Students
Become a student today! We exist because we understand the need to learn to read, write, and/or do math! We’re looking for students ages 6-99 who are struggling with reading, writing, and/or math.
Who are our students?
School Children
School-age Children – Children who are enrolled in school, public, private, parochial, or home-school who are in the general education programs and are struggling with reading, writing, and/or math.
Adults
Adults who desire to learn to read, write, and/or do basic math. Adults may want to learn these skills simply because they want to learn. Other adults may want to be taught reading, writing, and/or math to prepare themselves to go back to school to get their GED. Still other adults may be enrolled in GED classes and are needing some extra help. We provide tutoring for all of those students.
What Do You Have To Do?
We ask our students to:
- Attend tutoring sessions for 2 hours each week
- Attend an introductory meeting with the staff of the Palmetto Literacy Council
- Fill out a student application and provide any other paperwork (if available) that might help the staff get to know the student better. This may include Individual Education Plans (IEPs), Evaluations completed by the school, Progress Reports (report cards), or documents that indicate a possible starting point
- Let the staff person know what subject is of major concern (reading, writing, or math)
- Attend a meeting for a brief assessment. This assessment determines which program will be used and where the student will start.
- Attend a meeting with staff from Palmetto Literacy Council and their Tutor!
Weekly meetings:
- Our volunteer &/or student contracts are submitted, if it hasn’t happened already.
- The Tutor and the Student schedule regular meeting times
- Begin the process of being tutored!!!
- If there are questions or concerns, please contact the Executive Director.
- The Executive Director will review the progress of each student and with the Tutors regularly.
Palmetto Literacy ELL Program
Our new Adult English Language Learner (ELL) program focuses on supporting those adult students who are acquiring English. It involves providing specialized instruction, resources, and strategies to help these students develop their English language skills.
Our students may be excellent readers in their primary language and some students have little to no reading skills in their primary language. More than 50 languages other than English are spoken in Horry County, including Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.
This program provides free, one-to-one tutoring for two hours each week. Our tutors are trained volunteers.
What Do You Have To Do?
We ask our students to:
- Attend tutoring sessions for 2 hours each week.
- Attend a brief assessment meeting to determine the level of English proficiency they have and to complete a Student Intake packet.
- Attend a meeting with the Adult ELL Program Manager and their Tutor. At this meeting, the Tutor and Student set up the tutoring schedule and a start date for the Student.
Weekly Meetings:
- The Tutor and Student meet at their regularly scheduled meeting times at their local library.
- Tutoring commences!
- The Adult ELL Program Manager will review the progress of each Student and the Tutor on a regular basis.
For more information about our ELL program, contact Sabrina Taylor, Adult ELL Program Manager at 843-945-9278 or [email protected].
