Description
TALC conducts two tutor training sessions of 15 hours each, twice a year, in the spring and fall. These sessions are taught by a certified trainer and prepare our volunteers to teach adult American-born and foreign-born students. After training, our new tutors are matched with a student and they meet twice a week for 1-1/2 to 2 hours each time in a public library for a minimum of 6 months. Our volunteers and students come from all over Pierce County and meet at a time and place convenient to both of them, one-on-one.
TALC has monthly meetings with speakers to address various literacy problems/issues/areas of interest and a monthly newsletter: JOTS. In addition to this support, "refresher" courses are offered throughout the year for our tutors.
TALC is affiliated with Proliteracy and offers all student and tutor materials at half-price because of grants received from The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation.
Our students come with various goals from wanting to pass a driver's license test, to helping their children with their homework, to getting into college or getting a better job. They all, however, have one goal in common: to improve their literacy skills. TALC does not charge for these services.
Check our website www.tacomaliteracy.org for more information.
