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“Sharing Our Past — Shaping Our Future” Since 1974 |
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VOICES |
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Office in Montpelier
11 Loomis Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602 802.262.2626 Fax: 802.262.2620 E-mail: info@vermonthumanities.org |
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VHC collaborates with Learning Works, Vermont’s network of regional centers for adult education and literacy services for adults (out of school and age 16 and over) who need basic academic skills. Adult learners may be working to obtain a high school credential, and to increase their chances of employment or improve their work situation.
Learning Works teachers across the state have been trained through the VOICES Book Discussion Project. Teachers who are trained in VOICES learn how to impart the value of reading and discussion as a form of community engagement and as an avenue for gaining essential skills. VOICES-trained teachers can request from VHC free books for group discussions in their classrooms. Students keep these gift books to use on a regular basis and build their home libraries.
This model’s strength is that it uses quality literature at the learners’ reading level – a mix of children’s, young adult and/or adult – and discussion as tools for literacy in the Adult Education classroom. Through reading, creatively facilitated discussion and activities, students are engaged with an array of literature to meet their interests, while linking the process and content to the adult learning standards. |
