April 2017 Director’s Message
Please save the date! Our Annual Appreciation Dinner will be held on April 27th this year and we hope that everyone will make plans to attend. Please RSVP and join … Read more
ESOL Tutor Training Workshop in April
English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL) tutor trainers Phil Tawes and Suzy Ochs will be leading an ESOL workshop for interested tutors in April (date and time to … Read more
2017 Appreciation Dinner April 27
Tutors, Students, Assessors, and Volunteers… Please let us honor you! Date: April 27th, 2017 Time: 6 PM – 8 PM Place:Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church. Severna Park Please RSVP with a … Read more
Exciting Opportunity for Math-Loving Tutors in Spring 2017
UPDATE April, 2017: While we await DLLR’s GED math tutoring workshop information, we are planning a training session for all interested Literacy Council math tutors to help get you started. … Read more
Practical Affirmations
A dyslexic woman and successful tech entrepreneur was interviewed and asked what helped her overcome the odds. Here’s what she said: “Affirmations. I literally told myself the naysayers were wrong … Read more
Student Spotlight: Chanthoune Sinphavong
Tutor Ray Davis and Chanthoune Sinphavong My student, Chanthoune (pronounced shan TOON) Sinphavong, is a hardworking young woman who is a delight to work with. She always makes an effort … Read more
Why We Do What We Do: Marc Holland
Tutor Al Odierno and Marc Holland “My everyday skills have gotten better, and I’ve learned to never give up! Everybody struggles with something and my work with the literacy council helps … Read more
Student Spotlight: Daphyne Holland
Tutor Lynn Krane and Daphyne Holland You might say there’s a marked one-to-one correspondence in this literacy council tutor-student match-up. Lynn Krane, a math instructor at Anne Arundel Community College, looks … Read more
February 2017 Message from the Executive Director
Happy Valentines Day! Throughout the next two weeks, you’ll be able to read posts about three of our tutor/student matches. Each of these students helps to illustrate “why we do … Read more
AACLC on WNAV Radio
Our Executive Director, Lisa Vernon, was a guest on the Volunteer Voice program at Annapolis’s WNAV radio station (1430 AM and 99.9 FM). She shared about the organization’s 40th anniversary, … Read more