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Reporting on Reading, 1977
The articles in this publication discuss the use of volunteers in school reading programs. Among the topics dealt with are the advantages to teachers, children, and school districts of using classroom volunteers; types of administrative support that are essential for running a successful volunteer program; current trends in volunteering; motives…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Program Administration
National Staff Development Committee for Vocational Education and Training, Chadstone (Australia). – 1995
This handbook is designed to provide guidance particularly to inexperienced coordinators of adult literacy volunteer tutor programs or to those isolated from support personnel or structures. It is not a curriculum to be followed from beginning to end, but a selection of materials from all states in Australia. Each section contains references and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Coordinators, Foreign Countries
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1987
This resource guide was designed to help school volunteer coordinators develop and maintain a school volunteer program. Topics addressed include: (1) making maximum use of volunteer resources; (2) building a network of resource people from school support groups; (3) setting up a school volunteer program; (4) responsibilities of volunteers and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Older Adults
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language and Orientation Resource Center. – 1981
This guide for establishing a program to instruct adult refugees in English as a second language (ESL) emphasizes the organization of volunteers. The first step in setting up a volunteer program is information gathering, including the identification of needs, resources, students, and volunteers. Procedures are set forth for hiring, screening, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Lesson Plans, Postsecondary Education
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia. – 1994
Gathered from practitioners in Washington state, this resource book contains composite lists of volunteer tutor management ideas and practices for teachers of literacy and English as a second language. The guide brings together into one reference work the ideas and resources gathered from 28 programs. The guide is organized around the three major…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Community Relations
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia. – 1994
Gathered from practitioners in Washington state, this resource book contains samples of actual program materials used by teachers of literacy and English as a Second Language. The program materials were gathered from 28 programs in the state and are organized around the three major sections of the Washington state standards for high quality…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Community Relations
Kops, Joan, Ed. – 1985
This handbook records the creation, development and growth, and stumbling blocks and successes of the Prison Literacy Project (PLP). It is intended to serve as a model for other community groups that are developing their own literacy projects. The handbook provides a history and philosophy of PLP, states PLP's vision and purpose, discusses need,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Community Education
Bentson, Marilyn – 1983
The handbook contains ideas, worksheets, and sample forms to assist in the administration of volunteer programs teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to refugees. Chapters address: (1) planning (finding a coordinator, planning the program, assessing the need, and defining the volunteer's job); (2) recruitment (locating volunteer teachers,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Literacy Education, Needs Assessment, Program Administration
Lawson, V. K., Ed.; McKallip, Jonathan, Ed. – 1984
This handbook, which is designed to explain the steps entailed in organizing and administering a volunteer adult literacy program, is organized into three main sections. The following topics are discussed in the opening section on program organization: planning a program calendar; recruiting, training, and establishing the duties of the program…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia. – 1992
This document, which was created by a work group of literacy program coordinators in the state of Washington, is designed for the following purposes: to provide a set of written standards for quality volunteer adult tutoring programs; to list criteria by which Washington's State Board for Community and Technical Colleges can award Volunteer Tutor…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students