Join us in the Lower Level Activity Room
1st & 3rd Wednesdays: 4:30-6PM
2nd & 4th Wednesdays: 6-8PM
A Reading Coach is available to assist with day-to-day reading and writing tasks such as completing job applications and forms, reading and responding to letters, and understanding paychecks. Adults may drop in for assistance on a first-come, first-served basis. NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Information regarding additional literacy services and materials is available.
Mission:
"To recruit and train tutors and connect them with Boone County residents and employees who need them."
Goals:
About Us:
The Boone County Learning Network has developed a county-wide literacy initiative called the Program for Adult Literacy (P.A.L.). This is a special program of the Boone County Learning Network funded by the Community Foundation of Boone County.
The Program for Adult Literacy was developed to provide an opportunity for every adult in Boone County to reach their highest potential by offering one-on-one tutoring. These tutoring sessions will be for adults 18 and older who need help improving their literacy or English speaking abilities.
Volunteers will be trained to be a Literacy Tutor, an ESL Tutor or a Student Interviewer. Once prospective students contact P.A.L. they will be assessed by the Student Interviewer and matched with an appropriate tutor. This program will also provide assistance based on the students self-identified goals such as getting their driver’s license, registering to vote, preparing for the GED, etc.
To ensure that the Program for Adult Literacy is successful it is important that the prospective students take the initiative to register for the program themselves. However, it is also important that members of the community help identify and refer those in need of literacy tutoring to the Program for Adult Literacy; we believe that with the support of the community this program will succeed.
If you would like to become a tutor or a student, please contact Donna Durr, Literacy Coordinator at 765-482-3460 or .
Logo Contest Design Winner Chosen
The Boone County Learning Network Program for Adult Literacy held a logo design contest for area high school students. Samantha Parsons from Lebanon High School was the selected as the winner of the BCLN Program for Adult Literacy Logo Design Contest. The logo (seen above and on the right) will be used to promote the one-on-one tutoring program.
