Training and the CRB Process

Training

The 2 hour 'Right to Read' training is an interactive session in which participants look at books, look at words and do a couple of activities which help them to feel what it is like to be an early reader again.  Information is delivered as a PowerPoint presentation interspersed with reading activities in pairs and small groups.  No-one is put under any pressure to say or do anything in the training session that would make them uncomfortable. Participants are issued with a hand book that covers the main themes discussed.

The training session covers information on:

• Choosing books
• Starting to read
• Using pictures for storytelling
• Paired and shared reading
• Searchlight reading strategies: phonics, graphics, syntax and context
• Reluctant readers
• Comprehension - before, during and after reading
• Pause, Prompt, Praise
• Non-textual activities e.g. games
• Child protection issues

Volunteers must attend the training session to find out how children learn to read and to learn the range of strategies they can use if a child gets stuck when reading.  Volunteers also learn how to check that a child has understood what they have read.  This is the most important element of reading. They also place an emphasis on making reading fun.

General information about child protection issues is given for the protection of children and volunteers but we do not expect volunteers to come across any particular difficulties.

The role of the 'Right to Read' volunteer is to help children to understand what they read and to get pleasure from reading.

CRB process

Everyone who goes into a school to work with children has to have a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check. This is to make sure that they are who they claim to be.

Your CRB check is simple to do. You will receive a CRB form on which you use a black pen to fill in your name and address details for the last five years.  You also need to provide your National Insurance number and evidence of who you are and where you live. A driver's licence, a passport or something that shows your name and your face will prove who you are. A utilities bill will prove where you live.  Any unspent convictions that the police hold on file must be declared.  Sign it and let us see the evidence.  Once the information has been verified by us (LEBC), you take away the evidence and wait for your CRB certificate to come in the post.

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