For effective instruction:
- Develop a lesson plan each week.
- Ground your lessons in your learner’s real-life goals.
- Emphasize speaking and listening, plus include reading and writing in each lesson.
- Design your lessons to build on those from previous sessions.
- Review key topics and lessons from the previous week.
- Address what the learner should do for the following week.
- Take notes on what worked well, what needs improvement, and what challenges came to light.
- Encourage your learner to generate useful materials, such as sight word lists, picture cards, post-its, and experience stories that can be used for study and review.
- Revisit instructional videos frequently for direction and inspiration.
- Keep in touch with other tutors and trainers at Literacy DuPage to share ideas and ask questions.