Blue
Ridge Literacy Council's Basic Literacy Program serves English
speaking adults with reading and/or writing levels below high
school level. The goal is to help adults achieve a level of
literacy that allows them to accomplish their personal goals
and participate fully as individuals, family members, workers,
and members of the community at large.
Each
student is taught basic reading and writing, and/or math skills
on a one-to-one basis by a trained volunteer tutor using curriculum
materials most suited to their literacy level, learning styles
and goals. A variety of writing bookstand other supplemental
materials are available. BRLC has a model Learning Disabilities
Program for individuals with phonological language based learning
difficulties.
Each
student has his/her own volunteer tutor; they normally meet
twice a week for 1 to 1.5 hours.
The
staff provides intake, evaluation, testing and matching for
all students, support for the student / tutor pair, training,
research in current adult literacy techniques and materials,
and counseling and referral services.
Hours
are set to be compatible with individual schedules. Some have
class as early as 7:00 AM and some as late as 9:00 PM. There
are NO charges. Tutoring sites are located throughout the
county.
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