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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Summer & Fall 2023

Online Training, by Barbara L. Hathaway
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Tuesdays, 6 - 8:15 pm
August 8, 15, 22, 29, September 5, & 12, 2023

Online Training, by Nancy Lama
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Wednesdays, 6 - 8 pm
September 6, 13, 20, 27, October 4, & 11, 2023

Online Training, by TBD
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Wednesdays, 9:30 - 11:30 am
October 4, 11, 18, 25, November 1, & 8, 2023

​Online Training, by TBD
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Tuesdays, 6 - 8:15 pm
November 7, 14, 21, 28, December 5, & 12, 2023

"The Podcast Puzzle: How to Listen to Podcasts," with Catherine Angus
Platform: Google Meet
Thursday, December 14, 2023, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
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"Curriculum Building for Diverse Groups of Learners," with Darnelle Richardson
Platform: Zoom
Thursday, November 16, 2023, 11 am - 12:30 pm
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"Grammar Instruction that Works: Looking at Lessons,"  with, Catherine Mitch
Platform: Google Meet
Thursday, October 19, 2023,  11:00 am – 12:30 pm
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"How Understanding Personality Can Improve Your Tutoring."with, Stephanie Mazzeo-Caputo
Platform: Google Meet
Thursday, September 21, 2023, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
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Winter & Spring 2024

Online Training, by TBD
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Tuesdays, 6 to 8 pm
January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, & 20, 2024

Online Training, by TBD
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Wednesdays, 9:30 - 11:30 am
January 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, & 21, 2024

 ​​​​​​​​​Online Training, by TBD
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Tuesdays, 6 to 8 pm
February 27, March 5, 12, 19, 26, & April 2, 2024

Online Training, by TBD
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Wednesdays, 6 - 8 pm
March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3, & 10, 2024

Online Training, by TBD
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Wednesdays, 9:30 - 11:30 am
May 15, 22, 29, June 5, 12, & 19, 2024

​​​Online Training, by TBD
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Tuesdays, 6 to 8 pm
June 4, 11, 18, 25, July 2, & 9, 2024

"Using Interactive Storytelling in the Classroom," with, Dr. Erik Jacobson
Platform: Google Meet
Thursday, January 18, 2024, 11 am - 12:30 pm
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Bi-Monthly Coffee Hour with Tutors
​with Cheryl Locastro

The bi-monthly coffee hour is an informal video call or in-person meeting 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 sessions will have a theme and other will be specifically designed so that general topics can be addressed. The call will be facilitated by LVA's tutor support specialist Cheryl Locastro, who will ensure information exchanged in the meetings is distributed to all tutors, including those who can't attend. Join us!

Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 3pm (General in-person meeting)
 
 
Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 3pm (Themed in-person meeting)
 
 
Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 3pm (General online meeting)
 
 
Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 3pm (Themed online meeting)
 
 
Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 3pm (General in-person meeting)

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For more information and to register for our workshops please contact us @

info@lvaep.org or (973) 566-6200 ext. 225

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Our calendar of events may be subject to change due to weather emergencies or enrollment.

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