Keeping In Touch, Volume 26

Volume 26 | December 19, 2020

This issue is all about New Year's!

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Greetings Tutors!

Turning the calendar from one year to the next has always been a time of reflection and hope. We spend the days summing up past experiences, bidding farewell to those we have lost, renewing old friendships, making plans and resolutions, and expressing our hopes for the future.

As we leave 2020 and look to a fresh new year, we wish tutors and students happiness, good health, and well-being.

As always, please do not hesitate to reach out if you have questions or need help with tutoring strategies during this time.

We wish you the most wonderful holiday season and look forward to another fantastic year of learning and sharing together! Be well and take care.

With gratitude and hope,

Carol Garcia

Your Tutor Support Specialist

Tutor Engagement

Post-Testing: Remember that your student should be post-tested after every 30-35 hours of tutoring time. Contact Carol Garcia to schedule a virtual or in-person session. Both tutor and student can be included in the assessment process virtually if desired.

Do YOU have a question, idea, or opportunity to share? Email Carol and your contribution may be featured in an upcoming issue!

Resources for you & your student

English Conversation Groups

ESL Conversation Groups offer an informal and friendly environment for adults at an intermediate or above level to practice their English listening and speaking skills.

Literacy DuPage is currently offering six virtual (ZOOM) ESL Conversation Groups. Although these groups are hosted by the following partner libraries, they are open to anyone in DuPage County.

Addison Public Library (Mondays 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM) https://addisonlibrary.libcal.com/calendar/events?cid=1391&t=d&d=2020-12-07&cal=1391&inc=0
Indian Prairie Public Library (Wednesdays 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm) https://ippl.info/calendar-events/online-programs
Itasca Community Library (Wednesdays 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm) https://www.itascalibrary.org/libcal_adult/;
West Chicago Public Library (Thursdays 10:00 am – 11:00 am) http://westchicago.evanced.info/signup/Calendar
Wheaton Public Library (Saturdays 10:00 am - 11:00 am) https://www.wheatonlibrary.org/events/all?field_age_group_tid%5B%5D=42
Woodridge Public Library (Tuesdays 10:00 am - 11:00 am) https://www.woodridgelibrary.org/virtual-esl-conversation-group-8

Community Resources

The People's Resource Center now offers free virtual computer training classes

FREE Excel and Word virtual computer training classes are now being offered through the People's Resource Center. Click here for an informational flyer.

Downers Grove Public Library offering laptop kits for cardholders

The Downers Grove library is excited to announce the introduction of laptop kits as part of its effort of increasing equity in the area.

The laptop kits are available to patrons with DGPL cards. DGPL-Only cards (formally restricted use or shelter cards) are eligible. These kits may be checked out for either 2-weeks or 3-days depending on if they include a hotspot. For more information visit www.dglibrary.org

Are you missing recent tutor newsletters?

A recently discovered database problem caused many tutors not to receive the newsletters for October (vol. 21, 22, 23), November (vol. 24), and December (vol. 25). The database problem has been corrected. Every newsletter is archived on the Literacy DuPage website.

You can find this archive by going to the Literacy DuPage website, under the drop-down ABOUT, click on Newsletter Archive. Here is the direct link https://literacydupage.org/about/archive/.