FLAGS - Family Literacy Alliance of Greater Syracuse


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The Learning Place, Inc.

The Learning Place is a nonprofit adult literacy organization which opened in 1990.

Our mission is to enable adults and older youth to acquire the listening, speaking, writing, mathematics and technology skills needed to solve problems they encounter in daily life; and to take advantage of opportunities in their environment. Instruction is provided primarily through volunteers working in neighborhood-based centers. Our two centers are open from 9-5 Monday through Thurs. and from 9 until noon on Friday.

The Learning Place, Inc.
1443 E. Genesee Street.
Syracuse, NY 13210
Phone: (315) 471-1446
www.tlpsyracuse.org
Linda Green, Executive Director

Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service (CPCS) Literacy Initiatives

The mission of the Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service (CPCS) is to promote, support, facilitate and recognize public and community service as a fundamental part of the teaching and learning experience for students, faculty, and staff.

The SU Literacy Corps (SULC) is a service learning literacy initiative of CPCS that mobilizes SU students to tutor at elementary and secondary schools in the Syracuse City School District (SCSD), Lafayette Central School District, and community based organizations. Other CPCS literacy initiatives include: Balancing the Books, Reading is Fundamental, Honors Tutoring Program, literacy-based courses, and First Book-Syracuse University Campus Advisory Board.

Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service
Literacy Initiatives
Roberta J. Gillen, Assistant Director for Literacy Initiatives
(315) 443-3051
rjgillen@syr.edu
http://students.syr.edu/depts/cpcs/

Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES

Purpose: To provide literacy skills and employment services for adults and families in the community.

Programs Offered:

Basic reading, writing and math
High school equivalency preparation classes for adult students
ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) conversational English, reading, writing and listening (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced); day and evening classes
Family Literacy / Career Family & Life Skills programs
Workplace Literacy programs available by arrangement
Home Study programs are available for adults unable to attend classes
Learning disability assessment and tutoring for adults enrolled in our programs
Youth classes for (16-18 year old) students who have dropped out of school (call for requirements and information)

Requirements:

Must be 16 or older
Must be 21 or older if entering a Home Study program

Registration: Ongoing

Vocational Training Programs: 11 full-time training programs and there is a fee for each program

Continuing Education Programs: Evening and daytime programs in a variety of programs ranging from computers, electronics, jewelry making to driver’s education.

OCM BOCES
4500 Crown Rd.
Liverpool, NY 13090
(315)453-4455
www.ocmboces.org

Partners in Learning, Inc.

Partners in Learning, Inc. is a NYS not-for-profit organization established in 1989 and designed to facilitate the acculturation of diverse individuals and families through the implementation of education and employment services in partnership with community resources.

The Community Education Program is the collaborative effort of Partners in Learning, Inc. and the Syracuse City School District. The partnership provides other-than-English speaking families with an introduction to Syracuse schools, cultures, English language and urban life in a culturally and linguistically responsive environment supporting community involvement.

(315) 435-4013

The West Side Learning Center is committed to providing learning opportunities in a
culturally-responsive environment where individuals build upon existing strengths, develop English proficiency, and access community resources that lead to community involvement.

(315) 435-4608

“MANOS” Child & Family Center offers families learning opportunities designed to support the social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development of birth through four-year old children; parents as teachers and reading partners; and access to community-wide resources.

(315) 435-4013

“ FAMILIES IN ACTION” offers families learning opportunities designed to support the social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development of five through fifteen-year old youth; assists parents in their role as teachers and reading partners; and increases families’ awareness of and access to community-wide resources.

ProLiteracy Worldwide, the largest organization of community-based literacy programs in the world, was formed in 2002 through the merger of Laubach Literacy International and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. The organization represents 1,200 local literacy program affiliates and more than 3,000 individual members in all 50 United States, and operates in 50 developing countries in collaboration with 95 indigenous partner programs. It also has a national partner in Canada, Laubach Literacy Canada.

ProLiteracy provides the training, technical assistance, materials, and other support that local literacy programs need to assist adults and their families in acquiring or improving their literacy skills. More than 1 million adult learners are served globally each year through these efforts.
ProLiteracy Worldwide consists of: ProLiteracy America, its US programs division; an International Programs division; and New Readers Press, its publishing division. ProLiteracy also staffs corporate functions including Public Affairs and Finance

ProLiteracy Worldwide’s mission is to sponsor educational programs and services designed to empower adults and their families by assisting them to acquire the literacy practices and skills that they need to function more effectively in their daily lives, and to participate in the transformation of their societies.

www.proliteracy.org