To learn more about volunteer tutoring, look for:

• Demystifying Adult Literacy for Volunteer Tutors: A Reference Handbook and Resource Guide by Charlene Ball, Literacy Partners of Manitoba

• Handbook for Literacy Tutors by Chris Harwood

• Renfrew County Upgrading Program Tutor Manual by Colleen Ryan-Franey and Peggy Bridgland

• The Right to Read: Tutor Handbook by Frontier College

• Tutor Workshop Handbook by Laubach Literacy Ontario

To learn more about skill sets, success markers and literacy levels, look for:

• The Level Descriptions Manual by the Ontario Literacy Coalition

• Working with Learning Outcomes: Validation Draft by the Ministry of Education and Training (Ontario)

To learn more about training plans, look for:

• Developing Training Plans for Learners by Jean McKinlay, Peel Adult Learning Centre

• Inside Outcomes, a series of bulletins written by Rose Grotsky for the Ontario Literacy Coalition

To learn about further literacy training for tutors, try:

• Adult Literacy Educator Certificate Program. This program is offered through the continuing or distance education departments of Sault College, Algonquin College and Conestoga College.

To do further research, try:

• Centre AlphaPlus Centre
  2040 Yonge St.,Toronto
  416-332-1012 / 1-800-788-1120
  http://alphaplus.ca

• National Adult Literacy Database (NALD)
  http://www.nald.ca

• New to Adult Literacy in Ontario? by Ann Semple, Literacy Link South Central