The mission of The Literacy Center at SUNY New Paltz is two-fold: to provide our teacher candidates clinical opportunities in the diagnosis and remediation of reading and writing difficulties and to provide literacy instruction to children in our local mid-Hudson Valley communities. Literacy instruction includes the direct tutoring of children and adolescents, as well as consultation with teachers on literacy issues across the curriculum. In addition to our basic mission, we act as a link between school districts and community organizations interested in reading and writing excellence and we promote "best practices", based on current research, in literacy education.
The Literacy Center currently provides literacy services for local children and adolescents during the spring and summer semesters. The facilitation of our programs require the support of our university faculty and staff, community members, local school districts, graduate assistants, work-study students, and volunteers.
Our programs meet the rigorous standards of National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
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SUMMER 2012 LITERACY TUTORING PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN
This summer, the Literacy Tutoring Program for children begins Monday, July 9 and ends Tuesday, July 31. The program meets on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for 14 sessions. Students will attend one of the following daily sessions: 8:45 AM to 10:45 AM or 4:45 PM to 6:45 PM.
Dates of the 14 sessions are: July 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31. There are twenty-eight (28) hours of one-on-one literacy tutoring.
If you are interested in having your child attend, please complete the application form. Send the application with a $75 money order for your first child and $50 for each additional child payable to:
SUNY at New Paltz, The Literacy Center, Account #900183.
Places are not reserved. Submitting an application is not an assurance of acceptance. I strongly encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in having your child attend this program.
Acceptance into the program is a commitment that your child will attend all fourteen (14) sessions. Activities and vacations need to be scheduled around the program times.
Please contact me with your questions and concerns.
Summer Literacy Tutoring Application
Educational recording and consent release form
For answers to questions pertaining to forms or registration contact:
Mr. Sam Slotnick
Literacy Center Coordinator
845-257-2809
slotnics@zmail.newpaltz.edu
Contact Us
Prof. Sam Slotnick
Literacy Center Coordinator
Office: van den Berg Hall Annex, Room 155
Phone: 845-257-2809
E-mail: slotnics@newpaltz.edu
