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 2021
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Online Training, by Catherine Mitch
Platform: Zoom Tuesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm March 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30, 2021 Online Training, by Karen Cardell & Mary O’Connor Platform: Google Meet Fridays, 6:00 – 8:00 pm February 19, 26, March 5, 12, & 19, 2021 Canceled |
"Access and use issues of online platforms, websites, and apps that support your objectives," with Catherine Angus
Platform: Google Meet Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Download PDF "Teaching Reading Comprehension Skills Through Effective Questioning," with Catherine Mitch Platform: Google Meet Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Download PDF "Comprehension Strategies in Adult Literacy Instruction," with Erik Jacobson Platform: Google Meet Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 11:00 am -12:30 pm Download PDF "Get to Know Your Students on a Personal Level," with Diana Sefchik Platform: Google Meet Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Download PDF "Easy Guide for Working with Small Groups," with Barbara Hathaway Platform: Zoom Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Download PDF |
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Fall 2020
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Online Training, by Catherine Mitch
Platform: Zoom Tuesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm November 10, 17, 24, & December 1, 2020 Online Training, by Barbara Hathaway Platform: Zoom Thursdays 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm October 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2020 |
"Building Vocabulary Through Stories," with Mary O’Connor
Platform: Google Meet Tuesday, December 8, 2020, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Download PDF "Writing Prompts for the Classroom," with Dr. Erik Jacobson Platform: Google Meet Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 11 am - 12:30 pm Download PDF "Helping Students Overcome Their Fear of Speaking," with Abby Kane Platform: Zoom Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Download PDF "Laughter is the Best Teacher," with Lisa Batitto Platform: Zoom Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Download PDF "Making Distance Learning More Engaging," with Ann Moore Platform: Zoom Wednesday, August 12,2020, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Download PDF |
For more information and to register for our workshops please contact us @
info@lvaep.org or (973) 566-6200 ext. 217
info@lvaep.org or (973) 566-6200 ext. 217
Our calendar of events may be subject to change due to weather emergencies or enrollment.