Combined Literacy Tutor Training Workshops
Our tutor-training program is a comprehensive 18-hour course designed to prepare volunteers to teach essential language skills to adults. We teach volunteers how to assess the life and literacy skills that adult students already have, how to determine which ones they want and need to acquire in order to overcome the obstacles they face, and how to design a plan of study that will help them achieve their goals. Along the way trainees discover how basic language is acquired, how adults learn effectively, and which techniques are most useful in developing listening, speaking, reading and writing skills for students of Basic Literacy and English for Speakers of Other Languages. Our training stresses working with multiple students in small groups in a patient, non-threatening environment in which tutor and student are equals.
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Tutor Support Workshops
Our tutors complete 18 hours of instruction in a training program considered rigorous and comprehensive. But, for those who feel they could use a little extra help along the way, our education program never really ends. Each month we offer a different professional development seminar, called Tutor Support Workshops, where adult education experts and skilled tutors walk our volunteers through new techniques that have proven successful in the adult classroom. The themes of the workshop vary: they run from teaching basic grammar, to pronunciation and accent reduction, to use of the graphic novel (similar to comics), to utilizing the lyrics of popular folk songs to teach vocabulary and comprehension, and everything in between. Statistically, the Tutor Support Workshops have helped improve our retention of tutors.
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Winter & Spring 2022
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Online Training, by Barbara Hathaway
Platform: Zoom Tuesdays, 6 - 8 pm March 8, 15, 22, 29, & April 5, 2022 Online Training, by Barbara Hathaway Platform: Zoom Tuesdays, 6 - 8 pm January 11, 18, 25, February 1, & 8, 2022 |
"Taking the Fear out of Speaking," with, Darnelle Richardson Platform: Google Meet Thursday, April 21, 2022 12 pm - 2:30 pm Download PDF "Using Images With your Students," with, Catherine Angus Platform: Google Meet Tuesday, March 15, 2021 11 am - 12:30 pm Download PDF "Using Interactive Storytelling in the Classroom," with Dr. Erik Jacobson Platform: Google Meet Tuesday, February 15, 2021 11 am - 12:30 pm Download PDF "Teaching Reading Comprehension Skills Through Effective Questioning," with Catherine Mitch Platform: Google Meet Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:30 am – 2:00 pm Download PDF |
Summer & Fall 2021
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Online Training, by Catherine Mitch
Platform: Zoom Tuesdays, 6 - 8 pm October 19, 26, November 2, 9 & 16, 2021 Online Training, by Barbara Hathaway Platform: Zoom Tuesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm August 3, 10, 17, 24, & 31, 2021 |
"How Understanding Personality Can Improve Your Tutoring,"
with Stephanie Mazzeo-Caputo Platform: Google Meet Tuesday, December 14, 2021 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Download PDF “Easy Guide for Working with Small Group,” with Barbara Hathaway Platform: Zoom Tuesday, November 16, 2021 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Download PDF "Informal Assessment Strategies," with Diana Sefchik Platform: Google Meet Tuesday, October 19, 2021 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Download PDF |
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Monthly Coffee Hour with Tutors
The monthly coffee hour is an informal video call where tutors can meet up to share experiences, discuss challenges and celebrate successes. Tutors are invited to bring resources to share with other tutors. Some monthly sessions might have a theme. The call will be facilitated by LVA's tutor support specialist Catherine Angus, who will ensure information exchanged in the meetings is distributed to all tutors, including those who can't attend. Join us!
Tuesday, September 29, 2021 at 1 pm
Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 1pm
Topic: shared lesson bank on google drive
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 1 pm
Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 4 pm
Tuesday, February 8, 2020 at 1 pm
Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 1 pm
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 1 pm
Thursday, May 12, 2022 a 1 pm
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 1 pm
Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 1pm
Topic: shared lesson bank on google drive
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 1 pm
Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 4 pm
Tuesday, February 8, 2020 at 1 pm
Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 1 pm
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 1 pm
Thursday, May 12, 2022 a 1 pm
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 1 pm
For more information and to register for our workshops please contact us @
info@lvaep.org or (973) 566-6200 ext. 225
info@lvaep.org or (973) 566-6200 ext. 225
Our calendar of events may be subject to change due to weather emergencies or enrollment.