By Tiffany Kallam, Detention Center Coordinator

What: Reading Connections Tutor Conference

When: Saturday, October 24th from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon

Where: South University

Address: 3975 Premier Dr, High Point, NC 27265

Session I

 Evidence Based Writing, and Intelligibility: Say What?

Session II

Contextualized Instruction, Math, Constant Time Delay Procedures in Reading

Thank you to those of you who have already responded! For those that haven't yet, please respond as soon as possible.  

Kiara Coulman  is our new full time Greensboro ABE Coordinator. Many of you worked with  Kiara  in her previous capacity as an AmeriCorps member, working with both the ABE and ESOL programs. Kiara has most recently served as Intake Coordinator in which she welcomed new students to the agency. We are excited for the support she will bring to our ABE Program!

We welcom e Lydia Davis as our new High Point ABE Coordinator!  Lydia has been a part of the Reading Connections family for the last two years. She started in 2013 as the Health Literacy AmeriCorps member, moved to Volunteer Services Coordinator in 2014, and will now also be fulfilling the role of ABE Coordinator in High Point.  We are excited to have her continue being a part of Reading Connections!

Please email Lydia at  [email protected]  if you are interested in attending. 

Wow. When we decided to look into how many tutors have been with us for more than three years we were blown away by the number...there are more than fifty!!! Obviously, we needed to do something to show our gratitude, so we hosted a tea party in their honor.

The event was held at the Kathleen Clay Edwards branch of the Greensboro Library on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015. You tutors are busy people, so we were happy to see those who were able to attend, but missed you others as well.

Amid sweet snacks and coffee poured into cups that sat on doilies, tutors shared their stories of when they first joined Reading Connections. Each one was asked to say what they would tell a new tutor today, as they begin with their first student. One said, "Remember to be open-minded." Another said, "You will learn more from your student than you ever expected," and the room became full of heads nodding in agreement.

"We couldn't do what we do without you!" Those were the words from the mouth of our executive director, Jenny Gore, as she warmly thanked the tutors for their very existence. One by one each tutor came to the front of the room and received a certificate acknowledging their long time of service with Reading Connections. A hearty round of applause was given to all. Back at their seats the tutors also received a gift certificate for Ed McKay's Used Books.  We hope that a good time was had by all.

Below is a list of our Long Time Tutors. Thank you all so much!

 

Lynn Allison Michael Artman Joanne Audas Eddie Bass Florence Bennett Diane Brenner Wade Britt Dianne Brown James Carmichael Eileen Cirincione Sarah Colville Bob Commerson Anne Dumont Kathy Dunn Sian Erskine Adele Filip Sarah Freeman

Andee Gable Cynthia Hall Barbara Hayden Nicki Idol Harold Imbus Raymond Joye Joan Kramer Greyson Kuhn Candice Lemon Douglas Lyddon Helen MacKay Ann Mills John Moehlman Claire Morse Elizabeth Murphy Lewvenia Parks Bob Reetz

Vedrene Reid Elizabeth Riggs Antoinette Russell Richard Sears John Setchfield Mary Shingledecker Monty Simpson Mary Sizemore Janice Smullen Anita Steele Julia Stevens Martha Stewart Renee Vaughn-Goode Dee Wallace Chuck White Jackie Wilson