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CHANGE A LIFE THROUGH LITERACY - BE A TUTOR!

When you become a volunteer tutor, you will help change someone’s life through literacy. But did you know that YOU will change your own life by having so much personal satisfaction and pride seeing someone learn? You will also make some great friends! Both full time Naples residents as well as part time residents are welcome to become tutors. LVCC tutors are the backbone of the organization. We would not be where we are today, helping hundreds of people in Collier County learn English, without tutors. But due to our growing population, we need more people to help teach English to new immigrants and low literate adults. It’s easy to join LVCC as a tutor volunteer. Here’s all you need to do and know:
 * Be a high school graduate.
 * Have a desire to help someone else learn to read, write, speak and understand English.
 * Devote two or three hours a week to your student.
 * Commit to one-year of tutoring after training is completed.

That’s it! You do not need to have proficiency in any foreign language nor have a teaching background. All that is required is that you attend three workshops, each consisting of three-hour sessions. The workshops are held at the LVCC offices located at 8833 Tamiami Trail East, Naples Fl 34113 or at the Lely Presbyterian Church on St. Andrews Boulevard, just next door to the Literacy Center. Our tutor trainers will give you the information and guidance you need to help someone learn English. The classes are fun and interesting and will prepare you to work effectively with students of all ages and backgrounds. The tutor curriculum includes topics such as working with adult learners, learning styles of non-native speakers, the reading and writing process, vocabulary, lesson planning, goal setting, cultural differences, etc.

If you are unsure about becoming a tutor, we offer a tutor orientation prior to the training workshops. You will be provided more information about tutoring adults and will be able to ask questions of experienced tutors about the tutoring process.

The typical tutor training workshop outline is:
 * ** Who are we? **


 * ** What is tutoring all about? **


 * ** How can we do this? Strategies and Activities **


 * ** How do we pull it all together? The Lesson Plan **


 * ** What's left? **

Unlike a traditional teaching environment where the teacher decides what the class will learn, tutoring is student focused. LVCC’s tutoring program is focused on meeting the individual student’s goals and objectives. Tutors will meet with the student and discuss his/her goals and objectives and create lesson plans to help meet those goals. At the end of the tutor training period, tutors receive a Pro-Literacy Tutor Certification and are matched with a student. We attempt to pair tutors and students based on the information given us about the preferred days, time frames, and locations for both parties. Tutors and students usually meet twice a week in a public place such as a library, a community building, a mall, and so forth. They may also use the LVCC offices when space is available. In addition, tutors are assigned to a mentor to answer questions and guaranty success in the new role.

Following graduation, there is a one and a half hour roundtable that reviews tutoring materials available in the LVCC library and on our Wikispace plus sample lesson plans for your first several student lessons. Tutors get the opportunity to discuss the materials, how they work with various student levels, and get tips for working with students and websites which can help tutors with class and homework ready materials.

The LVCC staff is always available to help tutors at anytime make this a positive and beneficial experience. For more information about how you can become a volunteer tutor, contact Linda Stewart at 239.262.4448, ext. 304. Thank you for your support!

//**WHEN YOU SUPPORT LITERACY, EVERYBODY WINS!** //

**Check out the dates for our next trainings !!!**




Class of new tutors - March 2015

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