[edit] Literacy North Shore Inc.414 Glenfield Rd, Glenfield, Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||
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About us
[edit] Our Services:Literacy North Shore offers literacy, numeracy, learner driver licence and basic computing support to individuals, community groups and workplaces on the North Shore. [edit] Current Community Programmes:414 Glenfield Rd: One on one throughout the week Tuesday 5.30 – 7.30 (English for Work) Wednesday 8.30 – 12.00 (Basic computing) Thursday 9.30 – 12.30 (Literacy) Thursday 12.30 – 2.30 (Food for health) Thursday 7.00 – 9.00 (Basic computer skills) Saturday 10.00 – 12.00 (Learner Driver’s Licence)
Wednesday 1.00 – 3.00 (Literacy/Numeracy)
Wednesday 10.00 – 12.30 (Literacy)
[edit] Our People:[edit] Staff:Jane Rigby, Manager Jane joined Literacy North Shore at the beginning of 2004. She has worked in adult education (literacy and ESOL) for over 15 years and has experience both tutoring and managing within both the community and workplace sectors in South Africa and New Zealand.
Toni joined Literacy North Shore in 2007 and works part-time in the office as well as tutoring. She has completed the Certificate in Adult Literacy Tutoring (CALT).
Ginny joined Literacy North Shore in 2008 and works part time in a support role.
[edit] Our 2008 Governance Board
[edit] History1975 A pilot programme sponsored by Auckland Workers Education (WEA)Association under the mantle of the National Council of Adult Education was established. 1977 The first literacy programme was established on the North Shore at the Glenfield library. The first two day tutor training course was run based on ideas from the Cambridge House Literacy Project (BBC programme). 1981 The East Coast Bays Scheme was established. 1982 A national federation of literacy groups was established and it was called the Adult Reading and Learning Assistance Federation (ARLA). The North Shore Schemes became part of this federation. 1983 The Takapuna Scheme was established. 1987 North Shore schemes amalgamated and opened an office at the Akoranga campus of the Auckland Institute of Technology (AIT) and became known as the North Shore Adult Literacy Scheme. The scheme was part of ARLA. 1988 North Shore Adult Literacy Scheme became and Incorporated Society and Kathy Bliss became the first paid coordinator (part time). 1994 The coordinator’s position became fulltime and the scheme was under the AIT mantle of the School of Languages. 1998 Literacy Aotearoa was established and replaced ARLA as the national literacy organization. 2000 The Scheme won the Adult Education Award for Innovative Practice. 2002 The Scheme celebrated its 25th birthday. 2003 The Scheme moved from the Auckland University of Technology (formerly AIT), to the Rawene Centre in Birkenhead. 2005 Scheme changed its name to Literacy North Shore Inc. 2007 The Scheme was awarded its first Tertiary Education Commission Contract. 2008 To be able to meet the growing need for both community and workplace literacy provision on the North Shore, the Scheme moved into its own premises at 414 Glenfield Road.
[edit] Our Guiding Principle:All adults need good literacy skills to live effectively in our society
[edit] Our Mission is to:Provide a confidential service to adults of North Shore City who seek help with literacy
[edit] Our Objectives are:To offer individualised one-to-one or group tuition to persons seeking assistance , where tuition :-
To provide quality training and on-going support to volunteer tutors. [edit] Who we are:Literacy North Shore is a not for profit organisation, with automatic membership for both students and tutors. Currently there are 45 tutors and support persons, a full time Manager, a part time Financial Administrator and a part time Administrative Assistant. The organisation, although autonomous, is a member of Literacy Aotearoa Inc, a national body that provides some funding, tutor training, professional development and support. The scheme services a wide geographical area from Devonport to Whangaparaoa/Orewa, and Takapuna to Beach Haven. |