July
26, 2005
Oakton Receives Literacy Grant from Secretary of State's Office
A volunteer tutor program at Oakton Community College has received a $73,000 grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's office to promote adult literacy, officials said. The grant allows Oakton's Volunteer in Teaching Adults (VITA) program to continue helping adults who wish to improve their English speaking, reading, and writing skills.
Each semester, Oakton offers free English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to approximately 3,000 adults whose native language is not English. The announced grant will be used to fund volunteer training and purchase needed instructional supplies.
Upcoming volunteer training is scheduled 6:30 - 10 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7, and 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Ray Hartstein Campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Ave., Skokie. VITA tutors should be able to commit between two and six hours weekly, and to work with teachers in the English as a Second Language (ESL) and Learn to Read to Learn (LTRTL) programs. Tutors may volunteer weekdays, evenings, and weekends at a variety of locations.
For more information, visit VITA at www.oakton.edu/cont_ed/all/vita.html, or contact Cathy Niemet, Oakton's literacy program manager, at 847-635-1426.
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