Ulster Literacy Association January 2009 Tutor Training
Wednesday Jan 21, Thursday Jan 22, Friday Jan 23. Snow date: Tuesday Jan 27
8:30-3:30 on all dates
The Tutor Training Workshop is 18 hours and is held at the ULA office:
635 Broadway
Kingston New York 12401
845-331-6837
info@ulsterliteracy.org
http://www.ulsterliteracy.org/
There is a fee of $20.00 to cover the cost of material and handouts. This is due at the time you sign up for a specific workshop. Download the application or call 331-6837 to register. The first half hour of the workshop is structured to give information and answer questions from prospective tutors so that there can be a clear understanding of what the workshop and the tutoring will entail. After that the workshop officially begins for those who choose to go forward toward becoming a tutor.
After the workshop, the ULA office will help tutor-student pairs find a mutually convenient public place to work together. It is expected that the tutor will meet with the student once or twice a week for about 1½ hours at a time. Meeting times can be weekdays, weekends, days or evenings; arrangements are made to fit both the tutor and the student’s availability. It is hoped that the tutor will tutor for at least a year. Many people thoroughly enjoy tutoring because the work is very rewarding, interesting and satisfying. The workshop also gives an opportunity to meet others who share that interest in volunteer work.
Ulster Literacy Association’s certification of new tutors carries with it certification by ProLiteracy Worldwide (a merger of the former organizations Laubach Literacy Action and Literacy Volunteers of America).
