- QUESTIONS?
PROBLEMS? Contact Lorissa
Lightman, the ESL Coordinator. Lorissa can be contacted at
any time at lightman@bccls.org,
or you can visit the library or call (201) 391-5090 at the following
hours:
Monday: 1-6
Tuesday: 5-9
Wednesday: 10-2
Thursday: 10-2
- STUDENTS WHO DO
NOT SHOW UP: If a student can not attend class, he or she should
call and inform their tutor or Lorissa Lightman (lightman@bccls.org), the ESL
Coordinator. It is preferable to give 24 hours notice, unless it is a
family matter or an emergency. Canceling 15 minutes before class or
just not showing up is unacceptable and will be noted on the student's
record; the same holds true of chronic tardiness. We have a three
strike policy; after the third infraction the student will be removed
from the program.
- RESERVING A
QUIET STUDY ROOM: The Montvale Library
has two quiet study rooms which can be used for tutoring sessions. ESL
tutors get priority for these quiet study rooms, but need to reserve in
advance. To reserve, tutors should tell the person behind the reference
desk that they are a tutor in the library's ESL program, so that the
time and date can be noted in the quiet study room log book. The
further in advance this is done, the better.
- TEACHING AIDES: Copies of the Easy English News, a monthly newspaper
(excluding June-August), are available. News for You, a weekly
newspaper, is also available. The Montvale Library's ESL section
contains books, videos and audiobooks, and is currently located behind
the Reference Desk. If the Montvale Library does not have what you
need, items can be purchased or requested from other libraries. We also
have a tape recorder and whiteboard; if you want to use either of these
items ask the person behind the Reference Desk.
- STUDENT/TUTOR
RELATIONS: Sometimes things do not work
out. Tutor and student may have clashing personality types, different
expectations or just not like each other. If this occurs contact
Lorissa Lightman (lightman@bccls.org),
the ESL Coordinator. She will make every effort to find another match.
- TEN SESSION
POLICY: Tutors and students commit to
ten weekly sessions, consisting of one hour. However: it is the
Montvale Library's policy that tutor and student may continue to work
together as long as both parties are amenable to doing so. If, after
ten sessions, the student wishes to continue and the tutor does not,
please contact the ESL Coordinator (lightman@bccls.org) and she will
make every effort to find the student another match.
- ENDING YOUR
PARTICIPATION IN THE MONTVALE LIBRARY'S ESL PROGRAM: Please contact Lorissa Lightman (lightman@bccls.org), the ESL
Coordinator, and tell her that you do not wish to continue.
- TAKING ON MORE
THAN ONE STUDENT: Tutors wanting to work
with more than one student, either one-on-one or in a small group
setting, should contact the ESL Coordinator (lightman@bccls.org). Since the Montvale Library does have a
backlist this is
certainly acceptable, but new students need to apply and enter the
program through proper channels.
