Tony Pillado (Class of 2011) leads his reading group

The purpose of the Pathways to Literacy program is to advance the basic education of preliterate or undereducated Latinos in the Tri-Cities area. The goal of Pathways is to involve Spanish-speaking adults wherever they are on the educational spectrum ranging from preliterate to learning English as a second language, raise their literacy levels and improve their quality of life.

The role of the coordinator is a mentor, tutor and proctor tests. Unit tests are performed on-line. The coordinator will also perform administrative duties applied with a flexible schedule to track student progress, recruit new students (approximately 8 hours per week), work with community agencies to offer vocational and community information workshops (approximately 6 hours per week), as be responsible for recruiting, supervising and managing volunteers (approximately 10 hours per week).

• Provide tutoring, oversight, and leadership to adult Spanish-speaking students in the Pathways Program.
• Track individual students progress through goal setting and testing.
• Recruit volunteers to tutor adult students in Pathways.
• Network with the community to recruit students to program and provide encouragement through phone calls and personal discussions to retain those students.
• Coordinate vocational and community information workshops, administer need assessment surveys and evaluations to students to gauge learning satisfaction.
• Prepare promotional materials in Spanish for program including program brochure for student recruitment and for community awareness.
• Assist site supervisor in appropriate fundraising activities
• Assist site supervisor with data collection
• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with students and volunteers as well as WSU and County Extension staff.

Required Qualifications:

• Self-motivated, needing low-levels of supervision.
• Demonstrated, in both Spanish and English, basic reading and writing skills as well as ability to communicate effectively orally in both languages.
• Ability to prioritize and arrange job assignments.
• Working knowledge of computers.
• Willingness to learn new skills.
• Ability to exercise creative skills for mentoring and tutoring.
• Effectively interact with people in a positive manner.
• Ability to follow through with commitments; be reliable and accountable for actions.