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Mirko with Cape Cod Literacy Council Tutor Al Williams busy at work at the Hyannis Public Library

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All About Tutoring

"About three years ago, Mirko and his family fled war-torn Bosnia and settled on Cape Cod. Shortly thereafter, Mirko started working in a Cape Cod restaurant as a dishwasher. He and I first connected in May 2000 as learner/tutor. Since then, we have been meeting weekly at the Hyannis Public Library. Mirko told me that he wanted to become a cook at the restaurant where he washed dishes. So, I asked him to bring the restaurant's menu and the waitstaff's handwritten orders to our meetings. We worked with these until he became familiar with the waitstaff's abbreviations. After Labor Day, his boss began training him as a cook and even increased his salary. Mirko has progressed so well that his boss (the owner of the restaurant) left Mirko in charge of cooking and scheduling while he is in Florida. He left in February and won't return until April.

I am very proud of Mirko's accomplishments both in English and at his place of employment"

-Al Williams, Cape Cod Literacy Council Volunteer Tutor

Please read more about our wonderful tutors and learners here!

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The Cape Cod Literacy Council is a non-profit organization responsible for providing literacy education to Cape Cod. If you are interested in contacting the Literacy Council click here.

To learn who we are, and how we reach and teach people, click on About Us for some in-depth information.

Please offer us your support and Contribute or Volunteer. Your involvement with the Cape Cod Literacy Council will be rewarding, fulfilling, and will help people with one of the most fundamental needs in their life--communication via the written word.

We have a specific need for people who know American Sign Language to volunteer to be tutors. Please click the link to volunteer!

Check out our Calendar for the schedule of upcoming workshops on how to become a tutor!

This Advertisement, which appeared in the Classroom Times of 2001, was designed by Sarah Finn, Grade 5, Barnstable Horace Mann Charter School.