Illiteracy Theme Statement Sample

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MISSION STATEMENT

Literacy Connections is dedicated to developing and offering programs and services to support a literate society. We recruit and train volunteers to provide no-cost student-centered tutoring primarily for adults, and we offer programs and services for children and families that promote independence and enrichment through literacy.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Literacy Connections’ Adult & Family Literacy Program helps adults attain basic literacy skills and provides reading enrichment to children struggling with reading. Because the structure of traditional adult education does not work for adults who are functionally illiterate (reading below the six grade level), LC recruits, trains, and supports volunteers to provide student-centered, one-to-one, and small group tutoring to these adults including ESOL drop-in centers for non-English speakers.

The lack of basic reading skills affects all aspects of daily life: health care & health related decisions, employment, living arrangements, and children in the household. Illiteracy affects the quality of life of the individual and the community. We believe that when people learn to read they become positive contributing members of the community, and that their children are more likely to be readers and to finish school.

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Our students learn something as basic as reading, understanding and completing a job application. In addition, research have shown that the growing immigrant population in the USA have low literacy skills and lack the English Language skills necessary to access jobs, job training, college, and citizenship. They are also unable to help their children with school work or communicate with teachers. LC provides the programs and services that help these adults bridge the literacy

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