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The Training Module is divided into several sections. Please run through the module sections and video segments below and then answer the ten-question assessment following the presentation.
The Training Module is divided into several sections. Please run through the module sections and video segments below and then answer the ten-question assessment following the presentation.
The Training Modules and video segments are mp4 videos; there is a pop-out command in the upper right corner of each video for an expanded view.
The Training Modules and video segments are mp4 videos; there is a pop-out command in the upper right corner of each video for an expanded view.
The first section of the tutor training module has ended.
The first section of the tutor training module has ended.
Please view the following video, queued to the intended beginning
Please view the following video, queued to the intended beginning
(please watch until 4:55).
(please watch until 4:55).
Is this an aspect of adult literacy that you had considered before today?
Is this an aspect of adult literacy that you had considered before today?
How difficult would life be if you were unable to read instructions or follow written steps?
How difficult would life be if you were unable to read instructions or follow written steps?
From the Adult Literacy Fact Sheet:
From the Adult Literacy Fact Sheet:
$232 Billion in Healthcare Costs due to low literacy in adults
$232 Billion in Healthcare Costs due to low literacy in adults
You are encouraged to watch the complete video above to hear the positive effect literacy has had on people's lives. Please ponder the following questions:
You are encouraged to watch the complete video above to hear the positive effect literacy has had on people's lives. Please ponder the following questions:
- Which stories had the deepest impact on you?
- What positive aspects of literacy did the tutees mention in their personal stories?
Please continue with the next section of the tutor training module.
Please continue with the next section of the tutor training module.
At 0:30, there will be a focusing activity to get you to think about privilege, and to consider if there have been any privileges in your life that enabled you to achieve what you have so far.
At 0:30, there will be a focusing activity to get you to think about privilege, and to consider if there have been any privileges in your life that enabled you to achieve what you have so far.
Pause the video in order to read the content on the four screens. It may be helpful to have a small piece of scrap paper on which to make notations.
Pause the video in order to read the content on the four screens. It may be helpful to have a small piece of scrap paper on which to make notations.
At 1:02, there is a final screen with the questions to consider around the advantages the student tutees may not have had in their lives.
At 1:02, there is a final screen with the questions to consider around the advantages the student tutees may not have had in their lives.
The second section of the tutor training module has ended.
The second section of the tutor training module has ended.
Please continue Part 3 below.
Please continue Part 3 below.
The third section of the tutor training module has ended.
The third section of the tutor training module has ended.
Please view the following two (2) short videos on Growth Mindset.
Please view the following two (2) short videos on Growth Mindset.
For tutors:
For tutors:
- praise effort and hard work
- praise process/choices
- praise positive outcomes
“I like how you kept at it.”
“I like how you kept at it.”
“I’m impressed by your effort.”
“I’m impressed by your effort.”
“Your hard work has brought you far.”
“Your hard work has brought you far.”
“You’re so smart.” (avoid this kind of phrase as it implies that a person is ‘born’ a certain way and it can’t be changed. We want to show possibilities!)
(video is aimed at tutees but important for tutors to watch and understand as well)
(video is aimed at tutees but important for tutors to watch and understand as well)
Growth needs time to build and reinforce neural pathways
Growth needs time to build and reinforce neural pathways
Not clock time (hours), but rather
Not clock time (hours), but rather
Calendar time (weeks, months, years)
Calendar time (weeks, months, years)
(as well as practice, effort, diet, health, sleep, actively participating in education))
(as well as practice, effort, diet, health, sleep, actively participating in education))
Disability Quiz for Tutor Training - LBCLP Logo color.docxDisability quiz
Disability quiz
Take a look at the statements in the embedded document and decide if the physical description is a disability or not.
Take a look at the statements in the embedded document and decide if the physical description is a disability or not.
The Americans with Disabilities Act defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
The Americans with Disabilities Act defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
- How did you determine your answers?
- Are there different kinds of disability?
- Is corrected vision still an impairment?
- Does corrected vision limit one or more major life activities?
(there are legally-defined disabilities and medically-defined disabilities that conflict with each other )
One final question to ponder:
One final question to ponder:
Is low literacy a disability?
Is low literacy a disability?
PS: this is a quiz with no answers, it's a philosophical exercise :-)
This is the final section of the tutor training module.
This is the final section of the tutor training module.
Please view the video called "The Danger of a Single Story."
Please view the video called "The Danger of a Single Story."
The pertinent section is 2:59-4:14; the remainer of the video is quite interesting if you have time and motivation.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
(queued to start on play at 2:59-4:14)
This brief video has a powerful message about the assumptions we make about “other people”
This brief video has a powerful message about the assumptions we make about “other people”
Reflection:
Reflection:
- Why is this author telling this story from her childhood?
- What is problematic about the “single story”?
- What is the relationship between stories/literature and power?
The Tutor Training module is finished.
The Tutor Training module is finished.
Please answer the ten (10) questions in the Google Forms assessment that follows.
Please answer the ten (10) questions in the Google Forms assessment that follows.
After hitting "Submit", an email alert is sent to the program coordinator, who will contact you .
After hitting "Submit", an email alert is sent to the program coordinator, who will contact you .
What kinds of questions do you have about the training, about literacy, the learning process, or tutees?
What kinds of questions do you have about the training, about literacy, the learning process, or tutees?
You may not have any questions now, but as you think on this material something may spring to mind.
You may not have any questions now, but as you think on this material something may spring to mind.
Please feel free to ask by email, text, voice, or video.
Please feel free to ask by email, text, voice, or video.
Currently, the Linn Benton Community Literacy Program is supporting Linn-Benton Community College guidelines regarding distance learning. The program coordinator is able to help with getting tutors and tutees online for distance learning.
Currently, the Linn Benton Community Literacy Program is supporting Linn-Benton Community College guidelines regarding distance learning. The program coordinator is able to help with getting tutors and tutees online for distance learning.
As soon as LBCC officials and/or Linn & Benton libraries give a full green light for face-to-face activity, we will pass that information on to you.
As soon as LBCC officials and/or Linn & Benton libraries give a full green light for face-to-face activity, we will pass that information on to you.
List of required steps for Tutoring
From Tutor Training Module
"What do I need to do to be a tutor?"
- Wait for matching with student tutee
- If matched with tutee, check-ins with coordinator
- Fill out a survey in June
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