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308 Forrest Avenue
Cocoa, FL 32922
Phone: 635-7845
E-mail: C
Johnson
The Brevard County Libraries Literacy Program provides
Volunteer Literacy Tutors to non-reading adult residents
of Brevard County including those for whom English
is a second language. There is no cost to Tutors or
Students.
Training is provided for Tutors, and Basic Literacy
Tutor Training Workshops are given on a regular basis.
After training, Tutors may commit as little as two
hours per week to tutoring. Tutoring sessions occur
at times and places (typically one of the 18
public libraries) which are convenient to both
Tutors and Students.
Becoming a Volunteer Literacy
Tutor
Enrolling as an Adult Literacy
Student
For current Adult Literacy
Students
For current Volunteer
Literacy Tutors
Family Literacy
Becoming a Volunteer
Literacy Tutor
1. Contact the Literacy Office at 633-1809 or 635-7949
to schedule a Tutor Intake.
2. At the time of the Tutor Intake, you will register
for a Basic Literacy Tutor Training Workshop. Workshops
are offered on a regular basis.
3. After completing the Basic Literacy Tutor Training
Workshop, you will be given contact information for
a student.
4. Once you have made contact with the student, the
two of you will schedule the days, times, place (library)
to meet. The Literacy Office will send you the tutoring
materials you will need to use with the student.
Enrolling as an Adult Literacy
Student
Contact the Literacy Office at 633-1809 to schedule
an evaluation. The evaluation will determine which
tutoring materials are to be used by the Tutor at
tutoring sessions.
After the evaluation is completed, the Literacy Office
will assign the Adult Literacy Student with a Volunteer
Literacy Tutor. The Tutor will contact the Student
to schedule the days, times, place (library) to meet.
For Current Adult Literacy
Students
Congratulations on your hard work!
If you and your Tutor have not met for more than
3 months, please contact the Literacy Office.
Would you like to join a New Readers Club? If so,
please contact the Literacy Office for more details!
Have you achieved one of your goals (job promotion,
completion of a Skill Book, etc.)? Please let the
Literacy Office know. We would like to share in the
excitement!
For Current Volunteer
Literacy Tutors
Thank you all for your hard work and effort!
If you would like additional training after the initial
Basic Literacy Tutor Training workshop, please feel
free to contact the Literacy Office.
Tutor In-Service sessions are held regularly. Please
call the Literacy Office to find the date and location
for the next session.
If you and your Student have achieved a goal or have
a success story, please contact the Literacy Office.
We can share these stories in the Newsletter, etc.
Do you have a particular skill such as photography,
videography, public speaking, professional training
experience, etc.? If so, please let us know. There
may be volunteer opportunities within the Literacy
Program for you to utilize these skills!
Family Literacy
In 2000, the Literacy Program received grant funding
to add a Family Literacy component to its program.
Family Literacy focuses on improving the literacy
skills of parents, while also showing them how to
use those skills in reading to their children.
The primary purpose of Family Literacy is to break
the intergenerational cycle of under education and
poverty by improving parents’ basic skills and
attitudes toward education, their parenting skills,
their children’s pre-literacy and school readiness
skills, and the overall quality of parent-child relationship.
For more information about current Family Literacy
activities or to volunteer to assist with Family Literacy
activities, please contact the Literacy Office at
635-7949.
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