It was our pleasure to attend Severna Park Tutoring & Educational Advocacy’s National Reading Month community event! We had a word with the O’s Oriole Bird, he loves reading too.
We appeared at the Park Books & LitCoLab National Reading Month event on March 19 with an information booth and samples of our materials in all subjects from 10:30 am until 2 pm. The day at Park Books included a children’s read-in, AACPS teacher storytimes, face painting, and balloon art.
We held a Tutor Roundtable discussion on Zoom on February 23. Thank you to all who joined us to share ideas and solutions. Please email Wendy if you would like to receive the resources handout that we created after the event. The document briefly describes websites, tools, reading materials, and ProLiteracy training opportunities that tutors may want to access. Also included is a helpful comparison of the NEDP and the GED for students and tutors considering high school diploma preparation programs.
Our March 26, 2022 Tutor Training Workshop for new tutors is filled. Feel free to email Jane to inquire about the waiting list. If you didn’t sign up in time, please consider attending our fall training session.
Our thanks to ProLiteracy for its recent support of our ESL program. The grant we received means that we can better serve Anne Arundel County adults who are working to improve their English language skills. ProLiteracy is an international organization that has been empowering adults through literacy for more than 60 years. The AACLC is a member, and we rely on ProLiteracy for training opportunities, student coursework materials, and more.
Thank you to all who signed up for our March 26 tutor training session! We look forward to meeting and working with you soon.
Current tutors who would like to do additional training may want to check out a range of online training opportunities on the ProLiteracy website. Please see HERE for information on how to access these.
March is National Reading Month and a great time to announce that our fundraiser book fair is back for a second year in the fall.
We have lots more news to share, please read on!
Happy National Reading Month,
This newly published brief explains the science behind motivation and how to use and sustain it in adult learning so that students may succeed.
From the brief: “Familiarity with different theories of motivation can help adult educators create the needed positive learning environment, engaging instructional tasks, and supportive relationships with learners.”
According to the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, 130 million adults in the U.S. lack proficiency in literacy. Explore the relationship of literacy to health, income, and education at the Foundation’s updated Gap Map: https://map.barbarabush.org/, where visitors can also see literacy scores in Anne Arundel County and surrounding areas.
What does adult literacy look like in Maryland?
