Friday, December 4, 2009
Mixing in Math
If you want a fun idea for adding math activities to a family literacy program, check out our wiki page on doing more with less. A December calendar is posted with math activities a parent can use with their child. It is available in Spanish as well as English.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
LSTA Grant Workshop Series: Grant Overview
If writing a library grant is a mystery, attend the following:
Monday, December 7, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. ET
In the online classroom
There is a series of online workshops that will assist publicly supported libraries with the preparation of Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants for the 2010 application cycle. These workshops are provided free of charge and are intended to help with the grant writing process for LSTA grants.
The first of the series is a Grant Overview, which will be held twice. Dorothy Frank and Marian Deeney from the State Library and Archives of Florida will provide an overview of the LSTA guidelines and application process.
Topics to be covered in the Overview include:
· Eligibility requirements for the LSTA grant program
· LSTA grant review and funding process
· Grant categories
· Components of a proposal
The next three workshops in the series will be specific discussions on How to Establish Your Need; How to Write an Outcomes Plan; and How to Write an Action Plan and Budget Narrative. You may take as many of them as you would like and you do not need to take prior sessions in order to take later ones.
For more information about these sessions, contact Dorothy Frank at 850.245.6631 or dafrank@dos.state.fl.us. For more about writing a literacy grant contact Sandy Newell at 850.245.6624 or snewell@dos.state.fl.us
Registration information:
Register for these sessions
Once your registration has been processed, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with instructions for joining the session(s). (This should occur within 24 hours.)
For additional information regarding registration, contact: Stephanie Race at sfrace@dos.state.fl.us or 850.245.6630 or Melissa Hooke at mhhooke@dos.state.fl.us or 850.245.6632
Registration is also available for
How to Establish Your Need
How to Write an Outcomes Plan
How to Write an Action Plan and Budget Narrative
Monday, December 7, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. ET
In the online classroom
There is a series of online workshops that will assist publicly supported libraries with the preparation of Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants for the 2010 application cycle. These workshops are provided free of charge and are intended to help with the grant writing process for LSTA grants.
The first of the series is a Grant Overview, which will be held twice. Dorothy Frank and Marian Deeney from the State Library and Archives of Florida will provide an overview of the LSTA guidelines and application process.
Topics to be covered in the Overview include:
· Eligibility requirements for the LSTA grant program
· LSTA grant review and funding process
· Grant categories
· Components of a proposal
The next three workshops in the series will be specific discussions on How to Establish Your Need; How to Write an Outcomes Plan; and How to Write an Action Plan and Budget Narrative. You may take as many of them as you would like and you do not need to take prior sessions in order to take later ones.
For more information about these sessions, contact Dorothy Frank at 850.245.6631 or dafrank@dos.state.fl.us. For more about writing a literacy grant contact Sandy Newell at 850.245.6624 or snewell@dos.state.fl.us
Registration information:
Register for these sessions
Once your registration has been processed, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with instructions for joining the session(s). (This should occur within 24 hours.)
For additional information regarding registration, contact: Stephanie Race at sfrace@dos.state.fl.us or 850.245.6630 or Melissa Hooke at mhhooke@dos.state.fl.us or 850.245.6632
Registration is also available for
How to Establish Your Need
How to Write an Outcomes Plan
How to Write an Action Plan and Budget Narrative
The Florida Literacy Coalition History and New Address
The Florida Literacy Coalition formed in 1985. Anita Rogers was their first administrator, and Greg Smith is the current executive director. One of our VALF board members, Jack Newell, was a founding board member representing volunteer literacy groups in Florida on the Coalition board.
Originally the Coalition board was made up of representatives of literacy groups and others interested in literacy. Now the Coalition has an operating board of business people and others advised by a board of literacy representatives. The majority of their funding comes from the Florida Department of Education grants supplemented by other sources.
The Coalition provides a wide variety of support for volunteer groups and adult literacy programs. VALF holds our annual meeting at the Coalition Conference scheduled for Captiva in May. Check out their web site for information on the conference and to learn the latest.
The Florida Literacy Coalition has recently moved. They are still in Orlando but are located at the Old Southern Bank Building in downtown Orlando. As of December 1, 2009 their address is:
250 N. Orange Ave.
Suite 11W
Orlando, FL 32801
Post by Sandy Newell, VALF President
literacyflorida@hotmail.com
850.245.6624
Originally the Coalition board was made up of representatives of literacy groups and others interested in literacy. Now the Coalition has an operating board of business people and others advised by a board of literacy representatives. The majority of their funding comes from the Florida Department of Education grants supplemented by other sources.
The Coalition provides a wide variety of support for volunteer groups and adult literacy programs. VALF holds our annual meeting at the Coalition Conference scheduled for Captiva in May. Check out their web site for information on the conference and to learn the latest.
The Florida Literacy Coalition has recently moved. They are still in Orlando but are located at the Old Southern Bank Building in downtown Orlando. As of December 1, 2009 their address is:
250 N. Orange Ave.
Suite 11W
Orlando, FL 32801
Post by Sandy Newell, VALF President
literacyflorida@hotmail.com
850.245.6624
Monday, November 30, 2009
Recruiting Volunteers
I just read that one classroom based literacy program recruits volunteers through libraries and Craig's List. I am not surprised about using libraries but didn't know about using Craig's List. Has anyone used it or other unique ways of recruiting volunteers?
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