come from a variety of backgrounds and bring individual skills and talents that enrich and stimulate our poupou . Anybody can apply for tutor training, but those who are chosen, are chosen for their ability to respect and empathise with their students (and each other), for their flexibility, patience and their life experiences, as much as for their levels of literacy and numeracy.

Tutoring is seen as a partnership between student and tutor, following the philosophy Te Tiriti o Waitangi . All tutors receive a sound training in all aspects of the treaty, and in working with adult learners, goal-setting, lesson planning, assessing progress etc. and go on to complete their Certificate of Adult Literacy Teaching (Level 5).

The varied background and personalities of our tutors makes it easier to match tutors and students with each other. This is always done with a view to making the experience for both tutor and student more relaxed and enjoyable.

Teaching literacy is not an easy task, but for the dedicated tutor, the rewards are enormous. There is nothing so exciting as to see the progress a student is making - to know that your input has helped them either in the running of their day to day lives or in their workplaces.

Literacy Aotearoa Dunedin offers the Certificate in Adult Literacy Tutoring by negotiation, to groups of adult literacy educators (or intending adult literacy educators). This is the minimum requirement for intending Literacy Aotearoa Adult Literacy Tutors.

The Programme

• The historical and contemporary contexts of adult literacy provision in Aotearoa / New Zealand
• Adult learning and tutoring
• Literacy tutoring strategies
• Planning, assessment and evaluation

We have our own library which holds a wide range of educational philosophies and tutor resources, including audio/visual and hands-on activities for literacy and numeracy which suit a variety of learning styles. A lot of this material is for NZ learners. We use a lot of on-line resources, as well as developing our own.

We also have a lot of novels, factual books on many subjects and magazines.

Our tutors attend on-going professional development sessions, both in-house and external, on a variety of subjects including teaching in the workplace, Tikanga Maori, numeracy teaching, dyslexia, observing boundaries, motivation, assessment, phonics and spelling.