For years the demand has outpaced Project Read-Menlo Park’s resources, so new volunteer tutors are always needed to help whittle down the waiting list of people wanting to learn to read.
The next tutor-training sessions are scheduled for late September, with a follow-up session in November.
No experience is necessary to be a tutor, and all materials are supplied. Tutors and their students set their own hours for tutoring sessions.
During the training sessions, which are held at the Menlo Park Library, volunteers learn methods of teaching adults how to read. The project matches volunteers with learners, either native English speakers or English as a Second Language (ESL) students.
The training sessions are scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 25, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Tuesday, Nov. 6, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
People who want to volunteer but can’t attend the next training sessions can sign up for video-taped training.
For more information, or to sign up for tutor training, call the Project Read office at 330-2525, or e-mail aabradshaw@menlopark.org.
