Diablo Valley Literacy Council Newsletter
Volunteers tutoring English as a second language (ESL) to non English speaking adults
| Spring 2023 | Vol. 37 No.3 | |
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Many changes in the last three months. The Board has voted in two more Directors: Casey Liang, who is now the Student/Tutor Coordinator, and Mukesh Gumani, who will transition into Qingua Jin’s role as Treasurer.
Rachel King has an exciting new job in the working world and needs to back away from some of her many responsibilities with Diablo Valley Literacy Council. We are suspending the monthly Tutor Drop-In sessions on Zoom until we can find somebody to plan and facilitate those meetings. Rachel’s position description will be Tech Resource rather than Social Media Outreach.
Bruna Lewis, our Hospitality Coordinator, will be leaving us as she is moving to the Sierra foothills. Thank you, Bruna, for all that you have done in managing the Hospitality Committee to put on our in-person volunteer meetings. Thankfully, Bruna said she can still facilitate our August 4th party (see below) and our September tutor training.
We have posted these opportunities on VolunteerMatch:
New tutors – to attend our September Tutor Training
Publicity – to assist Loretta Morrison and eventually transition to Coordinator (see description later in this newsletter)
Hospitality Coordinator – to replace Bruna Lewis who will be moving from the area after our fall tutor training
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SAVE THE DATE!!
AUGUST 4, 2023 -
FAMILY MOVIE and GAMES night
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Please join us for our summer event on Friday, August 4th. We will have a movie for the kids and games for the adults. We’ll supply the popcorn and refreshments!
This event is open to your students and their families too, so let’s all get together and celebrate Summer!
Date: Friday, August 4th
Time: 7 pm to 9 pm
Location: Good Shepherd Church
4000 Clayton Road
Concord, CA
Join us!! We will be raffling a special PRIZE!
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4th of JULY PARADE in CONCORD | |
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, who includes Diablo Valley Literacy Council as part of their Outreach, entered a float in Concord's 32nd Annual Independence Day Parade. DVLC was given space on the float and our President, Julie Kim, got to ride in the parade. | |
And look at the cards Julie had designed with a QR code for our web-site! | |
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Welcome to the Board Mukesh and Casey!
Mukesh Gumani has extensive experience in asset management, financial analysis, and business transformation. He has expressed a sincere interest in the work we do to help non-English speakers.
Casey Liang has already presented models for how we can greatly improve our data capture, maintenance and most important of all, tutor-student matching.
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The Diablo Valley Literacy Council welcomes volunteers to tutor adults in English in the Diablo Valley area of Concord, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Clayton, Pacheco, Walnut Creek, and Lafayette.
We need tutors who can commit to 1 or 2 hours of tutoring per week on a regular basis.
We provide training, match you to a student, and help start your 1-on-1 tutoring.
Tutor Orientation
September 23rd 10:00-11:30am - ZOOM
and
September 30th 10:00am-1:00pm – IN-PERSON
Fellowship Hall of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
4000 Clayton Road in Concord
Please note that both sessions must be attended.
$20 registration fee includes dues for 2023
Register on our website dvlc4esl.org
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Please Consider these Board Positions
Librarian
- Maintain order in the self-service library
- Order books and materials as needed at the request of the board
- Participate as a DVLC board member
- Time commitment: Minimum 1-4 hours per month.
Publicity
This role includes the following:
- Coordinating advertising and communication regarding recruitment of volunteers for DVLC
- Managing the DVLC VolunteerMatch account. Use VolunteerMatch to recruit volunteers, board members (when needed) and post current workshop dates.
- Managing and maintaining an e-mail contact list and communicating to local community and neighborhood organizations regarding volunteer tutor recruitment and sharing current training dates (twice a year -- spring and fall.)
- Social media - manage Facebook, LinkedIn, and others portals that would promote DVLC's literacy mission.
- Managing volunteers and seeking new/alternative ways to recruit volunteers.
- Attending local community events to find tutors and (when needed) students.
Hospitality Coordinator
- Seating set up, food purchase with a budget, decorate, clean after event.
- Events include workshops 2x year and membership/social gatherings 3x year.
- Generally -- 15-50 people are in attendance.
- The event is held at a church in Concord with kitchen facilities available,
- Events are typically held on Saturday.
- The hospitality person will have a hospitality committee to help accomplish the plan.
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Good Report!
Congratulations to Harshendu Bindal’s student, Dmitrii, who has landed a permanent job.
Kudos to Bridget Delaney-Messana’s student, Maryam, who has mastered the answers to almost 100 questions in preparation for the citizenship test.
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Logging your Hours
Report Hours for April-June 2023
Thank you for shifting to the new Hours logging form. If you have not already reported all of your hours for April-June you may aggregate them into one report with a June date.
Tutoring hours and Non-tutoring hours (time spent for preparation, travel to student and workshop).
You can email
dvlc4esl@gmail.com
or use the link that was emailed previously.
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2023 Renewal Dues
If you haven't already done so, remember to pay your 2023 membership dues. It's a great way to show your support for DVLC, and we use the dues to pay for items needed to support our tutoring program.
Please use the DONATE button, visit dvlc4esl@gmail.com, or send check or cash for $15 to DVLC, 4000 Clayton Rd., Concord, CA 94521.
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Monthly Drop-in Sessions for Tutors
Temporarily Suspended
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Good Shepherd Office Reminder
We hope to have some good news for you soon as to regular hours when you can go to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and have access to our Library in Room 3 to check out or return ESL resources.
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CALENDAR
Check your email for updates.
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July
4th of July Parade
Concord
No -DVLC Board Meeting
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August
Movie/Game Night for Tutors/Students/Families
Friday, August 4, 7-9:00pm
Fellowship Hall
4000 Clayton Rd, Concord
DVLC Board Meeting by Zoom
Tues., Aug 8, 7:00pm
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September
DVLC Board Meeting
Tues., Sept. 12, 7:00pm
ESL Tutor Training Workshop
Two Saturday Sessions
Sept. 23 by Zoom, 10am-noon
Sept.30 in-person, 10am-1pm
Fellowship Hall
4000 Clayton Rd, Concord
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DVLC Officers:
President
Julie Kim
Vice President
Rachel Sanborn
Secretary
Daly Young
Treasurer
Qinghua Jin
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Board of Directors:
Hospitality
Bruna Lewis
Publicity
Loretta Morrison
Librarian
Mary Nash
Student/Tutor Coordinator
Casey Liang
Workshop Training Coordinator
Ozge Altunoy/Kris Torske
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Registrar
Apeksha Kamat
Tech Resource
Rachel King
Google Classroom Coordinator
Jill Walker
Hours Coordinator
Colette Becker
Newsletter Editor:
Kathy Anderson
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