About Us

Our Vision
To provide Adult Literacy Basic education at a local level which is relevant and unique to meet the diverse needs of our community, so empowering its citizens.

As a not-for-profit community organisation, the Outer Eastern Literacy Program has been helping adults achieve their literacy goals for the past 25 years. People have been helped to open a new world of opportunities.

Our history is full of wonderful examples of adults from all walks of life who have attended our programs, enhanced their lives and made new friends. They have benefited from taking the first step towards a whole new way of being in the world, by enrolling in one of our programs.

If you are looking for affordable help with literacy for yourself or for a friend, we offer a range of general literacy, Road Rules, English as a Second Language, writing skills and maths skills programs specifically designed to meet the needs of adult learners. Our programs allow you to learn at your own pace in a friendly and supportive environment. We are conveniently located at Boronia Library which is within walking distance of trains and buses. Our library location provides access to all the library services including the internet. It also provides a carpark and wheelchair access. Classes are also held at Emerald Community House and Kallista Community House.




Our Aims

• To assess without discrimination the literacy needs of adult members of the community who voluntarily approach the OELP for assistance, and recommend a course of action.
• To provide a mutually agreed course of tuition aimed at improving the literacy competence of students of the OELP.
  To train volunteers who provide literacy and numeracy tuition to students of the Program.
• To develop and provide support, services and facilities for the tutors of the Program.
  To liaise with other groups with similar aims and objectives.

Staff

• Our coordinator conducts confidential individual literacy assessments to assist participants to decide what their literacy training needs are, and which of our programs will best suit their specific needs.
• We have a team of qualified and experienced sessional group tutors who work with participants to create a comfortable and friendly learning environment.
• Our trained volunteers offer 1:1 tuition, should this type of learning be more appropriate.

Incorporation and Management

The Outer Eastern Literacy program is incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act. We are managed by a Committee of Management, elected from our members each year.


Volunteers

The OELP has a pool of trained Volunteer Adult Literacy Tutors who provide literacy tuition to adult students on a 1:1 basis. Tutors make a commitment to work with a student for two hours each week. This work is invaluable as it provides another option for students who find it difficult to progress in mainstream classes. The initial Volunteer Tutor Training is provided by the OELP as is ongoing support and professional development opportunities.