For complete information on all these resources, see the bibliography for this unit.
| TITLE | AUTHOR | VALUE / USEFULNESS |
|---|---|---|
| Section 2: Learning Situations | ||
| Violence and Learning: Taking Action | Mary Norton | This book explores ways to break the silence about violence and ways to create environments to support learning for all. It shares what was learned from the VALTA project and invites further exploration. |
| Too Scared to Learn: Women, Violence and Education | Jenny Horsman | This research project looks at the impact of violence on learning. |
| Level 2: Drawing the Line: Dealing with Affective Issues in Literacy | Jenny Horsman | This manual includes activities for tutor training that can help tutors know how much they can be involved in dealing with affective issues in their tutoring sessions. |
| Section 3: Developing a Learning Plan | ||
| Progress Profile | Mary Norton | This works through the process of setting goals. |
| A Dream that Walks | Myrna Hanna | This is a goal-setting workbook to help lower-level learners set goals, get ready to learn, develop problem-solving skills and learn how to manage their personal lives. |
| Saskatchewan Level 1 Tutor Training Kit | Saskatchewan Literacy Network | See the section in “Getting Started” on setting goals |
| Tutor Tools | Literacy Alberta | This resource is full of ideas from other tutors that your tutors will love. |
| Section 4: Lesson Planning | ||
| LITSTART: Strategies for Adult Literacy and ESL Tutors | Patricia Frey | Pages 56-69 have samples of lesson plans for ESL and literacy learners at different levels. |
| Saskatchewan Level 1 Tutor Training Kit | Saskatchewan Literacy Network | See the section in “Getting Started” about planning learning. |
| Section 5: Portfolio Development | ||
| Saskatchewan Level 1 Tutor Training Kit | Saskatchewan Literacy Network | This provides information sheets to include in a portfolio. |