This document, intended for Literacy Volunteers of America tutors, explains how to carry out collaborative small group tutoring. Chapter 1 explains the benefits of small group tutoring and collaborative learning. Chapter 2 tells what factors to consider when forming a small group (e.g., whether there is a desire to be in a small group, the motivation for becoming a group, and the best time and place to meet). Chapter 3 tells how to get the group started and moving toward improving members' literacy skills. Included are a list of tutor and learner responsibilities and a discussion about group goal-setting. Chapter 4 gives directions for 11 steps that constitute the process to be taken during the group meeting. Chapter 5 addresses evaluation (self-assessment and goal achievement), recordkeeping (for tutor and learner), and lesson planning. Chapter 6 describes the activity of a group that has been together for some time, in order to show how group work changes over time. Chapter 7 offers encouraging words about the effectiveness of collaborative group instruction. The appendices contain a description of the authors, ideas for stimulating group instruction, other strategies for reading instruction (such as hints for memorization and a discovery method for spelling patterns), sample forms for reading tutors, examples of learner goals, and 31 references. (CML)