DEVI

SANSTHAN
Dignity Education
Vision International

Leave no one behind

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Dear Student Volunteer:

The Global Dream Disruptive Literacy Now Mission comes in both the physical form
(the Toolkits you have received) and in the Literacy Now App. “Go, do it!”
Dalsheel Safari, Child Actor,
Literacy Now is a compulsory part of the Socially Useful and Productive Work (SUPW) Taare Zameen Par,
at your school. This will reflect in your report cards for half-yearly and annual exams Friend of Global Dream
as a grade. You will also receive certificate as a Leader of Change once your learners
become literate and numerate as per the verification process on the app.

Please register yourself and your learners immediately by downloading the link:
learn.literacynow.app on a mobile. The App and the Toolkit provides all that you need
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to teach them. Global Dream is the fastest way to make a child or adult capable of
foundational skills of literacy and numeracy.

Teaching sessions are for 15 minutes daily. Daily teaching is more powerful than
longer sessions once or twice a week. Do not teach letters like ‘a se anar’. Instead,
teach the Global Dream way – from pictures – to sounds – to words. Don’t put ‘se’ in
"Give someone a break.
the middle. Just as shown. Be extremely patient. Do not tell the answers yourself.
Have a heart for literacy!"
Komal Gandhi, Grade 9 Volunteer
You can ask your family members or others to help you with this project. With their Komal is currently studying at
help your goal is to make at least one child (like a child-out-of-school) or adult Harvard University this year.
learner (like you maid) literate. The learners should not know how to read or write at Service makes you shine!

present.

The first goal is to make your learners capable of READING within this summer break.
Then you can teach them how to write. You can teach numeracy from the beginning,
or after they have learned to read. The entire project is not complete until your learner
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passes the verification process on the app, and can demonstrate they can read, write
and do basic arithmetic.

The first Festival of Literacy will be held at your campus immediately after the
Summer Break. Prepare a portfolio of your journey with your learner(s) till date. A
second Festival of Literacy will be held later in the year to celebrate successful
completion of your mission. "The best opportunity
ever to make a
difference. Grab it."
You will learn many 21st Century Skills as the New Education Policy 2020 requires: to
take a project from its beginning to the end, to overcome the difficulties along the Aman Siddiqui, Actor
Bhoothnath Returns
way, to take initiative and involve others, to lead change, to set goals, to manage
Friend of Global Dream
time, and to not give up. We also learn much more when we teach others.

Share pictures and videos of your work on the class group throughout the Summer DID YOU KNOW?
Break and call your class teachers in case you run into any difficulties. 1. 70% of 10-year-old children
cannot read or write post-
COVID?
The Principal
2. 53% of the 10-year-olds
could not read or write
before the COVID.
Leave no one behind! Login and upload your 3. Millions of children have left
pictures and videos school due to the COVID
740 840 6000 and are not coming back,
www.dignityeducation.org wiping out 20 years of gains
in education. (UNICEF /
info@dignityeducation.org UNESCO)

/globaldream2f2e /DEVI_Sansthan /globaldream

1 Register yourself immediately

2
Add your learner(s) as quickly as
possible

3
Take pre-test of the learner(s) before
you start to teach them
SIGNUP AS
VOLUNTEER

4
Teach by using videos on the app in
addition to your physical toolkit

5 Play games to reinforce learning

Consolidate reading skills by getting

6 your learners to read stories from
inside storyweaver (16,000 stories)

7 Take post-test of the learner(s)

Verify that your learner(s) are both

8 literate and numerate

Get certificate for yourself and the

9 learner(s) and good grades in your
report cards
Make a DREAM PORTFOLIO
Make a DREAM PORTFOLIO of your work
with the learners as suggested here. Add
creative ideas of your own. Let this be
your portfolio for life!
A Assess
Register yourself and your learners on
www.literacynow.app. Add new learners
as you teach more of them. Take a pre-
test of your learners on the app before
you begin teaching. This will give you a
good understanding of where your
learners are today and to gauge how
much difference you have made by your
efforts. Give your learners the post-test
after mastery of all the objectives of
literacy and numeracy.
C Chronicle
Keep a log of your daily progress,
accomplishments and challenges. Plan
for your next session and note down any
homework assignments you give your
learner.
Lessons / Modules Taught
Today’s Date or Mastered
T Treasure
Write something about your learners,
their family, likes and dislikes, aspirations
and personal journeys till date. Include
pictures or sketches of the learners and
their families with you.
S Share
© What are you enjoying the most?
© How do you maintain the interest of
the learners?
© How do you handle the difficulties
you or your learners face at times?
© What are you learning from the
learners?
Watch videos on
YouTube.com/globaldream
'How to Teach the Global Dream Way'
and 'Children Leading Change'
As Easy as A C T S
Share entries in your portfolio on social
media and invite your friends and family
to become champs for literacy by
teaching learners of their own. Share
your portfolio at forthcoming Festivals of
Literacy.
PRE & POST TEST
Keep a record of the practice work and
tests in your portfolio.
Ask for VERIFICATION on the app once
your learners are ready for third-party
evaluation. We know you are working to
make a difference. In acknowledgment,
you will receive your much deserved
certificate as a Literacy Champion and
we will find more ways to celebrate your
success.
KEEP A LOG
Maybe sometimes you can lend the
learners the books in this Toolkit but
make sure these are returned. They are
your copy and you can use one set with
multiple learners.
Homework Observations &
Assignment Memorable Moments
WHO’S WHO
You are a leader of change when you
inspire others to join hands with you at
home and beyond! Write about those
who are helping you with this project and DEDICATED TO
how they are contributing in making your
project successful. This Teach At Least One
Campaign is dedicated to
the CMS Founders,
Drs Jagdish and Bharti
Gandhi, for inspiring
YOUR VIEWS MATTER countless children to their
© How is this project affecting your inner greatness.
thinking about careers, people, social
needs? In what ways is it inspiring
you?
DID YOU KNOW?
© Share in what ways you are
1. 287 million
fortunate compared to those you are
teaching? (See Did You Know? facts 2. 32 million children out of school
on the right). and this has likely doubled post
COVID.
IMPORTANT!
Register yourself and your learners immediately. 3. 49.7%
www.literacynow.app
Don't give up until your learners
5. 72.2%
Scan Me have been verified as literate!