Valencia County Literacy Council With Literacy and Justice for All 280 La Entrada   Los Lunas, NM  87031  (505) 925-8926  Fax (505) 925-8924

Events
Board Annual Meeting, August 21st, 9:00 to 1:00, with Board Retreat by HELP-NM.  Location TBA.  Call Jill at 925-8935 for more information.

Student and Tutor Potluck, August 31st at the Student Community Center at UNM-Valencia, with Guest Speaker Marten Griego.  Call Susan Howard for more info. at 925-8935.

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Valencia County Literacy Council

280 La Entrada
Los Lunas, NM 87031
(505) 925-8926
joglesby@valencialiteracy.org

Volunteer Tutoring:
Call Susan Howard at
(505) 925-8935
showard@valencialiteracy.org

BOOK Readers:
Call Lori Griego at
(505) 865-1878
lgriego@valencialiteracy.org

Mission Statement

VCLC’s mission is to enable adults to achieve personal goals and very young children to achieve pre-literacy skills through literacy services provided to families free of charge.

Vision Statement

We envision a Valencia County in which all residents have the Literacy skills they need to achieve their own dreams and to enhance the quality of their lives.

Core Values

• We serve residents of Valencia County with low literacy and/or limited English-language skills.

• We are committed to the use of volunteers to provide instruction.

• We value quality instruction that is centered on Learners’ Own Goals.

• We support the Adult Learner in all his/her capacities as a Community Member, Family Member, and Worker.

• We support Adult Learner Leadership.

• We believe that the ability to read is critical to personal freedom and the maintenance of a democratic society. 

• We believe that as our culture becomes more complex and dependent on technology, Literacy becomes ever more basic to survival and the achievement of one’s potential. 

• We work to encourage and assist other organizations and individuals who are committed to a literate society.

Volunteer Tutoring

Since 1987, VCLC has provided FREE Volunteer Tutoring for adults. VCLC tutors are fully certified by ProLiteracy America and help adults learn how to read and non-English speakers learn how to speak English. We also provide help with Citizenship, Basic Math, and Pre-GED Studies. We provide both one-to-one and small group instruction that lets the student learn at his or her own pace with confidentiality assured. For more information on Volunteer Tutoring, call Susan Howard at 925-8935 or e-mail at showard@valencialiteracy.org.

BOOK Readers

Our Books Open to our Kids (BOOK) Readers read to children and their families in First Choice Community Healthcare and WIC Clinics in both Belen and Los Lunas. The medical personnel then advise the parents on the value of reading to children, giving them a new children’s book. For more information on BOOK Readers, call Lori Griego at 865-1878 or e-mail lgriego@valencialiteracy.org
 

Family Literacy Preschool

VCLC also provides a family literacy Preschool called “Mi Primera Escuelita Bilingue” for Adult Basic Education (ABE) students of UNM-Valencia Campus who are learning English and GED in Español. For more information, call Jill at 925-8926 or e-mail joglesby@valencialiteracy.org

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