April Club Learning Webinar - A Case for LIteracy

Almost everyone can decode words – but almost half of Albertan adults can’t read well enough to apply what they have read in new situations to solve every day problems. The capacity to read well – literacy – is one of the most important skills for living, learning and working. Literacy begins at birth and is gained across the lifespan through reading practice, and lost without it. For people with poor literacy skills, life is harder – on average, they experience poorer health and employment outcomes and are less engaged in their communities.

This session will explain what it means to be literate and why literacy is so important. It will also discuss how everyone – parents, family members, teachers, community members, employers and policy makers – has a role to play in helping others to build and maintain this essential skill.

In this session the audience will learn these 3 things:

• Why literacy is so important even in the digital age
• How Albertans perform in literacy assessments
• How low literacy rates are everyone’s problem to help solve

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Hi there, 

You are invited to a Zoom webinar. 
When: Apr 5, 2023 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) 
Topic: April Club Learning Webinar - Literacy

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7e_bYUPmRl-sxyCqb_TOtQ

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Thank you!