Adult Literacy Program: Virtual Tutor Training
Literacy practitioners are looking for alternate methods for training volunteer literacy tutors. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the need. This series of virtual tutor training sessions is a first step to develop a current, relevant training for literacy programs that can be delivered in a variety of formats. The series includes an introduction to digital learning. This guidebook is intended to be used with the following PowerPoint presentations (.pdf):
- Introduction to Digital Learning
- The Tutor-Learner Relationship
- Principles of Adult Learning
- Introduction to Teaching Reading
- Introduction to Teaching Writing
- Introduction to Teaching Information Technology
- Lesson Planning
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