Tutor Training

Frontier College Tutor’s Handbook - A Guide to Student Centred Individualized Learning

Frontier College has produced a brand-new guide for literacy tutors working one-to-one with adults. Full of practical suggestions for tutoring adults, the handbook provides information on addressing specifi c needs of street youth, prison inmates, people with disabilities, and ESL learners. (200 pp.)

Grass Roots Press
Order Number: 4-1373 ISBN: 0-921031-20-3 $19.95

The Handbook for Literacy Tutors

Chris Harwood

Addressing a wide range of relevant topics, the Handbook for Literacy Tutors comprises information, advice, exercises, samples, resources and more in its eight sections:

The Handbook for Literacy Tutors is intended to be a source of useful material to you as a new or experienced tutor in any type of literacy program. It was funded by the National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources Development Canada.

Grass Roots Press
Order Number: 4-1589 ISBN: 1-894593-10-3 $39.95

Peer Youth Tutor Resource Manual

Learning Together Youth Helping Youth - A supplementary guide to successfully training youth to tutor youth.

New Readers Bookstore
C-62 $21.00

Ongoing Training for Literacy Tutors
Hire Learning: Preparing for Job Search Success

Chris Harwood, 2003

Hire Learning is part one of Ongoing Training for Literacy Tutors and it assumes that tutors are familiar with the Handbook for Literacy Tutors. Modules 1 to 3 are related to job search and are titled Hire Learning: Preparing for Job Search Success.

Module 1 - Skills and Qualities
Know the skills and qualities employers look for
Identify personal skills and qualities
Match skills and qualities to suitable jobs

Modules 1 - 3 are available on line through Ottawa-Carleton Coalition for Literacy: http://www.occl.ca/pubs/ongoing/ongoingI/Module1.pdf

Module 2 - The Paperwork
Look for job opportunities
Create personal ad, personal information sheet, resume, cover letter
Plan and organize job search
http://www.occl.ca/pubs/ongoing/ongoingII/Module2.pdf

Module 3 - Talking About Yourself
Create employer interest
Prepare for a job interview
Practise a job interview
Convince an employer that you are the right person for a job
Keep a job
http://occl.ca/pubs/ongoing/ongoingIII/Module3.pdf

The model activities in Modules 1 to 3 have been taken from Unlocking the Job Market, published by the Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board. Unlocking the Job Market is an interactive workshop for learners in Literacy and Basic Skills Program. It is designed as a package for instructors to use with their learners. However it would be equally useful to organizations out in the community who want to deliver job-search workshops. It contains instructions for trainers and a participant package. It will be available in 2004 for download as a full-text document on NALD: http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/search

Teaching Reading to Adults: A Balanced Approach

Dr. Pat Campbell

This is an ideal resource for adult educators who want to deepen their theoretical and practical knowledge about reading assessment and instruction. The author situates "balance" not only within the context of methodology, but also within the broader context of reading the word and the world. The intended audience for this book is adult basic education and ESL instructors, trainers, reading specialists, administrators, literacy coordinators, and graduate students. (170 pp.)