What We’ve Done

20 YEARS OF ALTA MAGAZINE

ALTA commemorated our 20th anniversary in 2012
by publishing a magazine to capture our work over the first two decades.

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What We’ve Done

1993 First training for volunteer tutors 
1994 ALTA students register at libraries
1995 ALTA National Literacy Survey
1995 Charitable status / first workbook
1999 Overseas tutor training – Grenada
1999 ALTA anthology of student writing
2000 The new ALTA building in Belmont
2001 Prison training for inmate tutors
2005 Introduce Reading Circles
2008 ALTA and NALIS launch Youth Lit
2011 ALTA Spelling Programme begins 
2012 Online tutor/student database
2014 Work begins on ALTA Online 
2018 Revised ALTA Spelling Dictionary
2018 First Readings Under the Trees
2020 ALTA-V classes via Zoom start
2021 Publish ALTA Spelling Chart
2022 Launch of ALTA Online
2022 ALTA Online at ICT Centres – MDT
2023 1000+ students on ALTA Online