The Oakland Literacy Council has revamped its tutor training.  We have added an online e-course where you learn about the OLC, its students and what it takes to be a good tutor.  This course should take less than an hour to complete.  After completing the online course you can register for a six hour training.  After completing that training you will be matched with a student.  After meeting with your student you are asked to come back and take an hour and a half training about planning your lesson.  If the length of the training was keeping you from becoming a tutor– now is the time.  If you would to become a tutor, start here.

After a bit of a hiatus, we resumed our quarterly brain storming get-togethers for tutors. At this meeting tutors had opportunity meet the new executive director and discuss with other tutors successes, strategies, roadblocks, and solutions.