Programs and Services
Professional Development/Training and Technical Assistance
Florida Literacy Conference
One of Florida’s premier literacy events, this three day annual conference offers a wide range of training and networking opportunities to literacy practitioners and volunteers. Join us May 9-11, 2012 at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront for the 28th Annual Florida Literacy Conference.
Tutor Training Support /Material Grant
The Adult and Family Literacy Resource Center provides grants for trainers and materials to community adult basic education and literacy organizations. FLC will arrange for a trainer and have materials shipped to your program. Programs are eligible to order tutor materials valued at up to $30 per tutor with a maximum of $500 per workshop.
Offered as a pre-conference workshop for the Florida Literacy Conference, this three-session course, aligned with ProLiteracy’s national trainer certification standards, focuses on competencies needed to be a good tutor trainer. Course content includes tutor training content knowledge in both adult basic literacy and ESOL, curriculum modules, presentations by participants reviewed by instructor and peers, and discussion of ProLiteracy Trainer Certification system. Look for announcement of the 2012 Train the Trainer Course on the Conference page in November 2012.
Offered regionally, the tutor/teacher training symposiums are one day workshops that focus on effective teaching approaches, strategies and resources. Each year a new set of topics are chosen. See Literacy News for workshop announcements.
Designed for directors and program coordinators of community and library based adult literacy programs, this two day training features workshops and discussions on issues of common interest such as strategic planning, program capacity building, and fund development, just to name a few. It also provides an opportunity to network and share promising practices with other literacy practitioners. Stay tuned for more information about the 2012 Annual Leadership Institute. For information about past Institutes, click here, http://www.floridaliteracy.org/leadershipinstitute.pdf.
View a variety of webinars provided by FLC. Past topics have included Multiple Intelligences and the ESOL Learner, Meeting the Challenge: An LD Primer, Using Authentic materials in Adult Literacy Instruction, a Guide to Financial Literacy and many more. See Literacy News for session announcements.
Promoting Student Involvement
This dynamic workshop prepares adult learners to become effective advocates and spokespeople for their organizations and the adult literacy cause.
Join Adult Learners from throughout the state of Florida for a special day of workshops and activities. This event occurs on the first day of the Florida Literacy Conference and is free for adult learner attendees. For information about the 2011 Adult Learner Day, click here: http://www.floridaliteracy.org/conference_ald.html
Adult Learner Essay Book
Each year, FLC publishes a book of essays by adult learners. Students from throughout Florida are invited to submit original short stories, poems, or autobiographical narratives to be included in a published book.
Resource Sharing, Networking and Communications
Florida Literacy Hotline and Directory
Search for adult education and literacy programs in your area where you can find free or low cost instruction. Also search literacy volunteer opportunities and information about getting your GED.
Clearinghouse
Florida’s Adult and Family Literacy Resource Center provides a wide range of free reference and outreach materials, serving as a clearinghouse for the distribution of quality resource materials for literacy instructors and administrators.
Florida Adult and Family Literacy Month
September is Florida Adult and Family Literacy Month. To recognize the month, FLC collaborated with the Florida State Parks and the Florida Department of Education, and local and regional partners to promote literacy.
Newsletters
Providing the latest news, resources, and promising practices FLC’s Literacy News and e-Literacy News newsletters are published and distributed 5 times per year.
- Find us on Facebook
- Follow us on Twitter
- Read the FLC Blog
- Participate in our Discussion Lists
Discussion List Topics include:
1. discussion of family literacy issues, new resources, and news in Florida.
2. discussion of issues, news and new resources for all of Florida's literacy providers and stakeholders
- Participate in our Florida Health Literacy NING
Needs Assessment Survey: Each year, FLC conducts a program and professional development needs assessment of community-based literacy program.
Tutor Help Center
We scoured the web searching for the best instructional resources for adult literacy tutors and teachers and then gathered them together in one easy to navigate location. Also check out our Teacher/Tutor Resource Page where resources are sorted by topic area.
Program Managers Toolkit
Aligned with the ProLiteracy Program Accreditation standards, this unique resource offers a variety of sample documents, forms, policies and procedures. Its primary purpose is to serve as a central repository for practical, hands on documents to be shared across programs.
Promising Practices
Launched in 2009, this resource recognizes and highlights effective literacy program practices in Florida.
Social Services Directory
A great tool for teachers and students, this directory provides information about a variety of consumer and social services offered in Florida.
Florida Health Literacy Initiative
The Florida Health Literacy Initiative, funded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida and operated by FLC, is a three-year project committing $360,000 to improving the health literacy level of Florida residents by supporting literacy programs with financial, professional development and technical support. This initiative combines ESOL instruction and health education in a multi-disciplinary approach that teaches English to adults and families while helping these individuals acquire skills and knowledge to make informed choices regarding their health and nutrition.
With the support of the Florida Department of Education, FLC has also produced health literacy curricula including:
Staying Healthy
Women’s Health
Coping with Stress
Americorps*VISTA Literacy Initiative
Americorps/VISTA
The Florida Literacy Coalition, in partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service, is pleased to sponsor a statewide AmeriCorps VISTA literacy initiative. AmeriCorps VISTA members work at the Florida Literacy Coalition or with one of our partner literacy agencies to help coordinate initiatives including financial literacy, college/career pathways, health literacy, pathway to citizenship, prison re-entry, GED/TOEFL readiness and family literacy.
Special thanks to the Florida Department of Education, Division of Career and Adult Education for their generous support of FLC and Florida’s Adult and Family Literacy Resource Center.
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