The Jewish Coalition for Literacy, which helps Bay Area elementary schoolchildren learn to read, has announced its winter lineup of training sessions for new tutors.
Volunteer reading tutors are asked to work one hour a week with a disadvantaged student in public school. JCL trains, places and supports tutors in elementary schools and after-school programs in grades K-3 throughout the Bay Area.
The training session is three hours. People can register at www.jclread.org or by calling one of the numbers below.
East Bay: 1 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Jewish Federation of the East Bay (2121 Allston Way, Berkeley) or 1 p.m. Jan. 12 at Temple Isaiah (954 Risa Road, Lafayette). For information, call (510) 809-4904.
The Peninsula: 1 p.m. Dec. 10 at Peninsula Temple Sholom (1655 Sebastian Drive, Burlingame) or 10 a.m. Jan. 19 at the Oshman Family JCC (3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto). For information, call (415) 369-9978 ext. 107.
San Francisco: 1 p.m. Dec. 11 at Con-gregation Sherith Israel (2266 California St.) or 5:30 p.m. Jan. 8 at the JCC of San Francisco (3200 California St.) For information, call (415) 369-9978 ext. 105.