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The Trent Valley Literacy Association is a non-profit organization formed to help adults in Peterborough city and county to acquire the literacy, numeracy, and computer skills needed to live and work successfully in the community. 

Trent Valley Literacy Association Philosophy and Programs

The Trent Valley Literacy Association is a non-profit community-based organization dedicated to helping adults in our community attain literacy skills that will meet their personal and work related needs. TVLA accomplishes this by first assessing a student's literacy level and skills then helping set realistic goals to meet that person's needs. 

TVLA works with other community organizations, which deliver programs from the very basic levels through to secondary and post-secondary levels. We work in association with The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, and Sir Sandford Fleming College.

TVLA delivers service based on needs identified by the student as well as academic support for formal learning programs. Service is provided by trained, volunteer tutors.

Many student/tutor pairs meet at 139 Douro Street where there is a collection of learning materials for their use. Trent Valley Literacy Associations commitment to excellence in all its services is reflected in its tutor training program, which is based on a teaching theory that recognizes reading as a process rather than a single activity. Furthermore, the training program covers a broad range of relevant topics such as learning styles, the nature of learning disabilities, and social issues that contribute to illiteracy.

As a community based organization, TVLA is committed to serving the needs of students in ways that enable them to function successfully according to their own expressed needs and the needs of the community where they live.