FREE COURSE APRIL 9-30!

The Florida Literacy Coalition is  facilitating an online tutor training course APRIL 9-30.  Users can go through the course at their own leisure during these three weeks and get familiarized with adult basic education and ESL techniques.

If you have already been through the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County's Tutor Training, you'll be able to review content in this course.

To register for this course, click on this link: 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PRD37TQ

Help for Tutors!

Don't forget to check this website, created by Florida Literacy Coalition for tutors:  http://floridaliteracy.org/tutor_help_center.html

It includes strategies, tips, lesson plans and handouts for literacy and English learners.

If you find other helpful websites for tutors, please share them with us.

Tutoring Class of January 2012!

On Saturday, January 28, we had twenty-eight enthusiastic volunteers attend our Tutor Training at Palm Beach State College!  Trainer Megan Richards spent the day with them, reviewing tutoring strategies and techniques. 

They will now go out into the community and begin working with adult learners to improve their reading skills and learn English as a second language.

To our new tutors:  Thank you for your interest, your energy and your passion.  You will impact many lives in our County through your efforts!

March Tutor Training

Our next Tutor Training will be on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth.

To register online go to http://www.literacypbc.org/ or contact Jeanne Heavilin at (561) 921-4713 or jheavilin@literacypbc.org for a registration form.

Games for your student

This is a great website and it's free to join.  There are lots of quizzes and games on many subjects that you can play with your student or your student can play alone.  Check it out:  http://www.quia.com/web

Welcome!

Welcome to TutorTalk!  Now that you are a tutor, or will be soon, we hope that you will share your successes, challenges and resources with other tutors in the area.

Sister Frances at St. Joan of Arc told me that one of the tutors there loves this website for teaching English:
www.rong-chang.com/qa2/