One-On-One Tutoring
Tutors and adult learners decide together the specific times and places they will meet. Generally, they meet twice weekly for 1 to 1-1/2 hours each meeting. Materials are provided and there is a staffed Computer Lab at the library for computer-assisted instruction. Volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds. The only requirement is the ability to read and write and a willingness to share these skills with someone requesting help.
ABE Program (Adult Basic Education)
Tutors and adult learners decide together the specific times and places they will meet. Generally, they meet twice weekly for 1 to 1-1/2 hours each meeting. Materials are provided and there is a staffed Computer Lab at the library for computer-assisted instruction. Volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds. The only requirement is the ability to read and write and a willingness to share these skills with someone requesting help.
ABE Program (Adult Basic Education)
The Adult Basic Education program provides tutors for functionally illiterate adults whose first language is English, or who have a near native command of spoken English.
ESL Program ( English as a Second Language)
This program works with adults whose first language is not English and who lack basic skills in reading and writing English.
This program works with adults whose first language is not English and who lack basic skills in reading and writing English.
FFL Program (Families For Literacy)
Targets parents with low literacy skills. This program supports the important connection between an adult's emerging literacy skills and the transference of these skills to their children. Families for Literacy is designed to encourage and assist parents in taking their rightful place as their child's first and most important teacher. Through storytimes at the library, a gift book program designed to help families build a library at home, and adult literacy materials designed especially for parents, the intergenerational cycle of illiteracy can be broken. Special programs and services are also offered throughout the year, including Family Computer Night; NELLA (Nutrition Education for Low-Literate Adults) which provides workshops, computer programs, and nutrition kits for use in classrooms and small groups -- all designed to encourage more healthful eating; and Distance Learning coursework for parents unable to attend regular tutoring sessions.
Targets parents with low literacy skills. This program supports the important connection between an adult's emerging literacy skills and the transference of these skills to their children. Families for Literacy is designed to encourage and assist parents in taking their rightful place as their child's first and most important teacher. Through storytimes at the library, a gift book program designed to help families build a library at home, and adult literacy materials designed especially for parents, the intergenerational cycle of illiteracy can be broken. Special programs and services are also offered throughout the year, including Family Computer Night; NELLA (Nutrition Education for Low-Literate Adults) which provides workshops, computer programs, and nutrition kits for use in classrooms and small groups -- all designed to encourage more healthful eating; and Distance Learning coursework for parents unable to attend regular tutoring sessions.
