Adult Literacy Tutors

This is the tutor resource area for Adult Learning Support. Tutors who already belong to ALS will soon be able to log in and access materials and resources online.

Why become a tutor?

1 in 5 New Zealanders have difficulties with literacy and numeracy. To avoid embarrassment, this is often a hidden difficulty. People often seek assistance once they realise that they need to improve their abilities to read to their children, gain a promotion or complete a course of study. In order to help them achieve their potential Adult Learning Support needs motivated and skilled tutors.

Who can become a tutor?
Anyone with a keen desire to help those with literacy difficulties can become a tutor. Our tutors are a mix of volunteers and contracted employees. They bring a wide range of skills to their work. They are buisness people, professionals, farmers, scientists, IT professionals, educators and homemakers.

What is involved?

Training:

Certificate of Adult Literacy tutoring - NZQA approved, level 5 certificate
80 hours of course time and 20 hours supervised practice over one year
You will receive a full internal scholarship if you commit to 50 hours volunteer tuition for Adult Learning Support. The cost for non ALS members is $1300 (GST inc).

Tutoring

Generally when you have a student the time commitment is around one to two hours a week.

How can you start?
Contact us at the Nelson office and we will send you all the information that you need to start the application process. Once we have recieved your application we will contact you when we next run a training course.