Life Skills
We are transforming people’s lives and helping to make Frederick County stronger and more prosperous, one resident at a time.
Register for a Workshop today!
For Learners
Our Life Skills programming is open to all adults in Frederick County. We continue to offer one-on-one tutoring for adults to gain or improve their ability to read. As a learner, you can choose to be paired with one of our volunteers to build critical readings skills that you may have missed during traditional schooling. In addition, we now offer Learning Labs, workshops, classes, and asynchronous programs. We want to meet you where you are every step.
For Volunteers
Our current volunteers are invited to join our Life Skills workshops. We believe learning is a lifelong process and our workshops are geared towards high-interest topic areas and skill building.
Classes
Life Skills: Beginner Digital Literacy is for students with an intermediate to native level of English, and a beginner level of digital literacy. Topics include the basics of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Zoom meetings, and other topics per students’ requests.
Life Skills: Advanced Writing is for students with advanced English or native English speakers. Topics may include academic, business, or GED-focused essay writing.
Learning Labs
Join us on Tuesdays 11 AM – 1 PM or Fridays 12 PM – 2 PM or both for our weekly Learning Labs. This is an opportunity to receive drop in help.
We have a trained volunteer ready to assist you!
Workshops
Workshops are being added to our schedule continuously. They are open to our native English speaking learners, volunteers, and Intermediate or higher level ESL learners.
Our workshops cover a range of topics from health literacy and digital literacy to GED focused subject areas. We invite current learners and volunteers to sign up today!
Digital Literacy
Join us for our upcoming Digital Literacy class: Life Skills Microsoft Office in July.
Our digital literacy workshops are taught by Kishore Bitra, Lead – Collaboration Engineering Team at BCIT. In addition to his enterprise leadership experience, Kishore is a hands-on practitioner who helps organizations turn technology into practical, everyday productivity gains. He works closely with teams to simplify workflows, strengthen governance, and drive measurable improvements across collaboration platforms.
Please follow the steps below to partner with the Literacy Council of Frederick County for a workshop.
- Fill out the Workshop Proposal Form (WPF)
- Email completed form to: info@frederickliteracy.org
- The program coordinator will contact you at the email you provide in Section 1 of the WPF to notify you if LCFC is interested in moving forward with your proposed workshop.
- You will work directly with the coordinator to advertise your workshop and technology requirements.