Tutor Training

"I wish it was a mandatory course for all beginning teachers." (2009 Literacy Training participant)

The Literacy Task Force of Northern Wisconsin provides an intensive 60-hour training course for teachers, parents and other members of the community who are committed to acting as tutors. Participants learn scientifically researched methods for tutoring individuals who have difficulty with reading. Over the last five years, 79 tutors have received literacy training through LTF-NW. Scholarships are available. Sign up to be added to our mailing list to receive more information.

Literacy Training Workshop: Click here for the 2010 brochure (pdf).

Advanced Literacy Training (August) Click here for 2009 brochure pdf.

"As a teacher, it is heart wrenching to watch learners become so frustrated that they view themselves as being dumb. I have often thought to myself, there must be a way to reach these lost learners. It was a true blessing that I happened upon this course focusing on a multisensory structured language approach. This course is the hope I have been searching for over the last 18 years." (2009 Literacy Training Participant)

WIBIDA Awards 2008. Nona Soroosh, Outstanding Instructor of the Year, is a founding member of the LTF-NW and a WIBIDA Board Member and Master Teacher. She does all of the assessment of learners for the LTF-NW workshops. Pictured at the left is Donna Hejtmanek, LTF-NW Executive Team.

More comments from tutor trainees:

"My goal is to help every student I work with become the best reader and writer they can be. Thank you for giving me the tools I need to achieve this goal."

"I found this class to be worth the time and cost, two fold, and would highly recommend it to all special education and regular classroom teachers."

"Even though the students thank me, it is I who must thank them."

"It's as if my teaching and tutoring them is a calling to a greater purpose. I have found it to be an honor, pleasure, and privilege to serve this greater purpose -- the purpose of teaching and tutoring for literacy."
(Connie Hicks, 2008 WIBIDA Outstanding Tutor Award Recipient, 2008 Wisconsin Literacy, Inc. Outstanding Tutor, Honorable Mention
Award Recipient Presented by First Lady Jessica Doyle)

"Anyone who teaches reading would benefit. It is a wonderful way to teach reading, in and out of the classroom."

"The more teachers are aware of specific interventions for struggling readers, the better."

"I would definitely recommend this to others, especially to primary teachers. It's great for teaching our kids to learn and use the language - it takes the mystery out of it."

"Everything and everyone involved with this training was first class! Thank you! The wealth of knowledge shared was amazing!"

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