All Ascension Parish Library locations will be closed Tuesday, December 24 - Thursday, December 26, and Tuesday, December 31 - Wednesday, January 1, 2025, in observance of Christmas & New Year's.
California Library Literacy Services (CLLS):
California Library Literacy Services provides tutor training and sample curriculum.
HopeLink Tutor Support site provides ESL and Basic Literacy tutor resources.
Illinois State Library Adult Literacy Volunteer Tutor Training:
Illinois State Library provides tutor training modules that include lesson planning, instructional strategies, and reading techniques.
Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL):
TEAL focuses on improving quality of writing for Adult Basic Education (ABE) and offers an intensive program of professional development in adult education programs.
LINCS is a national leadership initiative of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) to expand evidence-based practice in the field of adult education. On this website you can access the LINCS learning portal through the courses tab on the home page.
Washtenaw Literacy provides printable worksheets, lesson planning guides, as well as additional resources for tutors and learners.
Cloze Procedure in the Teaching of Reading:
Article about the Cloze Procedure as an effective teaching technique.
Access free instructional materials to support literacy development. Search text collection by lexile range or grade level. Each unit lasts 1-3 weeks and comes with a graphic organizer, paired texts, multiple choice questions, short constructed response questions, and final assessment essay prompts.
What Is Guided Oral Reading?:
An article explaining the guided oral reading instructional strategy.
Effective Reading Instruction:
An article detailing what is effective reading instruction.
Free worksheets, activities, and vocabulary ranging from beginner to advanced levels.
Free printable worksheets and puzzles.
An interactive website which uses pictures, audio, and clickable words to teach phonics.
Create custum handwriting worksheets for beginning writers.
Collection of Hi-Lo books in Ascension Parish Library.
Easy to understand health and drug information.
The State Library of Louisiana's Basic Reads Fiction LibGuide is designed for adult new readers and ESL students. These books are written on a variety of levels and are all high interest.
Global news source written clearly and easily understood.
Parent and student resouces for Ascension Parish Public Schools.
Ascension Parish Government Resources:
Access to public information for the parish of Ascension.
Louisiana Rehabilitation Services:
Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS) assists persons with disabilities in their desire to obtain or maintain employment and/or achieve independence in their communities by providing rehabilitation services and working cooperatively with business and other community resources.
Louisiana Workforce Commission Services for Job Seekers:
Helping Individuals Reach Employment (HiRE) provides job search tools, services for job seekers, occupational data, veterans services and more.
Volunteers of America: Intellectual & Developmental Disability Services:
In Baton Rouge, Volunteers of America has been helping adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities make informed life-choices, acquire daily living skills, and live as independently as possible. Services offered range from vocational day programs to residential living.
WorkReady U provides services for individuals seeking to obtain their High School Equivalency Diploma (HiSET, formerly the GED®), and transition to various college and career pathways.
