Training
Volunteers and potential volunteers are encouraged to take advantage of the free courses offered through Verizon Literacy Network.
Trainer Certification System
The Trainer Certification System supports excellence in training by providing trainers with a path for growth and development in training skills and adult education practices. Currently, Trainer Certification and Supervising Trainer Certification are offered. To become a certified trainer, you will:
- tutor an adult student in basic literacy or English as a Second Language (ESL), or other basic skills
- apprentice with a certified supervising trainer
- participate in the Literacy Volunteers of Greater Augusta (LV-A) Trainer Workshop: Basic Training Skills or LV-A Training of Trainers
- be recommended by your local literacy program
Once you are a certified trainer, you may register to become a certified supervising trainer. Certification as a supervising trainer qualifies you to mentor apprentice trainers through the certification process. To become a certified supervising trainer, you will:
- continue to tutor an adult student in basic literacy, English as a Second Language (ESL), or other basic skills
- continue to conduct tutor training workshops
- participate in the Supervising Trainer Workshop
- guide an apprentice trainer through the certification process
- be recommended by your local literacy program
For more information, contact Jen Small, Literacy Volunteers of Greater Augusta.