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• W179627704 abstract "The Taunton, Massachusetts, Literacy Corps (TLC) is a small adult literacy education program run by a part-time director using volunteer tutors. The program has always been hampered by a shortage of funds. There are often long waiting lists for persons needing tutors because funds are inadequate to recruit, train, and manage the number of volunteer tutors who would be needed to serve those seeking tutoring. Volunteer tutors often burn out within a year, frustrated by the slow progress of their pupils or their absenteeism as well as lack of attention from an overworked directoi... Training classes for current volunteers are often haMpered by low attendance or by tutors attending only parts of a series of classe', necessitating quick revisions of lesson plans and lack of coverage of some of the tutors' problems. Some tutors also cause problems by insisting on teaching phonics in lieu of the language experience approach favored by the program or by failing to show up for sessions (although they often have legitimate excuses). Progress could be made with more funding, leading to hiring of support staff, more tutor recruiting, more training classes, and more attention paid to volunteers--enhancing chances of retaining them. (KC) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** Paper presented at the International Reading Association 37th Annual Convention A Vo]unteer Literacy Program Problems in Volunteer Tutor Recruitment, Training and Retention U S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ()IIK e v EduAdional Research And Improvement ED ATIONAL RUSOLIRCES INFORMATION CENTUR (ERIC) Thia document haa h r, repuxfoced as received from the oerson or oryttnitation orrilinahny rt 1` !Amor changes have been made to .rnorove reproduction Quality Points of voe or orhnions staled. n MIS (loco mem do rud neCOWlay represent official URI position or frolic y Submitted by Nancy Witherell 345 Elm Street Raynham, MA 02767 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCIE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER IERIC1. This paper is written to discuss problems current volunteer literacy programs and particularly in the instruction, recruiting and the retention of the volunteer tutors. Community literacy programs that work with volunteer tutors have variety of problems and hopefully through discussion some solutions may evolve. The program discussed in this paper is the Taunton Literacy Corps (TLC). My connection with the TLC is .ks a volunteer, not w,rking with the learners themselves, but running a series ol optional training workshops for the tutors. The TLC is a relatively small volunteer program in Taunton, Massachusetts, about 30 miles south of Boston and is funded by the state of through an agency known at.i, the Commonwealth Li teracy Corps. Although the Commonwealth Literacy Corps (CLC) was started by the Dukakis administration in 19881, the Taunton section began in 1989. Through the CLC, money is allocated to various colleges through out the state. The Taunton funding is supplied by the literacy corps located at Bristol Community College in Fall River, approximately 20 miles from Taunton. The director of the Taunton Volunteer program since its beginning has been Connie Turner. Although the main source of income is from the state, in this particular program it is almost as if the funds are voluntary, too. Dukakis' funding for the CLC is minimal. (The Taunton area is what Dukasis called the Massachusetts Miracle during his presidential campaign, and I think he expected one. ( Not to Shannonize this paper, but the CLC was started the same year Dukasis ran for president.) When Connie was hired in 1969 as the Taunton area's part-time director, she was given $7,500 as a salary, training manuals, resources and lots of encouragement. Much to her credit, Connie had the experience and expertise to do what was necessary to get the Taunton program off the ground. First, she made contacts within the community and started the process of asking for donations in every needed are. She was able to receive a free corner of space from another government agency and moved her office from her home, which ib located 15 miles away from the target city and began a base office in Taunton. The local library has been extremely helpful in allowing tutors to meet with their learners on Thursday evenings and has given storage space for the small amount of materials owned by TLC. This includes tutor resource books, instructional material, and high interest, low reading ability trade books. Luckily, Connie was able to get the support of the local newspaper and it frequently runs a hotline literacy advertisement at no cost to the TLC. The editor of the newspaper was instrumental in helping form the Taunton Literacy Council, which consists of high profile members of the community that have the resources and capability to" @default.
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