Read-a-thon has been extended!

Need more time for The Love of Reading?  You got it!  Our 2014 Read-a-thon has been extended!  It's your chance to help raise funds for TLG and support our programs in Cambridge and K-W. 

 

New Dates:

The Read-a-thon kicked off on February 14 and the deadline has been extended to Monday, March 24, 2014. 

You now have until Monday, March 31, 2014 to turn in your pledges and qualify for the prize draw on April 2.

For more details, see the brochure below or contact Joyce and Sheila!  

 

What:  A fundraiser for The Literacy Group!

Why: A FUN way to help support our FREE programs!

How It Works: Find people to sponsor you for each hour you read – then READ!

 

Amazing prizes to be won!

Grand Prize: 10.1” Lenovo Tablet

1^st Runner-Up: Kobo Glo eReader

3^rd Runner-Up: $50.00 Bonappetit Gift Card

 

Get your Pledge Form and Reading Log today!

To sign-up, contact:

 In Kitchener: 

Joyce at joyce@theliteracygroup.com or 519-743-6090 ext. 223 

In Cambridge:
Sheila at sheila@theliteracygroup.com or 519-621-7993 ext. 322

 

Read-A-Thon 2014

 Hello Friends of The Literacy Group

 Read-A-Thon is almost here!  Are you signed up?

 

 

Amazing prizes to be won!

Grand Prize: 10.1” Lenovo Tablet

1^st Runner-Up: Kobo Glo eReader

3^rd Runner-Up: $50.00 Bonappetit Gift Card

 

Get your Pledge Form and Reading Log today!

To sign-up, contact: Joyce or Sheila

PIAAC

 

An Overview of PIAAC

Essential Skills Ontario has just released the first of its 2014 Essential Skills Bulletins on PIAAC - the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies. As an organization committed to understanding the challenges of low-skilled and low-waged individuals, researchers at Essential Skills Ontario have been using the OECD’s public database to unpack and analyze PIAAC results in Canada and Ontario. The first bulletin - An Overview of PIAAC -  gives an overview of the PIAAC results, some of the key findings, as well as how Canada and Ontario has fared in comparison to the OECD countries.

 

In the upcoming months, we will be sharing Essential Skills Ontario bulletins that analyzes the data found in the PIAAC background questionnaire, such as labour force status, participation in education and training, income and performance among various age groups and the relationship of skills and levels of educational attainment.

To read the first 2014 Essential Skills Bulletin - An Overview of PIAAC - please click here.