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RECLAIM
(Reading Council for Literacy Advance in Montreal)
Providing Literacy Services to adult literacy learners since 1980
Our mission
As a leader in the literacy community, the Reading Council for Literacy Advance in Montreal (RECLAIM), a not-for-profit organization provides free, confidential, English literacy services in reading, writing, and numeracy. RECLAIM is committed to:
Life-long learning of motivated adults
Raising literacy awareness in the community
Fostering strong student-tutor partnerships
Through its delivery of services, RECLAIM respects the dignity and self-esteem of its students and volunteers.
Annual Report
2009 Annual Report
Who We Are
RECLAIM is a not-for-profit organization providing free and confidential literacy instruction to English-speaking adults in Montreal. In addition to matching learners with trained volunteer tutors for one-to-one tutoring and providing computer-assisted instruction at our Learning Centre, RECLAIM is also committed to raising the public’s awareness of literacy issues and their impact on the community as a whole.
RECLAIM is governed by a Board of Directors
Vision
The vision of the Reading Council for Literacy Advance in Montreal (RECLAIM) is to continue building a strong, literate community by bringing adults together as partners to achieve individual and collective goals through life-long learning.
Our History
RECLAIM was started in 1980 to accommodate adult literacy students who could not attend literacy classes due to ill-health, child-care considerations, work schedule conflicts, or other problems.
When RECLAIM began in 1980, 20 tutors worked with 20 students. Currently, we have more than 75 tutors and students working together.
One-to-one tutoring is a highly effective approach to assisting in the development of stronger literacy skills in cases where, for one reason or another, the traditional approach to classroom learning has failed. RECLAIM tutors are very important people, without whom we would be unable to offer one-to-one literacy services to English-speaking adults in Montreal . Our volunteer tutors come from all walks of life: some are university students, some are retired, and some manage to fit in volunteer tutoring while balancing work and family responsibilities. Our tutors have proven time and again that you don’t have to be a teacher to be a successful literacy tutor. With appropriate training and support, anyone who is patient, resourceful, and interested in working with people can make a difference as a RECLAIM tutor.
In 1990, RECLAIM launched The Learning Centre. The goal of the Centre is to offer students innovative approaches to the development of stronger literacy skills by means of computer-assisted instruction, self-directed learning, small group learning and peer tutoring.
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