David,
I have lost the information about the Vermont idea.  I have altered its 
program to fit my needs.
My office is located in Abingdon, VA.   The targeted electoral areas that 
have high levels illiteracy.  I could not attend all of the local festivals 
to promote our literacy program so the community leaders attend the 
festivals or events.  To draw people to our table, we have a game for 
children to play to win a free book.  The parents are given free interactive 
activities, information on building successful readers, and educational 
opportunities in the area to improve educational skills.  All of the 
materials are housed at the HELP office and packets of information is 
created at the office.  I think the Vermont program had committees to create 
promotional materials in each community and each planned their own 
promotional activities.  My leaders meet with me to plan the schedule for 
the year with ideas for new events to attend or for us to sponsor.  This 
year we our theme is "Poverty--Path Out of Poverty".  We are going to 
sponsor a special events in targeted areas to promote educatonal 
opportunities to help adults improve job skills and help their families to 
get out of poverty.
This is the 10th year that I have used CLL to promote the program.  We are 
just beginning to see the results of having community leaders in the area 
that they live. Our reading students have steadily increased by 20 new 
students a year.  We are also seeing an increase of volunteers coming from 
the targeted areas.

The qualifications of a CLL is that they have a high school diploma or more, 
enjoy talking to people, have a pleasant personality and knows the 
importance of improving reading skills to the person's life.  Right now I 
have 3 retired librarians and one active librarian.  They seem to have a 
love for reading and wanting to help people to improve their lives.  The 
CLLs receive $10 an hour plus travel.  They attend our HELP Board of 
Directors meeting when possible.  These CLLeaders add about $2000 to our 
budget which is funded by the Virginia Literacy Foundation. The benefits are 
a great way to promote the program with people who know the people and the 
events happening in the area.  It saves me time to conduct and manage the 
volunteers and fundraising.

Thanks for your inquire.
Sallie Garrett
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Rosen" <djrosen at comcast.net>
To: "The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List" 
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Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 1:12 PM
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 799] Re: Hard-to-reach, low-literate 
adults



> Hello Sallie,

>

> Please tell us more about the Community Literacy Leaders in Southwest

> Virginia.  What are the qualifications for this role? What do

> Community Literacy Leaders do? How does what they do result in

> increased enrollments of low-literate adults. What do they (and you)

> think are the key ingredients of their success?   Do you -- or does

> anyone on the list -- know more about the Vermont model that this was

> based on?

>

> Thanks,

>

> David

>

> David J. Rosen

> djrosen at newsomeassociates.com

>

> On Jan 26, 2007, at 12:45 PM, Sallie Garrett wrote:

>

>> The Hard-to-reach, low-literate student is the population that the

>> Highlands

>> Educational Literacy Program works with.  We are located in Southwest

>> Virginia which is very rural and has small communities with high

>> level of

>> illiteracy.  I am using a method of recruitment that read that the

>> programs

>> in Vermont were using.  I receive a grant for Community Literacy

>> Leaders to

>> promote the program in these communities that are hardest to

>> reach.  We have

>> been successful in acquiring the leaders and have experienced an

>> increase in

>> student participation from 50 annually to 75.  Also, we are

>> diversified and

>> do family literacy programs in the county schools and distribute

>> free books

>> to all kindergarten students.  We have had students come to use who

>> say that

>> their children tell them about our program and that it is time for

>> them to

>> learn to read.

>> I will be glad to answer any questions that a list member has by

>> email.

>> Thanks,

>> Sallie Garrett, Executive Director

>> Highlands Educational Literacy Program, Inc.

>> P. O. Box 2044

>> Abingdon, VA 24212

>> 276-676-4355

>> garrettsj1 at earthlink.net

>>

>> ----- Original Message -----

>> From: "David Rosen" <djrosen at comcast.net>

>> To: "The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List"

>> <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov>

>> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 9:50 PM

>> Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 766] Hard-to-reach, low-literate

>> adults

>>

>>

>>> Professional Development Colleagues,

>>>

>>> A colleague has asked me to speak to a group of adult literacy

>>> education

>>> teachers about how to serve "hard-to-reach" adult learners.  I

>>> solicit

>>> your help in answering this question. I am interested in hearing

>>> about

>>> your experience in "recruiting" or enrolling "hard-to-reach"

>>> adults with

>>> low literacy skills. I am also interested in hearing from adult

>>> learners, some of whom may be in your classes or may be people you

>>> tutor, some of whom may be colleagues on this list.  Perhaps you

>>> could

>>> share this question with teachers you work with and post their

>>> responses or

>>> they could reply directly on this list or to me by e-mail.

>>>

>>> Of course, "hard-to-reach" could mean many things.  What does it

>>> mean to

>>> you? And "serving" hard-to-reach low-literate adults might be an

>>> important

>>> part of the answer to this question.  For example, if one of the

>>> reasons

>>> adults with low literacy (or numeracy) skills don't step forward for

>>> help is because they are hiding their reading writing or numeracy

>>> disabilities or difficulties, then they will be reluctant to come to

>>> classes in their community where others would find out.

>>>

>>> So, from your experience, who are  "hard-to-reach"  low-literate

>>> adults,

>>> and what has been effective in recruiting and enrolling them?

>>>

>>> Thanks for your help.

>>>

>>> David J. Rosen

>>> djrosen at comcast.net

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

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