TLP in the Tompkins Weekly
This article in the Tompkins Weekly features an interview with our Executive Director, an overview of Tompkins Learning Partners’ programs, and quotes from our tutors. Check it out to learn more about TLP’s adult language and literacy work in our community, and reach out if you would like more information about getting involved!
Teaching Kits for Traveling Teachers: Thank you to the Social Service League of Ithaca!
Tompkins Learning Partners thanks the Social Service League of Ithaca for the grant, awarded in December 2024, for Teaching Kits for Traveling Teachers. As a result of this funding, TLP’s part-time teachers will have traveling kits, including a variety of books, manipulative materials, whiteboards and markers, and more! TLP’s staff teachers work with very beginning […]
TLP Thanks the City Federation of Women’s Organizations!
Tompkins Learning Partners is extremely grateful for the 2025 Women Building Community grant from the City Federation of Women’s Organizations. Through this support of Tompkins Learning Partners’ Empowering Women through Literacy and Language Instruction project, TLP will be able to sustain a third part-time staff teacher position while seeking sustainable, long-term funding for this position. […]
Dave Smith Receives Town-Gown Award
TLP staff and board members celebrated as former Executive Director, Dave Smith, was recognized at Cornell University’s 2024 Town-Gown Awards. The awards recognize and honor the achievements of individuals who have recently left or are leaving high-profile positions in the community. Dave’s 25 years of leadership promoting adult literacy in Tompkins County and securing a […]
TLP Selected as a 2025 GreenStar Partner for Change
Thank you to all of you who are GreenStar Co-op members and voted for TLP in the recent elections! We were thrilled to learn that we will be a 2025 GreenStar Partner for Change organization. During the month of November 2025, TLP will be featured and will have an opportunity for tabling, playing an overhead […]
From TLP’s Executive Director
It’s been a joy to be a part of the Tompkins Learning Partners community since I started as Executive Director in July 2024. I’m moved by the passion and commitment of our staff and volunteers and by the motivation, dreams, and inspirational life stories of our students. Seeing the transformative and mutually-rewarding relationships that develop […]
