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Kahn, Betsy – 1989
The Literacy Plus Project, begun in 1985, provides tutoring for English-speaking adults aged 16 and over who live in the Hayward (California) Public Library service area, and whose reading and writing skills are below eighth-grade level. During the 1988-89 program year, the program trained 84 tutors (goal: 100) using a program developed by the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Library Extension, Literacy Education
Prison Literacy Project, Philadelphia, PA. – 1993
This handbook documents the Prison Literacy Project (PLP) in order to provide a model for other community groups to follow in developing their own literacy projects. The PLP worked to have prison residents learn to read or significantly raise their reading levels through an ongoing literacy tutoring program. All project participants were involved…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Education, Literacy Education
Guthrie, Chuck – 1983
This guide provides materials to help adult educators in organizing and developing volunteer literacy programs for the functionally illiterate adult. Introductory materials include a brief history of the Volunteer Adult Reading Program (VARP) and the philosophy and rationale of the program. A list of questions and answers follows that are intended…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Functional Literacy, Literacy Education
Gaul, Patricia Reitz – 1985
Delaware County (Pennsylvania) Community College received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to use college work-study students to teach literacy. The college cooperated with the Delaware County Literacy Council in order to train tutors and clerical personnel and place them in tutoring or program support functions. A total of 30…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, College Students, Literacy Education
Brandt, Rose – 1985
This manual is designed to serve as a step-by-step guide for managers of volunteer adult literacy sites. It discusses day-to-day responsibilities, suggests procedures, and provides forms and directions for their use. The guide is organized in four sections. Following information on the guide and background information on literacy education in…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, DC. – 1993
"A Feel for Books" is a book discussion series held for adult developing readers and their teachers and tutors. Students from various literacy programs serve as hosts for the five or six sessions held yearly, and project staff and tutors serve as facilitators. This resource book describes program activities and contains selected stories…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Books
National Council on the Aging, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1987
This final report of the Literacy Education for the Elderly Project (LEEP) provides a description and the results of the project designed to target literacy education to the older adult. The strategy of the two-year program, established in 27 sites nationwide, was to: (1) link the local level aging services network with the volunteer adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Illiteracy
Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council, PA. – 1991
The Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council offered a pilot program for instruction in mathematics in conjunction with its literacy program. The small group collaborative model was used. The council trained 20 tutors in a 12-hour basic reading workshop, then started 13 groups in 9 neighborhoods. Groups of about five students and a tutor met once each…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Cooperative Programs
Jacobs, Bella; Ventura-Merkel, Catherine – 1986
This guide describes a model for a community-based literacy program for older adults that uses older adults as tutors. Guidelines are provided to program sponsors for implementing literacy education for older adults. Chapter I provides an overview of the problem of illiterate older adults and literacy education for them. Chapter II addresses the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Community Programs
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. Dissemination Support Service. – 1981
This "how to" manual was developed as part of a York County (Pennsylvania) system for delivering the Laubach Literacy Program to a sparsely populated rural area. It provides aid to other basic skills programs in Pennsylvania to set up their own centers as literacy delivery systems. The guide first sets forth the project's aims and…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Armitage, Katherine Y. – 1989
The Haywood County Public Library (Waynesville, North Carolina) used a 1-year grant to strengthen a library-initiated adult literacy program by hiring a staff coordinator to develop techniques for recruiting students and tutors and raising funds in order to meet the community's adult literacy needs. The Adult Literacy Services Coordinator who was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Support, Library Extension
Malus, Susan – Library Journal, 1987
Describes the design, development, and implementation of an adult literacy program incorporating adult learning centers within the Brooklyn Public Library system. (CLB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Financial Support
Buchanan, Nancy K. – 1989
Grant funding enabled the Adams County Public Library (ACPL) in Colorado to hire permanent staff; build collections of library materials for literacy students, tutors, and the general public; provide workbooks to students at no cost; and expand the scope and effectiveness of the literacy program by enabling the development of collections of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Audiovisual Aids, Library Collection Development
Uppal, Charu – 1996
The Each One Teach One (EOTO) literacy project undertaken by universities and colleges is one of five methods of conducting adult education programs in India. A basis for an understanding of EOTO is a definition of literacy--a person is considered literate if he or she has mastered accuracy and fluency in word recognition, comprehension of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Schild, Maureen – 1990
This manual is planned for use by both community organizations interested in starting literacy programs to serve their neighborhoods and for agencies providing other services to clients who would also benefit from literacy services. It is organized in four parts, which represent various stages in thinking about and starting a new literacy program.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Illiteracy
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