Welcome to your Online Tutor Training!
The objective for this training is to provide you with the guidance and knowledge to become a literacy volunteer for a literacy organization in our state.
Things to do prior to starting this training.
1. Complete Orientation or Application process with the organization you wish to volunteer for
2. Be directed by the literacy organization to complete this online tutor training
3. Review the Overview of the Training
An Assessment Worksheet of the knowledge you have gained Is available here!
ProLiteracy Education Network is a comprehensive collection of online courses and resources for adult literacy and ESOL instructors, program staff, trainers, and adult learners.
If you need help navigating our new site, watch our orientation video.
- See more at: https://proliteracy.org/Professional-Development/Education-Network#sthash.2ZLgCexO.dpuf
LINCS-
Literacy Information and Communication System
Professional Development Opportunities
Online Reading Manual for additional information
Applying Research in Reading Instruction for Adults: First Steps for Teachers PDF, written by Susan McShane and published in 2005 through the National Institutes for Literacy. It describes reading strategies using the most rigorous scientific reading research available for teaching reading. You may download the PDF document. Please note: The book is no longer available for order.
Learning to Think, Learning to Learn Jennifer Cromley
This is an excellent PDF textbook about adult learning and supplement to your training. Click on image to view the document.
There was a young man walking down a deserted beach just before dawn. In the distance he saw a frail old man. As he approached the old man, he saw him picking up stranded starfish and throwing them back into the sea. The young man gazed in wonder as the old man again and again threw the small starfish from the sand to the water. He asked, “Old man, why do you spend so much energy doing what seems to be a waste of time.” The old man explained that the stranded starfish would die if left in the morning sun. “But there must be thousands of beaches and millions of starfish!” exclaimed the young man. “How can you make a difference?” The old man looked at the small starfish in his hand and as he threw it to the safety of the sea, he said, “It makes a difference to this one!”