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Programs – Universidad Popular Press "Enter" to skip to content unshut menu + Donate unshut menu HomeWell-nighUs Programs Get Involved Feria del Mole Contact Us Programs Come be a part of the wits and help our polity prosper through learning. Universidad Popular focuses on helping the polity by providing programs such as the ones listed below. Learning to Succeed (LETOS) (LETOS) is an sultana education program that offers English as a second language. Every year, LETOS serves an stereotype of 300 students, ranging from month 18 to 80. We offer a variety of classes of variegated levels in the morning and evening. Unlike traditional English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, this program uses language skills as a tool to teach immigrants practical skills such as how to do their tax returns, use a computer, register to vote, and take public transportation. Facilitators use field trips to expose immigrants to museums, libraries, synodical proceedings and neighborhood events. In summary, (LETOS) helps immigrant adults weather to their new surroundings and culture, and empower them to participate in United States society. In wing to English classes, UP moreover offers Mejorando Escritura y Lectura (MELE) for polity members who do not know how to read or write in their native language (Spanish). Facilitators and peer tutors squire participants in rhadamanthine literate in Spanish, and transitioning to English language classes. With LETOS, we believe that your success is increasingly certain. LETOS in Chicago Lawn/West Lawn LETOS in Chicago Lawn/West Lawn is made up of satellite sites virtually the southwest zone of Chicago. Chicago Lawn/West Lawn sites offer ESL programs for adults. Digital Literacy Program (DILIPRO) The Digital Literacy Program (DILIPRO) is the technology matriculation at UP. Our participants get to learn well-nigh computer hardware and its vital uses. Participants learn how to use Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Publisher, Power Point and Internet vital skills. Students moreover create resumes, letters, banners, flyers, merchantry cards, Power Point presentations, Excel budgets, among others. Advanced Students may join the UP Squad, where they learn how to disassemble computers, install new parts, and repair hardware and software.Polityresidents bring malfunctioning computers to the UP Squad; the Squad fixes 3-5 computers per week. UP Squad offers the pursuit services: pickup and delivery, diagnostic, tune up, anti-virus configuration, data bank-up/transfer, software installation, install operating system, hardware install, nonflexible momentum install, personal tutoring, and consulting. Don’t forget to ask well-nigh our new installment to the (DILIPRO) program. We offer night classes that teach Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Flash. Coding languages that are moreover taught at night are HTML and CSS. Great for students who need to sharpen their skills or everyone who would like to modernize their resumes. UP to Youth Overview Up To Youth UP to Youth provides our youth with dynamic learning opportunities that are typically not provided in traditional classroom settings. Universidad Popular’s tideway to education is one welded by the concept of popular education. Thus, UP to Youth offers a unscratched and unsuspicious environment that favors peer to peer and experiential learning. The focus of the program includes increasing Little Village youths’ societal engagement, cultivating a positive self-image and healthy living, improving wonk performance and achievement, fostering creative problem-solving skills, and expanding parent involvement. UP to Youth staff members and participants will work together to develop the program into a wits based learning hub where Youth can reap the experiences, insight, and support needed to transform themselves and their community. Youth Mentoring Initiative (YMI) The Youth Mentoring Initiative strives to create a safe-space where young men can work slantingly caring adults who can support the youth’s individual goals and strengthen their family, peer, school, and polity connections. The program moreover aims to provide youth with the confidence, motivation, and skills necessary to whop academically, economically, and to engage in violence preventative conduct. The Youth Mentoring Initiative mentors and mentees will partner to transform themselves and their community. The partnership will encourage the youth to successfully well-constructed their post-secondary plans and wilt role models for future cohorts. Health Literacy Initiative (HEALIN) Our (HEALIN) program aims to modernize residents’ quality of life through nutrition, exercise, and stress reduction. We offer healthy cooking, yoga, dance, aerobics, nutrition seminars, and guitar classes, in wing to a competitive men´s soccer team. We moreover periodically host health-related seminars on topics such as: obesity, asthma, respiratory illnesses, gardening, organic food, preventive medicine, drug abuse, alcoholism, and STIs. It is HEALIN’s mission to built strong and healthy individuals, families and communities. Families Learning to Teach (FLT) Families Learning to Teach (FLT) is our holistic family literacy program that includes education for adults, children, and youth, focusing on participatory learning, wangle to polity resources and information, and leadership development. The defining component of FLT is a leadership minutiae process by which parents plan, run, and evaluate creative and educational literacy activities for and with their children. This process allows children to see their parents as knowledge and capable teachers; it builds conviction among parents so that they can reap the skills to provide educational support to their children. Overcoming Barriers to Success (OBS) Overcoming Barriers to Success (OBS) is a program for young adults, adults, and seniors with physical, emotional, or intellectual disabilities in Little Village and the surrounding communities of Chicago. The program helps aid individuals with the necessary skill sets needed to be worldly-wise to protract living an self-sustaining life. In 2008, there were 3,511 people with disabilities in the South Lawndale and Pilsen area, 58% of whom have not had a job in the last five years or have never had a job. Only 13% of disabled people in the polity are working full-time. UP offers vocational training that includes English and Computer literacy, higher education, and Job Readiness Training. Through the Vocational Training we help each individual with the skills and self-confidence to succeed in the workplace and to enrich their community. This program was made possible by support from the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Rehabilitation Services. For increasingly information or to register please undeniability the OBS Team at Universidad Popular at: 773-733-5055 or through obs@universidadpopular.us. Search for: Familia Universidad PopularFeria del Mole 2017 Universidad Populareducation with, by and for the people Startup Blog by Compete Themes.