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For Immediate Release: Nov. 27, 2006
Contact: Karen King
Library Development
Plano Public Library System
Phone: (972) 769-4211
Literacy Program Offers Tutoring Information Session
Plano Public Library System’s Literacy for Life (LFL) program, affiliated with the Collin County Adult Literacy Council, will hold an information session for prospective tutors about the process, time requirements, goals and anticipated results of teaching native and non-native adults to read and write.
This information session will be held at Gladys Harrington Library, 1501 18th St., on Saturday, Dec. 2 from 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.
Literacy for Life’s goals are to improve reading and writing skills and to assist adults with literacy tasks in their daily lives. The program is aimed primarily toward adults with reading levels fifth-grade or below and provides educational opportunities for individuals learning to use English as a second language.
Prospective tutors will also need to attend a training workshop before they are matched with a student. Presently, there are more than 100 students waiting to be assigned to a tutor. The next training workshop will be Saturday, Jan. 13 at Harrington Library from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
For more information, call Literacy for Life at (972) 941-7323.
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