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Our Next Tutor Training will take place in May.
5/18, 5/20, 5/22, 5/25 and 5/27
Our tutor training will take place at Literacy Volunteers of East Bay, 17 Croade St., Warren, RI. We are located just
behind the George Hail Library.
To Register to Become a Tutor:
About our Trainer
5/18, 5/20, 5/22, 5/25 and 5/27
Our tutor training will take place at Literacy Volunteers of East Bay, 17 Croade St., Warren, RI. We are located just
behind the George Hail Library.
- Session 1, Tuesday, May 18, 6:30-9 pm
- Tutor Responsibilities, Basic Literacy, Adult Learning
Session 2, Thursday, May 20, 6:30-9pm
- Beginning to Read and Reading Comprehension
Session 4, Saturday, May 22, 9am-3pm (Brown Bag Lunch)
- Reading Comprehension continued and The Writing Process
Session 3, Tuesday, May 25, 6:30-9 pm
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Session 5, Thursday, May 27, 6:30-9pm
- Goal Setting; Lesson Planning; Student Assignments
To Register to Become a Tutor:
- Read the tutor information packet
- Call, 401-247-2177, or email, literacy@lveastbay.org to register
- Fill out and return the tutor intake form and $35 fee (or request for waiver)
- Complete a short, free online tutorial. Click here for information on accessing this course.
- Come to training with your tutor info packet, completed intake form and certificate from online course.
About our Trainer
- Dr. Jean Marrapodi is a Literacy Volunteers master trainer. As a certified tutor trainer for ProLiteracy at the
national level, she also trains other LV tutor trainers in Rhode Island. Jean obtained her PhD in Adult Education at
Capella University, where she focused on Adult Literacy. She is a Certified Professional in Learning and
Performance (CPLP), the highest credential offered by the American Society for Training and Development. She is
one of the founders and the Executive Director of the PAG Learning Center, a literacy program for children and
adults, and she tutors a group of Liberian refugees who came to the United States with no literacy skills at all. She
lives in Providence with her husband and two cats, Faith and Charity. The Marrapodis have two grown children and
four grandchildren.
