Tutors and learners are considered partners. Often the partners work together a year or more. We hold a 15 hour training workshop for our tutors. This training is in accordance with that prescribed by Laubach Literacy Action. The program is a topic of interest for further training and an opportunity to have a group discussion of problems a tutor may be having and how best to solve them.
All learners come to the program by self referral.
They are expected to contact the program directly to determine a time for assessment. They are then, assessed individually to ascertain their abilities. This assessment takes approximately one and one half hours. After this, they are then matched with a tutor or placed on a waiting list if no trained tutors are available. As prescribed by the California Library Literacy Service, we are to serve those adults who are not in the traditional school setting, who speak English but do not possess the most basic literacy skills.