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From YouTube: At Your Library | Adult Literacy Tutoring
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Would you like to make a positive impact on local adults’ lives by tutoring them 1-2 hours per week? Volunteer tutors must commit to at least one year of tutoring and 6 hours of free, annual professional development in the field. Tutors must be able to work effectively with students from diverse backgrounds, recognize and adapt to the needs of students, learn independently, and abide by the program’s guidelines of professional conduct at all times. Teaching/tutoring experience is not necessary but would be helpful. Our next orientation for volunteers, which contributes to professional development requirement, will be on March 7th 9:00-12:00.
A
So
we
can
talk
a
bit
about
what's
happening
at
the
library
currently
and
so
I'd
like
to
welcome
Annika
and
Sarah
for
Sarah's
here
and
visible
as
a
library
all
the
time,
and
so
it's
just
really
nice
to
bring
you
both
here
to
talk
about
one
particular
project
that
we're
engaged
in
and
I'm,
going
to
ask
you
first
Annika
to
just
introduce
yourself
and
explain
to
us
what
the
role
is
that
you're
in
currently
that
connected
you
to
the
library,
okay.
So.
B
I
wear
several
hats.
I
work
at
Des,
Moines
area,
community
college
here
in
ames
and
the
hands
at
your
Center,
and
one
of
my
hats
is
I'm.
The
local
coordinator
and
I
oversee
that
aims
of
education
and
literacy
program
as
I
mouthful
yeah
and
we
run
non-credit
English
as
a
Second
Language
classes.
Those
are
free
and
we
also
offer
high
school
completion
options.
So
we
have
high
school
equivalency
classes
and
adult
high
school
diploma
course
work.
So
my
one
hat
is
coordinating
that
program.
The
other
had
is
on
being
an
instructor,
so
I
teach
math.
C
Am
the
volunteer
services
coordinator,
so
I
function
primarily
to
support
library,
services
and
programming
through
recruiting
training
and
managing
a
crew
of
almost
600
volunteers,
so
I
do
whatever
I
can
to
just
make
sure
things
are
running
smoothly
and
successfully
as
possible.
I
far,
as
our
volunteers
felt
great.
A
And
several
months
ago,
I
was
really
pleased
to
be
in
touch
with
annika,
who
reached
out
to
the
library
to
to
suggest
that
we
partner
to
bring
some
kind
of
library
services
to
the
your
role
at
v-neck
in
the
form
of
tutors.
So
tell
me
a
little
bit
about
this.
This
audience
that
we're
trying
to
reach
together
between
dmac
and
in
public
library,
volunteers.
So.
B
A
B
Whether
cole
aldrich
religious
beliefs,
so
really
wide
variety,
but
what's
common
to
all
of
our
students,
is
that
they
didn't
complete
their
high
school
diplomas
for
a
number
of
different
reasons
and
as
a
result,
a
lot
of
them
have
some
challenges,
including
keeping
or
obtaining
a
good
job
in
the
first
place,
I'm
getting
job
promotions,
helping
the
children
with
homework
so
common
again
is
a
goal
to
obtain
their
high
school
diploma.
Okay,
so.
A
You're
already
helping
to
meet
their
needs
through
the
classes
that
you
offer
that's
right,
but
then
I
know
that
you
identified
that
for
some
of
these
students
they
would
also
benefit
from
additional
one-on-one
assistance
and
and
I
think
that
was
a
piece
that
we
were.
We
were
hoping
that
we
could
help.
We
could
help
satisfy
through
our
own
volunteer
recruitment,
so
Sarah.
How
so?
How
is
that
going?
It's.
C
Going
really
well,
we
primarily
started
with
focusing
on
our
existing
volunteer
corps
and
we've
gotten
a
great
response
from
our
dedicated
library,
volunteers
they're
here,
because
they
believe
in
our
mission-
and
this
certainly
connects
really
well
with
that.
We
are
now
expanding
out
into
trying
to
recruit
more
into
the
community,
because
the
need
is
is
large
and
we
would
like
to
see
that
the
group
of
volunteer
tutors
really
grow
and
expand.
So
we've
started
partnering
with
various
agencies
and
in
area
I'm,
including
this
opportunity
and.
A
A
B
So
I
think
probably
the
key
characteristic
is
a
passion
for
really
helping
students
reach
their
goal.
That
would
be
the
primary
characteristic,
but
also
important
is
recognizing
that
our
students,
their
adult
learners,
and
so
they
come
with
a
wealth
of
life,
experiences
different
cultural
backgrounds,
different
interest,
so
I
think
a
great
tutor
is
going
to
tap
into
that
and
build
upon
the
students
backgrounds.
B
Another
key
characteristic
would
really
be
at
infinite
patience
and
an
ability
to
try
to
explain
things
in
different
ways.
I
think
mainstream
education
has
not
worked
for
a
lot
of
our
students,
and
so
we
need
to
think
outside
the
box
would
be
a
bit
creative
in
terms
of
how
we
reach
our
students.
Okay,.
A
I
know
one
of
the
ways
that
we
have
tried
to
reach
the
students
and
again
through
a
partnership,
and
thanks
to
the
Ames
Public
Library
friends
foundation,
we've
been
able
to
to
fulfill
this
particular
goal.
We've
added
resources
here
in
the
library.
So,
for
example,
we
do
have
a
number
of
print
resources.
A
If
I
were
a
tutor,
I
would
be
asking
the
question
if
I
were
considering
becoming
a
tutor,
what
kinds
of
resources
do
I
have
to
work
with
the
students
on
the
curriculum
that
you're
that
you're
working
working
on
over
at
DMX,
so
I
know
you
helped
us
really.
We
review
the
materials
that
we
have
here
at
the
library
for
adult
learners,
so
a
Dudley's
proving
to
be
to
be
useful
for
you,
yeah.
B
So
what
we
do
and
Sarah
and
recruits
the
tutors
and
I
recruit
the
students,
and
then
we
try
to
match
them
so
that
the
tutor
skill
set
and
the
students
needs
are
matched
right.
But
as
an
example,
we
have
some.
We
have
some
students
who
are
a
current
student,
for
example,
who
is,
has
no
literacy
in
her
first
language,
she's,
an
immigrant
okay,
and
so
this
challenger
series
we
bought
specifically
for
learners
who
really
need
to
learn
to
read
and
write
them.
B
So
that's
something
that
our
program
really
hasn't
been
able
to
do,
because
we
start
typically
at
about
a
sixth
grade
eighth
grade
level.
If
you
want
to
give
a
grade
level
equivalence,
we
don't
usually
do
that
tonight,
but
we
don't
do
the
beginning
literacy
so
that
one-on-one
tutor
can
fill
that
gap.
We
have
another
tutor
who's
working
actually
in
Spanish,
with
a
woman
on
math,
and
so
then
we
have
some
resources
here,
like
this
number
power
series
that
go
beyond
and
enrich
and
extend
what
we're
doing
in
my
glass
room.
B
C
To
add
to
that,
a
tutor
does
not
have
to
come
to
this
program,
with
extension,
extensive
education
background,
it's
like
we're
not
looking
for
specifically
teachers
or
anything
like
that,
we'd
like
to
really
expand
it
to
people
who
are
compassionate,
who
are
patient,
who
can
commit
to
a
year
of
service
to
the
program.
We
hope
a
shin
background
would
be
helpful
because
you
are
sitting
down
and
dealing
with
education
issues,
but
really
there's
a
wide
variety
of
skills
that
can
a
tutor
can
have
coming
into
this
program.
Certainly
having
Spanish
background
is
not
required.
C
This
was
a
great
opportunity
for
this
particular
student
and
we
had
the
advantage
of
having
a
tutor
that
had
some
skills
in
that
area.
That
was
great,
so
we
matched
those
two
together,
but
there's
there
really
a
wide
range
of
people.
I
would
encourage
to
look
into
the
program
and
see
how
they
can
accessories.
B
A
Good
to
hear
the
particular
needs
and
Sarah
since
you
mentioned
the
commitment,
I
would
like
to
just
review
so
when,
when
you
are
recruiting
for
tutors,
what
is
the
expectation
in
terms
of
how
frequently
would
they
be
meeting
with
students?
Are
the
students
enrolled
for
a
particular
length
of
time
in
these
classes?
Let's
start
with
that.
B
Every
eight
weeks,
our
next
registration
is
coming
up
march,
six
but
march
eight
okay
march,
six
for
the
high
school
equivalency
program
in
the
march
eight
for
ESL,
and
so
students
have
to
attend
a
registration
sessions.
They
we
explain
the
program,
they
do
some
intake
paperwork
and
critically
they
do
a
reading
assessment
and
a
math
assessment,
and
we
use
that
then
to
place
them
in
appropriate
classes.
Okay,.
A
C
Round
because
there's
always
a
need
to
match
of
student,
we
have
tried
to
coordinate
our
initial
orientation
for
the
tumors
along
with
the
beginning
of
that
eight-week
session.
Okay,
just
because
that's
when
Annika
is
really
I,
gotta
find
a
student's
their
needs,
and
if
we
we
could
have
support
from
a
tutor
for
the.
B
C
A
That's
pretty
consistent
with
the
way
we
look
at
volunteers
overall
at
the
library,
so
we
do
is
certainly
encourage
people
who
are
thinking
about
volunteering
at
the
library
to
not
get
not
to
see
a
barrier
and
scheduling
as
a
barrier.
You
know
contact
us
and
we
want
to
talk
with
you
about
where
you
might
be
able
to
to
help
us
in
the
library
generally,
but
specifically
for
this
program
as
well.
A
B
A
B
A
B
We
are
required
to
have
our
tutors
do
six
hours
of
professional
development
a
year
too,
so
we
try
to
make
good
use
of
their
time.
We
have
three
hours
of
pre-service
training
and
that's
an
overview
of
literacy
realities,
overview
our
program
and
the
high
school
equivalency
test
is
open,
so
the
tutors
know
the
end
goal
for
our
students,
and
we
also
talked
about
characteristics
of
adult
learners
and
provide
tutoring
tips.
We
give
list
of
resources,
show
them
where
the
print
materials
are
in
the
library.
Okay.
We.
A
C
B
Then
we
have
an
additional.
We
ask
them
to
do
an
additional
three
hours
of
online
training
through
pro
literacy,
their
nonprofit,
the
literacy
giant
in
the
US,
and
so
they
have
great
courses,
and
we
ask
tutors
to
just
choose
trainings
that
would
be
appropriate
for
their
students
need,
so
it
could
be
learning
how
to
use
graphic
organizers
effectively
or
how
to
build
reading
comprehend
those
kinds
of
training.
Okay,
then,
those
are
all
free.
A
B
A
Will
make
a
plug
for
the
library
as
well,
because
we
do
our
very
best
to
keep
current
flyers
and
information
about
the
program
here
at
the
adult
services
desk,
and
certainly
we
would
point
people
in
the
direction
your
direction
if
they
come
to
our
desk
and
ask
about
how
I
how
to
enroll
so
the
library's
always
a
resource
for
folks
who
are
in
the
community.
Obviously,
who
are
looking
for
to
be
connected
with
other
resources
in
the
community
Sarah
somebody's
interested
in
becoming
a
library
volunteer?
What
should
they
do?
Well.
C
We
try
to
make
that
as
easy
as
possible.
Honestly,
if
you
have
some
questions
about
tutoring
and
the
commitment
feel
free
to
call
Monica
at
that
number
as
well,
she
can
fill
in
a
little
bit
more
specifics
about
what
that
tutoring
session
might
look
like
on
a
weekly
basis,
or
you
can
certainly
call
me.
My
phone
number
is
to
395
663,
that's
my
direct
line
or
you
can
call
the
library
at
two
three
nine
five,
six
for
six,
the
merits,
a
phone
tree
that
would
direct
you
to
volunteer
service.
C
Okay,
emailing
is
a
great
way
to
contact
me
as
well.
It's
just
my
FB
OHL
ke
at
a
public
library
org.
We
also
have
some
contact
information
on
our
website.
Yes,
so
you
certainly
can
go
to
the
public
library
website.
There
is
a
menu
item
for
volunteers
on
and
it
has
all
the
information
as
a
brief
description
of
the
volunteer,
tutor
expectations
and
then
also
some
other
opportunities
that
the
library
has
as
well
great.
A
C
A
B
C
B
A
So
we're
entering
our
second
season
as
partners
between
the
DMACC
adulthood
and
the
ames
public
library,
and
we
really
with
this
particular
program
and
we're
very
appreciative
of
the
role
that
the
anus
public
library,
friends
foundation,
has
played
in
helping
us
to
purchase
additional
materials.
I
think
we're
off
to
a
great
start
and
I
really
hope.
Maybe
you
can
come
back
in
about
a
year
or
so,
and
we
can
just
do
a
little
refresher
conversation
about
where
we
are,
after
after
partnering
for
a.
B
C
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
Am
so
grateful
that
Hanukkah
and
saris
at
the
time
to
talk
with
me
today
about
our
current
partnership
between
vMac
and
ames
public
libraries,
I'd
like
to
point
out
that
there
are
a
lot
of
activities
happening
at
the
library
to
support
adult
education,
adult
learning
and
I
invite
you
to
take
a
close
look
at
our
march
issue
of
page
one.
We
will
have
their
listed
also
our
computer
basics
offerings.
For
march.
A
We
have
a
rotating
sequence
of
Computer
Basics
courses
that
we
offer
at
the
library,
and
that
is
facilitated
by
library,
staff
member,
so
take
a
look
at
the
computer
basics
offerings
in
March.
In
addition,
we
have
regular
conversations
meetings
at
the
library
once
a
week.
We
have
conversations
in
English
so
for
those
folks
who
are
new
to
English
who
wish
to
gather
at
the
library
for
just
informal
conversations
with
with
library,
staff
and
others
in
the
community.
A
We
hope
that
you'll
check
us
out
that's
at
eleven
o'clock
on
Mondays
conversations
in
English
here
at
the
library
in
the
auditorium.
In
addition
to
conversations
in
English,
though,
we
also
have
conversations
in
Spanish
weekly,
we
have
conversations
in
French,
weekly
and
then
twice
a
month.
We
have
conversations
in
Chinese
and
once
a
month
we
have
conversations
in
Arabic.
A
So
in
the
last
several
months
we
have
increased
the
offerings
in
the
library
regarding
language
and
conversation,
and
it's
just
something
that
we're
really
very
proud
of,
and
thanks
to
interested
folks
in
the
community,
we're
able
to
branch
out
and
and
to
offer
some
of
these
in
languages
beyond
English.
So
please
check
out
again
our
page
one
newsletter
where
all
of
this
information
is
listed.
If
you
have
any
questions,
stop
by
the
adult
services
desk,
give
us
a
call,
send
us
an
email
look
on
our
Facebook
page.