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Cathy
Varney has been a ReadWest tutor for close to ten years.
She is one of the New Mexico Coalition for Literacy’s
ProLiteracy Certified Tutor Trainers training close to
100 new tutors for ReadWest in the past couple of years.
She has tutored ten students for ReadWest and happily
shares her expertise with existing ReadWest tutors.
ReadWest is proud to have her as a part of its elite team
of volunteers.
When asked what they love about being a Volunteer Tutor, our
tutors responded:
"The rewards of being connected with the student, what we give to
each other and the way we value each other."
- Patricia Quinn,
ReadWest tutor since 1999
"The fact that I can make a direct difference in the
quality of someone's life and hopefully also in her family's life
giving them all an opportunity to become more absorbed in the
community."
- Valarie Forbes,
ReadWest tutor since 2005
Volunteer Tutors Needed!
ReadWest Literacy Center is growing so quickly it's hard to
keep up!
Call us today for details!
Click
here for new training dates and times.
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Use the Internet when planning lessons. When you find an
interesting site, explore any links it offers.
About.com has good
lessons: go to
about.com, look at the
list on the left side. Click ‘education’, then click
‘English as a Second Language’ on the next list and then
start exploring.
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Google ‘How to use the Internet in ESL’ (without quotation
marks) and explore those sites.
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When you teach the same thing every way you can think of,
and the learner still doesn’t get it, STOP. Teach them
something else for a while.
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Go back to the I Speak English textbook and
handouts once in a while. Browse! There’s good stuff in
there and you couldn’t possibly learn it all the first (or
second) time.
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Laugh!
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ReadWest tutors are part of an elite family of volunteers who
are appreciated and valued by ReadWest staff and students. If
you would like more information about volunteering at ReadWest,
please email the director at
readwest@earthlink.net.
Each ReadWest Tutor receives free training by attending
an 18-hour Tutor Certification Program provided by the New Mexico
Coalition for Literacy. ReadWest staff provide free continuing
education, a variety of educational materials and personal
assistance.
ReadWest
accepts various donations, the most valuable of
which is your time. If you read well and have the patience to
teach others, please consider setting aside some time to help
others learn to read or teach someone how speak English as their
second language. This kind of donation is different than most as
you are giving your student the tools to improve their lives. So
many students are willing to do the work in order to get ahead
in life. Teaching someone to read can be the most satisfying
donation you will ever experience.
2010-11 Program Year Tutor Training Schedule
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