Barron County Area Literacy Council, Inc. http://www.barroncountyliteracy.com Teaching literacy skills to adults since 1986 Wed, 01 May 2013 14:18:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 May Board Meeting http://www.barroncountyliteracy.com/2013/04/23/march-board-meeting/ http://www.barroncountyliteracy.com/2013/04/23/march-board-meeting/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:11:35 +0000 Jay Keppen http://www.barroncountyliteracy.com/?p=273 Barron County Area Literacy Council will meet Friday, May 10, at Applebee’s in Rice Lake. The board will hear reports and updates and act upon any other business brought before it at that time.

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A Tutor Training Class is scheduled for Saturday, May 4, from 9-11:30 a.m. at Barron City Hall in Barron on Hwy. 8 and Tuesday, May 7, from 6-8:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Rice Lake Public Library on Marshall St.
Call 715-637-5797 or email jallek13@yahoo.com to register. Please indicate your name, phone number and choice of training session.

]]> http://www.barroncountyliteracy.com/2013/04/10/tutor-training-3/feed/ 0 Tutors Get Additional Training http://www.barroncountyliteracy.com/2013/02/21/tutors-additional-training/ http://www.barroncountyliteracy.com/2013/02/21/tutors-additional-training/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:13:17 +0000 Jay Keppen http://www.barroncountyliteracy.com/?p=255 Rachel Carlson of Rice Lake and Jay Keppen of Barron, both board members and tutors for the Barron County Area Literacy Council, attended an ESL tutor training session Feb.21, in St. Croix Falls, hosted by Northern Waters Literacy of St. Croix Falls. Carlson is a tutor trainer for the Barron County Council, and Keppen is a placement coordinator for the organization. The main presenter was Sarah Carpenter, who reviewed specific difficulties faced by non-English speaking learners and offered ways to cope with those roadblocks.

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