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Your Trusted ADULT LITERACY IMPROVEMENT PARTNER —> Reach out (506) 633-2011 |
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Background of Read Saint John
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R.E.A.D Saint John Ltd., was established in 1976 as the Saint John Area Literacy Council due to the high rate of illiteracy in the city. In 1988 the council was renamed as READ Saint John to give the public a better understanding of its purpose: “Reading Education for Adult Development”. The Organization is a Laubach Literacy affiliate.
Tutors are trained and certified in the Laubach Literacy method which was developed to teach adults to read and write based on the “Each One Teach One” method. It permits individual programs to be adapted to each student’s personal needs and schedule. OUR MISSION READ SJ helps Greater Saint John-area adults improve their literacy skills by offering free, confidential, one-to-one tutoring, with individual programs tailored to the learner’s needs. OUR VISION Every adult in Saint John has the literacy skills necessary to succeed in the modern world, leading to an educated work force, which will in turn attract high-paying jobs to the area and improve our collective standard of living. |
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About Us
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In our organization, we RESPECT each individual taking part in our program, and strive to ensure we provide an open, welcoming, and comfortable atmosphere so learners have the best opportunity to succeed in their goal to learn to read or improve their reading literacy. We pledge to be ACCOUNTABLE, to protect the CONFIDENTIALITY of our learners, and to provide LEADERSHIP now and in the future to help improve adult literacy rates in the community.
We are LEARNER-FOCUSED and we put our learners’ needs first, and we are CREATIVE in finding and using different learning strategies which are specific to each learner’s individual needs. We embrace the DIVERSITY of our learners and tutors and we tailor each program to each leaner in order to reflect that diversity. Our COMMITMENT TO SUCCESS in offering one-to-one programming allows learners to progress at their own speed, leading to lasting individual EMPOWERMENT. By using TEAMWORK, we are able to collaborate with out learners, tutors, the wider community, and the other like-minded organizations to improve literacy rates in our community. |
