School days are upon us
Vacation is nearly over, so sharpen your pencils, update your calendar, and get ready to help adult learners improve their literacy skills.
Portland Literacy Council is nearing the end of its summer hiatus, and it's time to announce our training schedule and to help community literacy programs recruit volunteers.
Read on for today's announcements.
2017-18 Tutor Training Schedule
Portland Literacy Council has scheduled three tutor training workshops:
Fall Workshops
September 16 & 23, 2017
PCC Sylvania Campus
12000 SW 49th Avenue
Room TCB 212
Portland OR 97209
Online registration opens Tuesday, August 15, 2017. See the
For Tutors page on the PLC Website for a link to online registration. (The link is generally available by mid-morning. Thanks to Board member Cheryl Thoen for her website expertise.)
Winter Workshops
January 2018
PCC Cascade Campus
Spring Workshops
April 2018
PCC Southeast Campus
Training workshops include two consecutive Saturdays from 9 am-4 pm. Topics include foundations and tutoring strategies for teaching listening, speaking, reading, and writing to adult learners (adult basic ed or English learners; no math or GED test prep). Preregistration and payment are required: $30 (local program volunteer) or $50 (other programs).
St. Anthony ESL needs tutors for fall term
ST. ANTHONY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
9905 SW McKenzie Street, Tigard
Classes begin September 12.
We need a teacher for Intermediate ESL classes on Tuesday and assistants for Beginner 2, Intermediate, and Advanced ESL on Thursday. Class times are 7 to 8:30pm both nights.
What we ask for in experience and training is very flexible. A person who can meet items 1-3 below is ideal, regardless of their training. Anyone interested in developing their skills (items 1-3) will be welcome and encouraged.
- Able to commit to either Tuesday night or Thursday night with very few absences, preferably for the whole year, certainly for a 3 month block.
- Comfortable teaching English grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, and conversation, using structured content, but also comfortable adding on real-life, ad-hoc teaching matched to the classroom situation each night.
- Comfortable in a multi-cultural environment; honors students' cultures and pulls from students' cultures to provide reference points to the course content.
