Literacy Volunteers of America, Essex & Passaic Counties, NJ Inc.
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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.

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.

Winter & Spring 2023

​​​​​​Online Training, by TBD
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Thursdays 9:30 to 11:30 am
June 8, 15, 22, 29, July 6, 13, 2023

Online Training, by TBD
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Wednesdays, 6 to 8 pm
May 10, 17, 24, 31, June 7 & 14, 2023

Online Training, by TBD
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Tuesdays 6 to 8:15 p.m.
May 9, 16, 23, 30 & June 6 & 13, 2023

​​Online Training, by Nancy Lama
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Tuesdays, 6 to 8 pm
March 14, 21, 28, April 4, 11, & 18, 2023

Online Training, by Nancy Lama
Platform: Zoom (sponsored by LNJ)
Wednesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
January 25, February 1, 8, 15, 22, & March 1, 2023
"From Dialogs to Role Plays
Developing Conversation Skills with ESL Students,"
 with Todd Evans
Platform: Google Meet
Thursday, May 18, 2023
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
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"Understanding LVA’s Role in Adult Education,"
 with Cristhian Barcelos
Platform: Google Meet
Monday, April 17, 2023
5 pm - 6:30 pm
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"Using Cinema to Enhance the ESL Learning Experience,"
 with Antonio Brugnoli
Platform: Zoom
Thursdays, March 16, 2023
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
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"Using Health Data in Adult Literacy Instruction,"
 with Eric Appleton (sponsored by LNJ)
Platform: Zoom
Thursdays, February 9 & 23, 2023
6 pm - 7:30 pm
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"Using Interactive Storytelling in the Classroom," 
with Dr. Erik Jacobson
Platform: Google Meet
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
​11 am - 12:30 pm
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Summer & Fall 2022

 Online Training, by Barbara Hathaway
Platform: Zoom (coordinated by LNJ)
Tuesdays, 6 - 8:15 pm
November 1, 8, 15, 29, & December 6 , 2022

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Online Training, by Barbara Hathaway
Platform: Zoom (coordinated by LNJ)
Tuesdays, 6 - 8:15 pm
September 13, 20, 27, October 6 & 11, 2022
"Teaching Beginner ESL Students Through Ventures,"
with Maria Paduano
Platform: Zoom
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
11 am - 12:30 pm
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"Grammar Instruction that Works,"
 with Catherine Mitch
Platform: Google Meet
Thursday, November 17, 2022
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
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"Teaching Listening Skills,"
with Carol Cochi, Ph.D.
Platform: Google Meet
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
11 am – 12:30 pm
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"Using The Language Experience Approach,"
 with Darnelle Richardson
Platform: Google Meet
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
​11 am - 12:30 pm
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Monthly Coffee Hour with Tutors

​   The quarterly 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 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 Catherine Angus, who will ensure information exchanged in the meetings is distributed to all tutors, including those who can't attend. Join us!
Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 4:30pm (General meeting)


Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 4:30pm (Themed meeting)


Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 4:30pm (General meeting)

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Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 4:30pm (Themed meeting)

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

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

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

Contact Us
90 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 | (973) 566-6200 x225
195 Gregory Avenue, Passaic, NJ 07055 | (973) 470-0039

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