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Literacy Council of St.
Petersburg
PO Box 12866
St. Petersburg, FL 33733-2866
Phone: (727) 521-1117
Fax: None
Contact Person: Barbara Taylor or Ann Palmer
E-Mail: Through web site
Internet Address: www.stpetereads.com
Meeting Place:
The Board of Directors meets on the 3rd Tuesday monthly at the
Pinellas Park Public Library
Services provided:
One-on-one tutoring services in Basic Literacy is provided to English
speaking adults at the following school sites: Dixie Hollins Evening
School, Lakewood Community School, Northeast Community
School, PTEC (St. Petersburg campus), and Tomlinson Adult Center.
A sixth site, St. Petersburg College Seminole campus is scheduled to
open in late May 2008.
Literacy Materials/Collections:
An extensive collection of books from New Readers Press and a
variety of other publishers written especially for the adults with
limited reading skills are available to tutors and students at each
location. Computers with literacy software geared for the adult
reader are also available at all tutoring sites.
Literacy Volunteer Tutor Training:
Tutor training workshops are scheduled three times a year. Each
workshop is ten hours in length. In addition, an in-service workshop
is scheduled at least once a year.
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