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Hallie Hemmingsen & Ashley Finch

Hallie Hemmingsen & Ashley Finch. Mission. “Empowering adults to improve their lives and achieve their goals through literacy.” “To teach adults to read and write or to teach adults to speak, read and write English as a second language .”. vision.

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Hallie Hemmingsen & Ashley Finch

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  1. HallieHemmingsen & Ashley Finch

  2. Mission • “Empowering adults to improve their lives and achieve their goals through literacy.” • “To teach adults to read and write or to teach adults to speak, read and write English as a second language.”

  3. vision • 1. Provide excellent tutor training and support. • 2. Strengthen community partnerships to provide better service to our learners. • 3. Conduct a community needs assessment with our partners (WWU, WCC, BTC, others?) • 4. Be housed in a space that supports multiple learning opportunities. • If you had to put your ultimate vision into one sentence what would it be? • “That all adults could read; that every adult would have the literacy skills to be successful.” – Rachel Myers

  4. programs • One on One Tutoring   • Small Group Classes   • WCC and BTC Classroom assistants

  5. history • 1978

  6. Staff • Rachel Myers, Executive Director • Full Time Program Manager • Jessica Hilburn, Adult Literacy Program Coordinator • Part-Time Coordinator

  7. Board • Type: Governing • Board Members Currently: 11 (Up to 15) • Board Member Transitions • Recruitment • Committees • Fund development • Finance • Personnel • Programs

  8. volunteers • 200-225 volunteers over the course of a year • Train about 100 new volunteers a year and retain about 100. • Volunteer Capacities: Mostly tutors; some admin volunteers, event volunteers

  9. Clients • 400-500 clients in a year for all programs • About 60% female, 40% male • 75% are between 25-45 years old • 70% are moderate to low income according to federal qualifications for household income

  10. Executive leadership – rachelmyers • Background • Challenges & Conflicts • Significant Contributions • “A good rule of thumb is that if you want something to get done is to make sure there is 1 person in charge of it. If you don’t want something to get done then put a whole bunch of people on it.” –Michael Reinke(Board Member)

  11. Transparency • Credibility • Documents • ORG Chart • WLC Operational Plan by Month • Vision Priorities Document (5 year plan) • Budget • Annual Report

  12. Whatcom Literacy Council

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