Would you like to become a tutor? Here's how:
- Call 324-2486 or visit us at 883 Main Street, Sanford
- Meet with the Executive Director
- No prior teaching experience is required
- Free tutor training classes are provided
- Free continuing education is provided
- Tutor mentoring is available for new members
Tutor Advisory Group (TAG)
The Tutor Advisory Group plans workshops, develops guidelines, and offers support and a shared learning experience to new and existing tutors. A series of four workshops are planned for 2008-2009, and we also have a series of Internet and printed articles available to provide the continuing education required for re-certification. All tutors who have worked with a student for over one year are required to complete two modules for re-certification.
2009 - 2010 Workshop Schedule
- October 6 - Introduction to Computers
- October 20 - Tutoring - Writing Skills
- November 24 - Formulating Lesson Plans
- March TBA - Visualzing & Verbalizing
- April 13 - Teaching Math To Adults
- May 11 - Navigating Your Way To Health
Tutor Resources
See the links below for various resources that can help in formulating lesson plans, working with special needs students, and other topics.
- Thinkfinity Literacy Network
- Internet Tutor Resources
- Introduction to Computers Workshop
- Student PC Evaluation
- Math.com
- Dictionary.com
Continuing Education
Following the calendar year in which a tutor is initially trained and certified, all tutors are required to participate in and complete two hours of continuing education in-service training within the next year in order to retain certification status. If the tutor is unable to attend the in-service training, he or she has the option of: (1) reading an article relevant to adult literacy (assigned by TAG) and provide a written summary or (2) completing an on-line literacy course at Verizon Literacy Network.