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About us:
Founded in 1988 as a non-profit adult education organization, the Clark County Literacy Coalition is composed of
thirteen members and two honorary members united to support literacy issues in Clark County. Some members provide support for literacy issues, others provide literacy education and other services to Clark County individuals. Members of the Provider Group offer English instruction, G.E.D. classes, instruction in reading, writing, and math, programs for families, instruction in life, and employment skills, computer assisted learning, educational skills training, and employment services.
Please
click to view our Case
Statement for 2007.
Our
Board of Directors for 2008:
Executive
Committee:
President
- Jeffery S. Clouse
Vice-President
- John McConagha
Treasurer-
Shannon Doyle, CPA
Remaining
Board Members:
Sam
Clarke Cyndi Robertson
Phil
Fraley Pati Sund
Lisa
Holmes
Ted Vander Roest
Teresa Hoyt Hans Wagner
Jeanne Lampe Ellen Waild
Ron Rhine
The Challenge:
“Adults who can’t read cost Americans an estimated $224 billion each year in lost wages, lost taxes, basic skill training, unemployment compensation, prison and law enforcement, and lost international competitiveness.” (Report on Literacy Progress)
“Recent studies have shown that adults who read at lower than a second grade level have higher medical costs than their more literate peers.” (Journal of the National Cancer Institute, July 15, 1992)
“Illiteracy is on the increase in the United States: 21-23%, or 40-44 million adults are at the lowest educational functional level (grades 1-4); 25-28%, or 50 million, are at the pre G.E.D. educational functional level (grades 5-8).” (U.S. Department of Education)
13% of all 17-year olds are functionally illiterate. Among minority youth, the figure is 44%.” (National Commission on Excellence in Education)
“24% of all Ohioans over age 18 do not have a high school diploma.” (Ohio’s Future at Work: Beyond 2000, Demographics, discussion Paper, U.S. Department of Education, October 1995)
CCLC provides service at the Warder Literacy Center!
Warder Literacy Center
137 E. High Street
Springfield, OH 45502
(937) 323-8617
- Individual literacy tutoring for adults
- Tutor training
- Classes and tutoring in English For Speakers Of Other Languages (ESOL)
- Teaching
Children to Read using the Stevenson Method
- PICK-A-Pack (Parents Increasing Children’s Knowledge)
- Preparation to enter a G.E.D. class
- FREE OF CHARGE
Business Hours are:
Monday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Friday 8:30 a.m. To 3:00 p.m.
Warder Literacy Center Schedule
One-on-one tutoring is available:
Mon - Thur 8:30 am - 7:30 pm
and Fri. 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
*Special arrangements can be made for alternative times
To
view our latest IRS 990 information, please go to guidestar.org.
To view our 2007 Annual Report, please click here.
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