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STUDENT TO STUDENT: SCALE's National Youth Literacy Network

Online Resources to Enhance Tutor Training

Click on the links below for materials that can provide additional training resources for your STUDENT TO STUDENT tutors.

RESEARCH AND BACKGROUND ON ADOLESCENT LITERACY:

  • ALLIANCE FOR EXCELLENT EDUCATION
    The mission of the Alliance for Excellent Education is to promote high school transformation to make it possible for every child to graduate prepared for postsecondary education and success in life.
    http://www.all4ed.org/adolescent_literacy/index.html
  • NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY
    The National Institute for Literacy, a federal agency, provides leadership on literacy issues, including the improvement of reading instruction for children, youth, and adults. In consultation with the U.S. Departments of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services, the Institute serves as a national resource on current, comprehensive literacy research, practice, and policy.
    http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/adolescent.html
  • NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH (NCTE)
    The Council has an ambitious mission that includes promoting the development of literacy and the use of language to construct personal and public worlds to achieve full participation in society, through the learning and teaching of English and the related arts and sciences of language. It offers extensive information and background on adolescent literacy challenges and opportunities.
    http://www.ncte.org/collections/adolescentliteracy

TUTORING STRATEGIES:

  • BANK STREET’S GUIDE TO LITERACY FOR VOLUNTEERS AND TUTORS
    Bank Street College is one of the leading educational institutions in the country. This site provides reading tutors with a variety of information ranging from background information on literacy and early reading, sample lesson plans, activities, and information on other literacy and reading resources. The site also includes important information for tutors working with young children whose first language is not English.
    http://www.bankstreet.edu/literacyguide/main.html
  • LEARNS
    LEARNS is funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service to provide training and technical assistance to projects focused on literacy, education, mentoring, and out-of-school time. LEARNS is a partnership of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) and the Bank Street College of Education (BSC).
    Trainings:
    http://www.nwrel.org/learns/training.html
    The Tutor Newsletter:
    http://www.nwrel.org/learns/tutor/index.html
  • VERIZON LITERACY NETWORK
    Verizon Literacy Network (VLN) is a free, online resource that leverages technology to deliver needed and valued training and information to anyone interested in improving literacy. With content developed and approved by leading literacy experts and organizations, VLN is designed to empower teachers, volunteers, parents, caregivers and students of all ages with the tools to advance literacy development.
    http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/Free-Online-Courses.21.0.html

MENTORING/RELATIONSHIP BUILDING:

  • NATIONAL MENTORING PARTNERSHIP
    For more than a decade, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership has been working to expand the world of quality mentoring. MENTOR believes that, with the help and guidance of an adult mentor, each child can discover how to unlock and achieve his or her potential. MENTOR is widely acknowledged as the nation's premier advocate and resource for the expansion of mentoring initiatives nationwide.
    http://www.mentoring.org/program_staff/index.php?cid=60
  • YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SEMINARS (YES)!
    Based in Australia, YES promotes the spirit of mentoring and aims to sow the seeds of mentoring through rich relationships with young people. There is an abundance of resources to use with tutors from the Different Stages of Adolescent Development to Ten Keys to Connecting with a Mentee (Learner) to 50 Great Ways to be a Mentor.
    http://www.yess.co.nz/Training.html
  • US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    The US Department of Education’s Mentoring Program was created to provide mentoring programs with ongoing training, support, and research-based literature. This guide provides 12 informative and interactive sessions.
    Training Manual:
    http://www.edmentoring.org/pubs/ongoing_training.pdf