About CLO

Community Literacy of Ontario (CLO) is a provincial network of community-based literacy agencies in the province of Ontario. CLO provides training, support, resources and information to our member agencies all across Ontario.

About Community Literacy of Ontario (CLO)

Our mission statement is as follows: “Community Literacy of Ontario exists to support, promote and provide a united voice for community-based literacy programs in Ontario.”

In 2006 CLO had a membership of 131 agencies, networks, organizations and individuals from across Ontario. This membership consists of 93 organizational members, 29 associate members and 9 individual members.

Our office is located in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. CLO was created in 1994 and incorporated in 1997. CLO receives funding from the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, the National Literacy Secretariat, (HRSDC), and member programs. CLO is governed by a 12-member board of directors who represent every region of Ontario. (https://www.communityliteracyofontario.ca/staff-and-board).

You can learn more about CLO by visiting our main website at: www.communityliteracyofontario.ca

Community Literacy of Ontario

488 Dominion Avenue

Midland, ON L4R 1P6

Tel: 705-733-2312

Email: info@communityliteracyofontario.ca

CLO’s Members

CLO has a formal, paid membership consisting of literacy agencies, literacy networks and organizations, and individuals. Our members are located in communities large and small throughout this province. Our members are our greatest strength!

In 2007, our formal, paid membership consists of:

  • 91 organizational members (Anglophone community-based literacy delivery agencies in Ontario);

  • 28 associate members; and

  • 9 individual members.

Please email CLO at info@communityliteracyofontario.ca for a membership form

Modules

A variety of innovative self-study modules to help organizations develop and strengthen literacy basics training opportunities

Board Governance

This module will examine effective governance in the areas of board roles and responsibilities, governance structures, risk management, development, board meetings, and evaluations.

Community Literacy of Ontario has designed this self-study module to help organizations further develop and strengthen their board governance practices.

Learner Retention

The reasons why adult students decide to enroll in a literacy program and then choose to either continue or drop out are multiple, complex and varied.

Adult students come to literacy programs with their individual sets of motivations, barriers and personal needs. In this training module, Community Literacy of Ontario explores issues around the important topic of student retention.

Strategic Planning

This module is designed to provide literacy agencies and others with insights, step-by-step procedures and the tools to take an organization through an effective strategic planning process.

Community Literacy of Ontario presents this online, self-directed training module on strategic planning. A disciplined effort in fundamental decision-making regarding the operations of an organization, such as concepts, procedures and managers’ tools.

Volunteer Management

Volunteers have been a critical part of the Ontario literacy field since the beginning of the literacy movement in this province.

Literacy organizations have been tutoring adults in small and large communities throughout Ontario for over 100 years. Volunteers were important many years ago, and they are still an integral part of Ontario literacy organizations today. In this module, learn what special value volunteers bring to your agency including national volunteer trends that reflect what’s happening at your agency.

Learner Recruitment

Literacy practitioners and from our knowledge of our local communities, including the results of provincial and national surveys, there is a need for literacy programs and tools for learner recruitment.

CLO’s June 2016 survey of Ontario’s community-based literacy agencies notes that meeting mandated learner numbers is still a top issue for programs.

Service Delivery

This module is an overview of the Information and Referral service for practitioners in LBS agencies’ delivery of service.

Create and foster a culture of service delivery in an organization by providing information on the many offerings of LBS service providers’ literacy training opportunities and their importance to learners, clients, volunteers, and referring organizations.

Succession Planning

This resource is a tool kit with a wealth of tools for agencies to use as they consider the future human resource requirements of their agency.

This project aims to help learn about the value of succession planning and being proactive in implementing a succession plan to allow even very small LBS agencies to continue to serve learners through staff replacement due to retirement, transition or unforeseen circumstances.

Orientation for New LBS Managers

This self-directed, self-study module gives an overview of how LBS-funded agencies in Ontario operate and the job of an LBS program manager or coordinator. 

This orientation is intended to be a starting point to become familiar with the various aspects of your job, before the orientation meeting with Regional Network support organization staff. 

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CLO Members

Recognized organizational members or associate members on CLO’s website as part of a collective voice for community-based literacy.