Focus

Number of People/
Programs Served

Programs/Location

Other info

Training/Professional Development for CBOs

1. 4 Bridges to Practice
2. 3 Training of Trainers
3. 1 ProLiteracy Accreditation

1) 54 people trained
2) 58 people certified
3) 1 program

1) Dallas/Ft. Worth area
2) Austin, Houston, Edinburg

Literacy Texas facilitated the disbursement of reimbursement funds for the Volunteer Training Initiative administered by TCALL.  This provided $100,000 for CBOs for free professional development training.

Training/Professional
Development for Providers

1. Conference – July 27-28, 2009

73   programs
228 attendees

Statewide.

Topics: Advocacy, Basic Literacy Instruction, New Director’s Training, TOT, EL/Civics, ESL, Faith-Based, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Strategies, Workforce Literacy

Training/Professional Development Conferences

1. TALAE Conference
2. ProLiteracy Conf.

1) 36 people
2) 3 LT board members

Statewide.

Training
Coalition Literacy Summit – April 2009

10 Coalitions
representing 318 programs and 109,536 learners

1. Literacy Connexus
2. Literacy Coalition of Central TX
3. South Texas Literacy Coalition
4. Corpus Christi Literacy Council
5. Dallas Cty. Literacy Coalition
6. Achieve Fort Bend County
7. Tarrant Literacy Coalition
8. Literacy Lubbock
9. Literacy San Antonio
10. Huntsville

Major outcome: Stimulus proposal to Governor’s office for “Workforce Literacy Transformation Plan”

 Advocacy

1. Literacy Day at the Capitol
2. Ryan Sullivan becomes literacy advocate at Capital for Literacy Texas probono
3. Supported Uresti & Strama Bill
4. Supported TEA request for increase adult education funding
5. Supported family, early childhood, financial literacy & workforce literacy bills

400 people

1) Austin

1. Creation of interagency state literacy council
2. Board members and coalition members testified before Houston and Senate Committees

Networking
Literacy Texas Listserv

Increased listserv from 200 to 300 people

Created Literacy Texas Facebook page

Funding

1. Submitted Federal Grant 93.711 for increased capacity
2. Submitted proposal to Governor for state stimulus funds
3. Submitted 19 grant proposals for Literacy Texas
4. Requested funding from TEA for capacity building

1. Literacy providers statewide.
2. Literacy coalitions statewide.
3. Literacy Texas

1. Workforce Transformation Plan – Re-tooling Literacy Services to Meet workforce Demands

1. $1,000,000
2. $3,249,248
3. Two Grants funded: $18,500
   

Resources
  Literacy Texas board members helped develop the Hurricane Preparedness Communication Plan for Populations with Special Needs

Developed for non-readers

Houston area

Literacy Awareness
Reading is BIG in Texas Champaign

Statewide

Statewide

Developed, promoted and distributed bookmarks, three PSAs (donated by Comcast) and car clings.