Volunteering in Literacy
This course is designed for people who are asking themselves, "What can I do to make my community a better place to live?" Orientation to Volunteering in Literacy will help you make that decision.
You will find information about:
This course will enable you to:
Here are the steps to taking the course:
You will find information about:
- The impact of low-literacy in America
- How volunteers play a vital role in helping to meet the need
- How to contact a local program to explore how YOU might become involved.
This course will enable you to:
- Understand the size of the literacy problem in the United States.
- Learn about the work of adult and family literacy programs and its effect on participants.
- Recognize the opportunity for volunteer contributions to literacy work.
- Assess your skills and abilities, and relate them to possible volunteer opportunities, e.g. English as a Second Language (ESL) or Adult Basic Literacy (ABL).
- Find a literacy program to which you might contribute your time.
Here are the steps to taking the course:
- Go to http://www.proliteracyednet.org/.
- Click on request for Basic Literacy Tutor Training Online Workshop.
- Create an account to access workshop. Remember userid and password.
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