Criteria for selecting literacy personnel

The criteria listed here are generally suitable for selecting literacy personnel in most literacy programs. The list needs to be tailored, however, to fit the style and needs of each program.

In general, select people to be literacy personnel who

• are approved by respected members of the community
• are recognized as honest by the community
• are respected throughout the community
• speak, read, and write the language(s) of instruction fluently and accurately
• understand and are committed to the purpose and goals of the literacy program
• understand and participate in the local culture, and
• work well with others.

Use the criteria in the following modules to select individuals for specific roles.

• Criteria for selecting administrators
• Criteria for selecting literacy committees
• Criteria for selecting literacy materials developers
• Criteria for selecting supervisors
• Criteria for selecting teachers
• Criteria for selecting trainers

• Overview module: Criteria for selecting literacy personnel
• In overview module: Literacy personnel, by Stephen L. Walter
• In modular book: Plan a literacy program, by Stephen L. Walter, Barbara K. Trudell (contributor), and Trudy K. Stewart (general editor)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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