SPOTLIGHT: Ray Davis and Deborah
Rain or shine, Deborah (above right) walks two and a half miles each way to reach North County Library for her tutoring sessions with Ray Davis (above left). She is … Read more
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SPOTLIGHT: Lana Shires and Dairy
Dairy (above left) is from Columbia, where she earned a degree in Environmental Engineering. Because of limited English reading and writing skills, she has been employed as an Au Pair … Read more
SPOTLIGHT: AACLC Student Bryan and Tutor Nancy Lewis
The summer of 2011, I was thinking about changing my job. I just lost interest in the work I do as a sheet metal worker. I want to get into law enforcement … Read more
SPOTLIGHT: Student Helen Zhuang and Tutor Cynthia Palmer
Thirty-six year old Helen Zhuang came to the US from China five years ago with her husband and son, who is now 12 years old. Helen received an accounting degree … Read more
SPOTLIGHT: Student Jesse And Tutor Karrin Brady
Jesse not only holds down a cleaning job to support her two young children, she meets with me EVERY DAY because she is so motivated to learn to read. She’s … Read more
TUTOR TIPS: Twitter Treasures
You don’t want to miss a single Tweet from AACLC! We are following over 200 Literacy Councils and leading thinkers in educational reform and innovation from around the world. We then … Read more
SPOTLIGHT: Student Bertha Garcia And Tutor Annette Graves
Bertha Garcia is an energetic forty year old woman referred to us by the Anne Arundel Community College. She moved to the United States over twenty years ago from Mexico with … Read more
Student Spotlight: Miguel
Left: Miguel and tutor Charlie Catlett Miguel wants to improve his reading and writing skills to get a better job and to help his children with their education. AACLC is … Read more
Helping Your Student Write a Good Story
The success story (“How Being a Student Changed My Life”) in AACLC’s blog about my student Dwede was actually her own story, scribed by me. She was willing for the … Read more
Maggie Cullman Tells of Student Success
A Tutor’s Adult Literacy Success Story Maggie Cullman, one of our dedicated AACLC volunteer tutors, brings us this heartwarming account of two students—Rose and Lan—whose lives have been changed for … Read more