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lifelong Learning Project Program Narrative--page 2 III.STATEMENT Of NEED The target group of adults in San Marcos who have less than a twelfth grade eduœUon is 6 group of poop Ie who are not troolt ionally Hbrary users. I n an effort to assess the need for new library services, the library conducted an informal survey of the target group. We also spoke to people in the community who are involved with these adults in some WfJ{, including present adult education tutors. Adults from the target group who were surveyed expressed an interest in moreone-ta-one tutoring than Is presently available at the Hbrary. Many also asked for aâjiUonal educational programs. Several people expressed an interest in tutoring for job-related reasons while others were interested in tutoring in order to get into the mil1tary or another sch001. Some people stated that the library neeœd more educational materials and some asked for more recreational reading materials. Our informal survey showed that there is a need for more tutoring, for new programming geared toward ooults with less than a twelfth gr~ education, and for more materials for these adults. Programming and mater1als are needed 1n areas such as job sk1Hs, education, and recreation. People in the target group have bæn and wiIJ continue to be an important source of informatJon about needed 1íbrary services for these oou1ts. We also visited the adult education program at the San Marcos High School which offers night classes for ooults. Since this program Is offered only two evenings per week and for only eight months af theyeor, Mrs. Jasefina Tobias, director of the progrom, expressed the need for a program of one-to-one, indivídua1ízed tutoring that is available year round. According to Mrs. Tobias, some students prefer Indiv1dual tutoring over the classroom approoch that her program offers. Also, she expressed the need for a place to refer her students when the night school program ends each spring. Mrs. Tobias expressed support for a plan to provide cpxtquaHty educational and recreational materials for people to check out of the library. Students at the night school are not snowed to take study materials home. In an effort to provide materials for as many mult education students as possible, the I ibrary can help provide study materials for the Lifelong Learning Project as wen as provide materials for students at the night school. When we surveyed former, present and prospective tutors in the existing tutoring program at the library, most expressed a great desire for tutor training. Present tutors questioned whether they were being reaHy effective due to their lack of formal training. Former tutors have raised the same questions. We have speculated that the existing tutoring prrgram has lost tutors due to the lock of available training. Some prospective tutors have dropped out of the program upon learning that no training was available locally. A recent study done by the U.S. Department of Education showed that 96~ of tutoring programs using volunteers provided training for their tutors. ¡\ccording to the Literacy Volunteers of America Management Handbook of Volunteer Proarams: