Dear tutors,
On Friday, October 10, the entire Alameda County Library staff will participate in a day long staff development day. Please be aware that all branches, and administration building (FRM) meeting rooms will be closed.
If you are meeting on a Friday, please cancel your reading club meeting. (FRM & NWK)
Thank you!
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Changes to Branch Reading Club Checkout System
This summer we're making a major change to how we check out books to students. We've gotten rid of the old sign-out sheets and book numbers-a system that you probably remember from grade school. Now students will use their personal library cards to check out their reading club books!
We pilot tested this system last term at the Fremont branch, where it worked well. This summer we're taking it to three branches-Centerville, Newark, and Castro Valley. In the fall, all the branch reading clubs will be using the new system.
If you are a branch tutor, please click here for the new instructions. Please read them and let Sally Ianiro know if any parts are unclear. All feedback of any kind is welcome!
If you are a Fremont tutor, your instructions are slightly different, and you'll receive them in an email before the term starts.
With your help, we'll have a smooth changeover to the new check out system.
Thank you for being such a valuable part of Write to Read.
--Sally and Mamta
We pilot tested this system last term at the Fremont branch, where it worked well. This summer we're taking it to three branches-Centerville, Newark, and Castro Valley. In the fall, all the branch reading clubs will be using the new system.
If you are a branch tutor, please click here for the new instructions. Please read them and let Sally Ianiro know if any parts are unclear. All feedback of any kind is welcome!
If you are a Fremont tutor, your instructions are slightly different, and you'll receive them in an email before the term starts.
With your help, we'll have a smooth changeover to the new check out system.
Thank you for being such a valuable part of Write to Read.
--Sally and Mamta
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Who's Reading What this Summer?
Summer classes start the week of June 16 for most of the summer reading groups. Here's a look at what they'll be reading:
* Estela Yap's Fremont club: Across America on an Emigrant Train
* Linda Alpers's Centerville club: The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom
* Judy Tokubo's Newark club: The Courage to Give
* Lynn Running's Castro Valley club: The Help
* Alison Trent's Fremont club: TBD
* Susan Schacherer's Fremont club: TBD
* Linda Alpers's Centerville club: The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom
* Judy Tokubo's Newark club: The Courage to Give
* Lynn Running's Castro Valley club: The Help
* Alison Trent's Fremont club: TBD
* Susan Schacherer's Fremont club: TBD
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
END OF TERM INFORMATION
Select
Your Books Now for Summer and Fall 2014
Dear Reading Club Tutors:
Please click here to see the book sets available for the summer.
If there is a line through the book
title, the set is either out for processing or another tutor has reserved it.
If the title is in red, click on it
to read a book review written by our staff or a fellow tutor.
Please send me an email ASAP with
your book club selection if you are teaching this summer. I will fill
selections on a first come, first served basis.
Thank you!
Sally
Important Dates for Reading Club Tutors:
· May 10 – Winter/Spring term ends
· May 14 – Annual celebration, 6:00 – 8:30 PM, Fremont Library
· June 2 – Phone-in registration for summer term begins
· June 16 – Summer term begins
· September 15 – Fall term begins (Please note change of date)
· December 13 – Fall term ends
BRANCH Tutors
Your Checklist for End of Term
o Check at your branch for envelope we sent you containing summer schedules
o Call students who aren’t attending but have books out
o Return book set by library mail; address red bag to Sally Ianiro in EXT
o Include list of any missing books, the copy numbers, and student names
o Email us your final student attendance
o Reply promptly to Mamta’s email request for your volunteer hours
o Have a terrific summer!
FREMONT Tutors
Your Checklist for End of Term
o Look for summer schedules in your inbox and distribute them to students
o Collect student books and return them to the office
o Inform students who want to keep books to turn them in to any Alameda County Library branch
o Complete your final student attendance sheet
o Reply promptly to Mamta’s email request for your volunteer hours
o Have a terrific summer!
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Easy Voter Guide
June 3, 2014 IS PRIMARY ELECTION DAY!
How will we choose our next Governor? What are the two state propositions?
May 19, 2014 ..........Last day to register to vote in this election
May 27, 2014 ..........Last day to request a “vote by mail” ballot
Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Hi Tutors,
We highly recommend the The Easy Voter Guide, which has been providing literacy students and new voters with nonpartisan, easy-to-read election information in California since 1994. It’s such a great tool that many adults in California use it, not just literacy students.
The guide is now available online for the June 3, 2014 Primary Election in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean at http://www.easyvoterguide.org/
The Alameda County Library also has a terrific voter website at http://guides.aclibrary.org/elections. If your student isn’t yet registered to vote, this is a great place to start.
Thank you for encouraging participation in democracy and sharing your knowledge!
Sally and Mamta
Friday, April 4, 2014
Food For Fines
Does your student have outstanding library fines?
Here’s a way to help hungry families and decrease fines by up to
$20!
April 13-19, 2014
April 13-19, 2014
The Alameda County Community Food Bank serves
one in six Alameda County residents, and it’s running low on food!
For National Library Week in April, Alameda
County Library is partnering with the Food Bank. We’re inviting library card
holders with fines to bring in items for the food bank. For each non-perishable
food item brought to the library, $1.00 will be subtracted from the patron’s
overdue fines, to a maximum of $20.
The Food Bank needs non-perishable items like
peanut butter, canned tuna and meat, beans, rice, low-sodium soups and stews,
and low-sugar cereal. Only non-perishable, unexpired, store-sealed items will
be accepted. No glass bottles, please!
The participating branches are:
Albany Library (510-526-3720)
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Castro Valley Library (510-667-7900)
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Centerville Library (510-795-2629)
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Dublin Library (925-803-7252)
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Fremont Main Library (510-745-1400)
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Irvington Library (510-795-2631)
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Newark Library (510-795-2627)
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Niles Library (510-795-2626)
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San Lorenzo Library (510-670-6283)
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Union City Library (510-745-1464)
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE FOR READING CLUB TUTORS!
This is an online space for Write to Read’s 14
reading club tutors to find resources, share ideas, and ask questions.
This week's moment of humor comes from one of Judy Tokubo's students in the Newark Reading Club. Here's what she wrote to accompany a gift to Judy.
Judy,
I am trying to ingratiate myself with you by offering this candy because I often act like a class nuisance by asking odd questions. You are a great teacher.
Shirley
February 25, 2014
Judy,
I am trying to ingratiate myself with you by offering this candy because I often act like a class nuisance by asking odd questions. You are a great teacher.
Shirley
February 25, 2014
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