Five College America Reads Program : Overview Training

Overview Training

This is a class that lasts about 1.5 hours and is required of all America Reads tutors . As a work-study student, you will be paid for your training time. Training will cover classroom etiquette, your responsibilities as an America Reads/America Counts Tutor, and introduces some tutoring strategies. You may look for a job before completing the overview training, but must complete it before you begin tutoring.

Preliminary Spring Overview Training Dates:

SMITH: Monday 2/6 6:00pm (Campus Center 102)
UMASS: Wednesday 2/8 7:30pm (Isenberg 122)
MT. HOLYOKE: Saturday 2/11 11:00am (Career Development Workshop Room)
HAMPSHIRE: Monday 2/13 7:00pm (Franklin Patterson Hall 107)
AMHERST: Wednesday 2/15 7:30pm (Converse 209)

Please email Robyn Bogan at rwhitefi@comdis.umass.edu to register for the training session. If you have any special needs regarding accessibility, please let us know ahead of time so that we can be sure to accommodate you. We encourage you to register in advance, but you can also show up at any Overview Session that your schedule permits without registering.

You must arrive on time and stay through the entire session in order to be paid for your training.

*America Reads tutors may attend Overview Training at any campus * it does not need to be at one's own university/college campus.

Be sure to sign up for the Extended Training Workshop.

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	Overview Training This is a class that lasts about 1.5 hours and is required of all America Reads tutors . As a work-study student, you will be paid for your training time. Training will cover classroom etiquette, your responsibilities as an America Reads/America Counts Tutor, and introduces some tutoring strategies. You may look for a job before completing the overview training, but must complete it before you begin tutoring. Preliminary Spring Overview Training Dates: SMITH: Monday 2/6 6:00pm (Campus Center 102) UMASS: Wednesday 2/8 7:30pm (Isenberg 122) MT. HOLYOKE: Saturday 2/11 11:00am (Career Development Workshop Room) HAMPSHIRE: Monday 2/13 7:00pm (Franklin Patterson Hall 107) AMHERST: Wednesday 2/15 7:30pm (Converse 209) Please email Robyn Bogan at rwhitefi@comdis.umass.edu to register for the training session. If you have any special needs regarding accessibility, please let us know ahead of time so that we can be sure to accommodate you. We encourage you to register in advance, but you can also show up at any Overview Session that your schedule permits without registering. You must arrive on time and stay through the entire session in order to be paid for your training. America Reads tutors may attend Overview Training at any campus it does not need to be at one's own university/college campus. Be sure to sign up for the Extended Training Workshop.