PAR Tutor Resources

• PAR Monthly Tutor Report
• PAR Group Progress Report (PDF)
• PAR CORE Lesson Plan (PDF)
• PAR Wilson Lesson Plan (PDF)

Tutor Websites

The websites below will give new and veteran tutors some suggestions for enhancing tutoring sessions. They combine using technology, techniques for teaching basic skills, and ways to add variety to your lessons.

• These ESL teaching videos from New American Horizons give great suggestions for new and experienced tutors.
• Watch this excellent training  video Building Literacy With Adult Emergent Readers with non-native English speakers.
• Education Oasis will help your learners organize difficult reading passages into manageable chunks and will help organize challenging writing assignments as well. 
• You and your learners can create puzzles together with Puzzle Maker to reinforce their learning.
• For help on how to teach phonics and other reading skills, please visit Meg Schofield's MegPhonics website.
• Learn how to create a picture story with your learner at Photonovela.
• East Side Literacy has some suggestions for teaching learners whose first language is not English.
• Take some of these free online courses from ProLiteracy to upgrade your tutoring skills.
• Help adult learners meet their literacy goals by visiting the California Library Literacy Services goals page.