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THE READER’S ROUTE Mission
Operating under the umbrella of Adult Education, the Reader’s Route recruits
and trains volunteers to help adults read better thereby increasing the
literacy rate in Community College District #507.
The purpose of the Literacy Program is to provide a mutually supportive
and positive learning environment so that students gain academic accomplishments,
which in turn foster self-esteem and personal satisfaction.
The Reader’s Route, Danville Area Community College’s Adult Education
Literacy Project, helps adults (16 and older) who are not enrolled in a
traditional school improve their lives by training volunteers to tutor
in reading, math and English as a Second Language.
Who
The Reader’s Route serves adults who:
Read below the ninth grade level
Compute below the ninth grade level
Speak English as a Second Language
Attend Adult Education classes in college district #507 and Danville
Correctional Center
Needs help improving their families’ literacy level
How
Volunteers, recruited from the community, work approximately two hours
per week tutoring adults either one-to-one or in small groups at 76 sites
throughout the district. At area social agency sites, staff and volunteers
work with parents and children in o rder to improve the families’ literacy
skills.
Adult learners can sign up for help at the Adult Education Department
in Prairie Hall. Campus classes meet five mornings or two evenings
per week.Classes are also available at various extention sites.
Computer-assisted instruction is offered in the Reading Lab on campus.
Reader's Route students meet 2 hours once weekly. Tutoring is
open when tutors are available.
Cost
Both tutoring services and Adult Education classes are offered at no cost
to the student. Also, there is no cost for either tutor-training sessions
or advanced tutor seminars.
For more information, contact:
The Reader’s Route
217-443-8868
WHO DOES THE READER’S ROUTE HELP?
Adults over 16 who read below the ninth grade level are tutored in Reading,
Math, English as a Second Language and Family Reading.
Our Student Population make-up is:
71% minority
12% employed
22% female
88% tutored in reading
07% tutored in math
03% tutored in family reading
16% tutored in English as a Second Language (ESL)
Services provided by Reader’s Route Volunteers:
Tutoring in Reading, Math, English as a Second Language and Family
Reading
Reading Celebrations at Danville Public Library
Family Reading Night at the Head Start Centers
Book distribution to new mothers at Provena Medical Center, Vermilion
County Health Department and Human Services Office
READER’S ROUTE VOLUNTEERS** ARE ADULTS OF ALL AGES PUTTING COMMUNITY
SERVICE INTO ACTION
** Volunteers participate in twelve hours of training in tutoring techniques
Our Volunteer Populations consists of:
78% Reading Tutors
27% English as a Second Language Tutors
08% Inmate Tutors at Danville Correctional Center
03% Math Tutors
04% Family Reading Tutors
15% volunteers in other capacities
(numbers may be duplicated)
Help is needed in: Tutoring, Clerical Work, Reading Celebrations
Helper, Family Reading Night Storytellers, Advisory Board, book distribution
projects.
Member, Public Relations
Volunteers typically provide 2 hours per week as a Reader’s Route Volunteer
The Reader's Route is part of the PRO LITERACY WORLDWIDE which is a
merge of Literacy Volunteers of America and Laubach Literacy.
Links to other literacy pages and places promoting reading:
http://ncal.literacy.upenn.edu/
http://novel.nifl.gov/external.html
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