to make them successful teachers and increase literacy in Minnesota.
For community organizations, we provide the expertise to help serve their clientele, while guiding and complimenting their goals.

9. Learning Centers: Why support it?
Very underfunded, with an immense need!
$ Average/MPS student = $20,790
$ Average/MLC student = $608
Last year, we served 2896 students; over 3000 students expected this year.

10. Learning Centers: In Eight Words or Less
High-quality Adult Basic Education for free!

11. GED: Leadership/Expertise
For GED Students: MOVE AHEAD Open Door GED students learn the critical thinking skills valued by colleges and employers while at the same time preparing to pass the GED. Expect more out of your GED classroom.

12. GED: Leadership/Expertise
For GED Educators: CONNECT
The Literacy Council’s GED Connect blog offers the primary online community in the state to connect with other GED educators and GED resources in anticipation of the 2014 test.
Let’s prepare together!

13. Hotline: Stakeholders/Customers
Potential Learners (and their friends, family)
Educational Personnel and Social Services Staff
Members of the Community

14. Hotline: Leadership/Expertise
The Hotline empowers learners.
The Hotline makes Adult Basic Education accessible for all members of the community.

15. Hotline: Why support it?
People use the Hotline daily.
Learners enroll in the programs.
Anybody can use the Hotline.

16. Hotline: In Eight Words or Less
The hotline is your one-stop educational resource.

17. Tutor Training: Stakeholders/Customers
Volunteers (100/1844 in ABE; 45/899 in CTT)
Programs that use or should use volunteers
Minnesota Department of Education

18. Tutor Training: Leadership/Expertise
Expertise in reading / ESL / instruction
Continuity / consistency in volunteer preparation
Cost- and time-effective

19. Tutor Training: Why support it?
Training gives volunteers the knowledge, skills and attitudes to be successful
Training adds legitimacy and professionalism to programs

20. Tutor Training: In Eight Words or Less
Training builds volunteer satisfaction and learner success

21. Volunteer Outreach: Stakeholders/Customers
We provide support and resources for:
Current and prospective adult literacy volunteers throughout Minnesota
Volunteer coordinators and other staff who work with volunteers in Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs

22. Volunteer Outreach: Leadership/Expertise
Best practices in volunteer engagement
Community building and outreach
Volunteer recruitment
Matching prospective volunteers with adult literacy programs based on individual needs, interests and availability
Professional development trainings for volunteer coordinators

23. Volunteer Outreach: Why support it?
Volunteers have a lasting impact on learners’ success and provide unique skills and abilities.
They expand the capacity of adult literacy staff to meet the individual needs of learners.
Volunteers provide a higher level of service when they are well-supported by staff in programs that follow strong volunteer management practices.
Read our Volunteer Vision Statement for an overview of the importance of volunteers.

24. Volunteer Outreach: In Eight Words or Less
We connect volunteers with adult literacy programs.

25. Tech Services: Stakeholders/Customers
ABE professionals; teachers and staff
Volunteers
ABE students
Friends and families

26. Tech Services: Leadership/Expertise
We train, mentor and lead ABE on:
New technological devices – video, podcasting, cell phones, SMART Boards/ iPads…
Integrating technologies into classrooms – Google docs, Schoology, teaching digital literacy
Distance Learning – Skills Tutor, Accuplacer/My Foundations, i-Pathways (GED online)

27. Tech Services: Why support it?
Ever changing technologies
Getting people comfortable with technology allows for more self discovery
Skills are transferable
Jobs & post-secondary education require it

28. Tech Services: In Eight Words or Less
Empowering people today with skills needed tomorrow.
Tech Services: In Eight Words or Less

29. VISTA: Stakeholders/Customers
impact on learners

30. VISTA: Leadership/Expertise
For CNCS
Site selection
Management & ensuring compliance
Reporting
For VISTAs and host sites
Training & technical assistance
Support
Networking opportunities

31. VISTA: Why support it?
VISTA helps partner organizations build their capacity to serve more students and to serve them better
VISTA helps members learn, grow, get experience, and serve communities in meaningful ways

32. VISTA: In Eight Words or Less
Facilitating service opportunities, building literacy program capacity

33. Summer Reads: Stakeholders/Customers
CNCS/
VISTAS
Summer Programs Statewide
Children!
K-3, Low-income Families

34. Summer Reads: Why Support it?
Helps low-income children sustain and improve their literacy skills over the summer
Average wpm increase of 8.
85% sustained or increased their ability to recognize sight words.
Improves children’s overall engagement with reading through positive tutor interactions
Increases the capacity of programs to better serve children over the summer
Extra Credit: Fighting the summer slide, boosting kids’ reading skills

35. L3 Stakeholders Minnesota Literacy Council and Library Strategies
Bremer Foundation
Select Literacy Programs and Libraries
Fergus Falls ABE
Central MN ABE
Marshall ABE
Alexandria ABE
Mankato ABE
Worthington ABE

37. Literacy Council Staff Involved

38. L3: Leadership/Expertise
Capacity Building of Programs
Leadership
Community Assessment
Planning and Goal Setting
Fundraising and Communications
Succession Planning
Volunteer Management

39. L3: Why support it?
L3 is an extension of what we have been doing for years…capacity building of literacy programs.
A great opportunity to show leadership
A great opportunity for our network
Income Generation

40. L3: In Eight Words or Less
Building Stronger, More Sustainable Literacy Programs