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ERIC Number: ED279854
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Jun-30
Pages: 105
Abstractor: N/A
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Project V.I.T.A. Volunteers in Tutoring Arrangements for County Educational Programs.
Mid-State Literacy Council, State College, PA.
Project VITA (Volunteers in Tutoring Arrangements for County Educational Programs) was designed to develop a training and reporting system to coordinate services between 27 area educational and human service agencies serving special needs adult learners who require one-to-one tutoring. A training system was created with existing resources and developed into seven mini-workshops or inservices that were used to meet the special teaching needs of the volunteer tutors. Using this training system, the project developed a Volunteer Tutor Resource Bank consisting of teams of volunteers, tutors, and teachers trained in areas of basic literacy, basic life skills development, and special literacy programs for various handicapped, slow learning, or non-English-speaking adults. Through the Tutor Bank, 154 trained volunteers were placed in area programs. Through a series of team meetings, the teaching services and courses of study for the adult students were coordinated with and reported to the cooperating area human service and educational providers. Approximately 145 adults were matched with volunteer tutors. The project will be evaluated through objective-based assessment and through evaluation forms completed by students and tutors. (The VITA staff created a model program manual and a trainer's guide for the program; they are included in this report.) (KC)
ADVANCE/PDE Resource Center, 333 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333.
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Div. of Adult Education and Training Programs.
Authoring Institution: Mid-State Literacy Council, State College, PA.
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