Become A VOLUNTEER

 and Change Lives through Literacy

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Literacy Volunteers of South Sarasota County (LVSSC) is a member of ProLiteracy, a national non-profit organization.   We believe that the ability to speak, read, and write English is critical to achieving personal freedom, enhancing personal economic well-being, and fostering a democratic society.   Our focus is to help adults in our communties improve their abilities to speak, read, and write English at no charge to them and with their privacy respected at all times. 

We need volunteers in many capacities to achieve our mission:

Prior teaching experience or knowledge of a language other than English is not required.

In your initial training, you'll receive a copy of the tutoring guidebook, LitStart: Strategies for Adult Literacy and ESL Tutors.   This book provides the strategies and background necessary to tutor an adult in the skills of reading, writing, and speaking English.   It explains the goal setting and lesson planning process in a simple, straight-forward way, and provides guidance on tutoring both English as a Second Language (ESL) and Basic Adult Literacy (reading and writing) for English-speakers.   Further training is offered in Tutor Chats on Zoom and Volunteer Online Resources below.  Recommended ESL and Basic Literacy student books and teacher manuals are available for tutors to check out in our office in the Venice Library and our office in the North Port Library.