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Literacy In Chase

Chase Literacy Program (Literacy in Chase) is part of a team.

The community approach to literacy is based on an understanding that literacy is everyone’s responsibility.

Decoda is proud to support the literacy network in BC.

We work with 100 Literacy Outreach Coordinators (LOCs) serving 400 communities across the province.

These LOCs work with local community literacy task groups.

Task groups are made up of representatives from various community organizations, including libraries, family resource programs, employment agencies, the business community, the K-12 school system, and literacy organizations.

Together, they identify local literacy needs and priorities.

They develop action plans to deliver literacy programs and services that best serve people in their communities.

This provincial literacy network sets the direction and establishes the priorities for literacy actions across BC.

The Community Literacy Program is an important model for creating partnerships and broadening community engagement around literacy and learning opportunities in communities.

Victor Glickman, Vancouver, BC

What Is Literacy?

Literacy is the ability to understand and use printed information in daily activities, at home, at work and in the community – to achieve one’s goals and develop one’s knowledge and potential.

Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed, and written materials associated with varying contexts.

Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an individual to achieve his or her goals, develop his or her knowledge and potential, and participate fully in the wider society.

Literacy is NOT restricted to reading and writing but includes a host of related skills:

Reading Text • Document • Use • Numeracy • Writing • Oral Communications • Working With Others • Computer Use • Continuous Learning • Thinking Skills (problem-solving, decision making, critical thinking, job task planning and organizing, significant use of memory, and finding information).

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