Hesther Rippy
Full-time Volunteer Director
- Co-founder of the Literacy Center, along with William Rippy
- Full-time Volunteer Director
- Provides ongoing support and counsel for each department
- Liaison with FLC Inc. and other literacy-related organizations
- Supervises and fosters public awareness of center programs and needs
- Supervises staff and organizes all programs
- Coordinates language programs
- Solicits donations
- Fund Raisers
- Recruits students, tutors, and teachers
Nancy Weitzel
Assistant Director
- Responsible for weekly instruction of new and returning tutors, ensuring new tutors understand the importance of developing a relationship of trust with the student, and ensuring that the student is making adequate progress using the center curriculum
- Responsible for keeping computer records up to date and for tracking tutors and students
- Tracks both tutor and student attendance
- Assists the Reading Program Director in coordinating tutor-student relationships
- Recruits volunteer tutors/teachers and students
Nathan Hancock
Floor Manager
- Coordinates all tutor-student relationships, ensuring that students and tutors and appropriately matched according age and skill levels
- Ensures that the reading program runs efficiently on a daily basis, which includes finding appropriate substitutes for students whose tutors cannot attend
- Recruits volunteer tutors, teachers and students
- Tracks both tutor and student attendance, logging in all volunteer hours
- Responsible for organizing and filing student reading records
Evelyn Fannin & George Fannin
Math Program Staff
- Evaluates students entering the program
- Designs curriculum and determines which curriculum will best address each student's needs
- Coordinates all tutor-student relationships, ensuring that students and tutors are appropriately matched according to age and skill levels
- Tracks progress of students through periodical evaluations
Charlotte Tunnell
Early Reading Program Director
- Responsible for evaluating students entering the program and for determining which curriculum best suits each student's needs
- Responsible for Early Reading curriculum
- Conducts periodic evaluations to determine student progress
- Recruits volunteer tutors/teachers and students
- Coordinates schedules between teachers and students
Stephen Wood
Librarian
- Responsible for maintenance of the center's library, including shelving, re-shelving and sorting books
- Maintains barcode file
- Grade-levels books so patrons can access age-appropriate materials
Languages
ESL, ASL, Spanish
- Bob Moore
- Rick Phelps
- Judy Adams
- Elsie Sopp
- Nathan Hancock
Chantal John, Tacia Jarvis, John Zebley
Evaluations
- Specially trained in the Lexia evaluation software
- Evaluates all students entering the reading program using the Lexia testing software
- Prepares and relays statistical information from evaluations to parents/guardians of students and to the Reading Program Director and Assistant
- Schedules evaluations for new students
- Conducts regular six-month evaluations to determine student progress
Brenda Thurman, Deborah Gulledge
Transitional Program
- Responsible for Transitional Program curriculum
- Coordinates tutor-student relationships, determining which tutor's skills will best address each student's needs
- Recruits volunteer tutors/teachers and students for Emergent and Reading
- Schedules evaluations for new students
Jillian Ditty
Front Desk Receptionist
- Greets parents, students, and tutors
- Enters computer records
- Tracks attendance
- Handles phone calls
