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New! The Juvenile Literacy Center is offering a tutor training in March for adults who are interested in serving their community and making a positive impact on a child’s life. Tutors work one-on-one with youth (ages 12-17) who are court-involved and in need of academic support. The training emphasizes effective teaching methods, working with behavioral and learning differences, and lesson planning to meet the needs of our students. Volunteer with the Juvenile Literacy Center and provide our students with skills for academic and personal success. Click here for more information.
Since 1970, the Literacy Council of Wake County (LCWC) has been teaching adults how to read and write better through the use of volunteer, one-on-one tutors. The LCWC also has an English as a Second Language (ESL) program designed for students whose native language is not English. In 2008, the LCWC served more than 600 adults in Wake County. By training tutors and matching them with students the LCWC helped over 350 adults reach their personal literacy goals last year alone. All of our tutoring services are provided free of charge. We are very proud of the fact that 94% of our organization is comprised of volunteers.
As a small volunteer organization, each of the 7,000 hours that volunteers put into the work of the LCWC last year was crucial to our success. Although we helped 350 adults reach their personal literacy goals last year, the LCWC still has a lot of work to do.
For more information about our volunteer tutor trainings please look at the Workshop Training Schedule. Are you a college student who wants to help at-risk youth learn to read? Click here for news on our upcoming training!