Community One-on-One Learning (COOL) Program

Community One-on-One Learning is the core component of the  Langley Literacy Network Community Adult Literacy Programs. COOL pairs adult learners aged 19+ with a trained volunteer literacy tutor.  

This one-on-one program focuses on the specific needs and goals of each individual adult learner. The tutor and learner meet for one to two hours each week at a time that works best for the learner’s schedule.  

Our program provides one-on-one, individualized, personalized learning that targets the specific needs of the learner, and each tutor creates personal lesson plans for the learner to reflect those needs. 

Benefits of COOL

COOL has flexible content and our assessments identify where the learner has a  knowledge gap and then the tutors plan activities to address those specific needs. 

When we support individuals in improving their literacy skills there is tremendous  benefit to the community at large. When parents develop literacy skills they can  more fully participate in their children’s education, they can volunteer, they can try  new things without the fear of being caught in a situation where their lack of  literacy might be exposed.

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you‘ll go.”  Dr Seuss

We hear so often from our learners who are naturalized Canadian citizens that they are proud to be Canadians and they want to give back, but feel that without reading, writing and language skills, they have nothing to offer to the community. With increased literacy skills, all adult learners can become full participants in the community, and the community can benefit as well as the individual.  

COOL supports learners in their goals to improve their basic literacy skills for  everyday life, or for life skills such as getting a driver’s licence, reading a bill or a child’s report card. 

Through COOL, learners can gain sufficient literacy skills to be able to complete such tasks like: reading their mail, reading their prescription bottles, ordering off a menu independently, navigating transit, reading the newspaper, and volunteering in the community. 

Become a COOL Learner

Become a COOL Tutor

Some of our current Volunteer Tutors and learners