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TREE LINE For and about the employees of Mackenzie Operations Volume 4, Issue 3 Before the T.D.I. (Training Development Initiative Learning Center ) opened almost two years ago Slocan employee Mike Lays had a Grade Seven education and difficulty reading. Today, Mike has his G.E.D., and his reading level has moved up about three grades. The Read Right program, which has been offered at the TDI. for about two months, is the key to Mike's improved reading skills. The program is designed for anyone who wants to improve their reading. It works for non-readers, English as a second language students, and those who know how to read but feel they could read better. "I used to stop reading part way through a paragraph, even when there was no comma or anything," says Lays. Through the Read Right program, Mike has learned to read the entire paragraph through until he understands it completely. "It's the fluency of how you read that they're going for. Now I read much smoother and faster and understand what I've read." With his new-found reading ability, Mike plans on re-writing his millwright pre-apprenticeship test when a posting comes up. Learning Centre Director Maggie Killoran is thrilled with the success of the program. There are 42 people enrolled in Read Right, and 130 on the waiting list. "Reading is a skill," says Killoran. "It's kind of like learning to drive an 18 wheeler. Just because you can't do it, doesn't mean you're dumb. It just means you haven't been taught correctly." Reprinted by permission of the Training
Development Initiative Committee of the Slocan
Forest Products Operations in Mackenzie, British
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