TLC News

Multiple Intelligences and the Adult Learner
Looking for a new, different, and motivating training for your program? Multiple Intelligences and the Adult Learner may be just what your program needs to get off to a fresh start this program year. This training presents the eight multiple intelligences (MI) as described by Howard Gardner, then participants are provided the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of MI. Throughout the training, different teaching strategies that target various intelligences are modeled and discussed. This training gets the group up and moving, encourages participation, and provides an outlet for creative thinking. Please contact Kim Rossman to schedule this training at your program.

UPDATED! News on Pearls of Wisdom: Core Training for TLC Trainers of Tutors
Next step for Pearls of Wisdom participants is participation in the Training for Trainers, which will be presented on August 29 and 30 in the Lock Haven area. If you are interested in participating in this training but have not been part of the Pearls of Wisdom process, please contact Kim Rossman.

Please read some comments from participants of the Pearls of Wisdom, Core Training for Trainers of Tutors (TOT):

"Pearls of Wisdom was a valuable experience to meet together with other professionals and share ideas on techniques for training tutors. It was helpful to gain new perspectives on how to encourage others to use their talents and gifts to benefit their communities and how to build this on solid teaching and learning principles. This unified approach to developing skilled and knowledgeable trainers who can then adapt what they have learned to fit individual programs whether large or small, urban or rural, will improve the tutoring process by giving tutors additional tools to affect their students lives and help them to achieve their goals." 
~Barb Gade, Butler County Community College

"After 21 year of university-level teaching and 18 years of human service practice I am learning through the Pearls of Wisdom TOT process another important dimension of teaching. Truly the more I know, the more I realize that I need to continue learning. Tutoring and training to become a trainer of tutors for adult basic literacy learners has been invigorating for me."
~Bob Hewitt, Franklin County Literacy Council

"I was challenged by the training and appreciated having the opportunity to practice presentations from the get go. Kim does an excellent job of engaging the group in interactive activities. I find that I learn best in this combination of group activity and pressure!" 
~Lorna Tucker, Clarion County Literacy Council

"Preparing to conduct tutor training is such a joy. I especially like learning in the midst of others who have the same motivation—to imbue tutors with the confidence and knowledge to use best practices to the benefit of Commonwealth Adult Learners."
~Carole Sawchuck, Central Pennsylvania Literacy Council

Update on the Intensified Tutoring Services (ITS) Initiative
The ten programs participating in the ITS Initiative have been busy organizing and providing an extra three hours of services to a portion of their adult learners who were already receiving one-on-one tutoring. Networking is occurring in various forms and tutors and staff working with the adult ITS learners are participating in two hours of professional development each month. The goal is to intensify services to the adult learners in order to increase educational gains. One program has showed some significant gains in adult ITS learners' pre and post-test scores!

Does your program have family literacy? Do you use volunteers? Contact TLC for information and trainings on how to incorporate volunteers into your program, including recruiting, managing, retaining, and rewarding. Colleen Serencsits, colleen@tlcliteracy.org, can answer any questions that you may have regarding these opportunities.

Featured links:

Adult Education Lesson Plan sites – Visit the following websites for a wide variety of lesson plans for adult learners.

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/adulted/lessons.html

http://www.nwlincs.org/nwlincsweb/Lessons.htm

http://userpages.umbc.edu/~ira/lessweb.html

Featured materials: 

Creating Authentic Materials (PDF)

Build a Budget (formerly known as Fudge it Budget) (PDF)

TLC continues to provide training materials to workshop participants. This allows programs to use their financial resources in areas other than tutor training manuals while providing valuable support for the tutors.

What would you like to see on this Web site? Please contact Kim Rossman at kim@tlcliteracy.org with your suggestions. The goal is to make this Web site an increasingly valuable resource for literacy tutors and trainers. 

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