With funding from UPS, NCFL developed the Engaging Family Literacy Volunteers, Tutors & Learners toolkit to help programs expand their use of volunteers and incorporate them successfully into the family literacy environment. The components that comprise this unique tookit — Planning for Volunteers in Literacy: A Guidebook and Talking About Wordless Picture Books: A Tutor Strategy Supporting English Language Learners — are available below for downloading.

Planning for Volunteers in Literacy: A Guidebook

NCFL and several contributing authors from the field created Planning for Volunteers in Literacy: A Guidebook to help programs maximize their volunteer efforts and expand the services they're able to offer to families in need. To download the Guidebook, use the links below.

Planning for Volunteers in Literacy: A Guidebook (download the book in its entirety)

Use the links below to download individual chapters from Planning for Volunteers in Literacy

• Chapter 1: Assessing Program Needs
• Chapter 2: Identifying Costs and Benefits
• Chapter 3: Involving and Developing Staff
• Chapter 4: Defining Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities
• Chapter 5: Volunteer Recruitment and Placement
• Chapter 6: Training and Development for Volunteers
• Chapter 7: Supervision and Management of Volunteers
• Resources

Talking About Wordless Picture Books

Talking About Wordless Picture Books: A Tutor Strategy Supporting English Language Learners is designed to support tutors who are working with low-intermediate English language learner (ELL) parents in family literacy programs. Developed by NCFL with funding from UPS, the strategy provides detailed instructional activities to help ELL parents build and practice English conversational skills.

Talking About Wordless Picture Books: A Tutor Strategy Supporting English Language Learners (download the instructional strategy)