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25 people are interested
Become a Tutor!
ORGANIZATION: Waukegan to College
Please visit the new page to apply.
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25 people are interested
Many W2C students need extra help to succeed in school. If you enjoy helping students learn in subjects ranging from 5th grade social studies to Spanish, French, and 12th grade calculus, tutoring may be for you! Tutors work one-on-one with W2C students and W2C staff talks with tutors to understand their skills and levels at which they would be comfortable tutoring. Tutoring occurs on Saturday mornings throughout the school year between 9am and 12pm.
Each tutoring session is 1 hour long, on a specified subject. Students bring materials such as homework, a test/quiz for review, or projects to work on. Many tutors work for more than one time slot. Each week, W2C staff coordinates a roster of tutors and students so that tutors know what subject(s), student(s), and time slot(s) they are scheduled for each week. Tutors who are available to come most Saturdays are assigned to the same students week after week.
For volunteers who can't commit to a weekly assignment, W2C maintains a substitute list. These tutors are contacted on a week by week basis to fill in when regular tutors will be absent.
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About Waukegan to College
Location:
410 GRAND AVE, WAUKEGAN, IL 60085, US
Mission Statement
Waukegan to College believes there are many hundreds, if not thousands, of Waukegan students not reaching their full potential. For students and families who do not consider college to be an option, Waukegan to College seeks to inform families about the rules of the "college game" through workshops and one-on-one counseling. In addition, support programs such as weekly tutoring and coaching, help ensure that students get on and stay on a path to college.
Description
Students in Waukegan to College range from 5th grade to college. By starting the program with students just before they enter middle school, W2C establishes high academic expectations and a concrete sense that college, with hard work, is attainable.
Waukegan to College more than doubled from 25 students in its first year to 80 in the 2014-2015 school year -- this number now includes 1 college graduate, 1 fourth-year college, 2 third-year college, 8 second-year college, and 2 first-year college students who would likely not be there without Waukegan To College. Often, W2C works with the oldest child in the family and the younger siblings benefit from the understanding of the college process that parents gain. As the current 1st grader in the family grows up, his parents will be well-attuned to the importance of getting good grades, taking challenging courses, beginning to save for college at an early grade, and the many other critical aspects of pursuing higher education.
A fundamental tenet of W2C is its focus on families. Workshops delivering key information for pursuing college admission are given for students and parents and are presented in English and Spanish.
W2C fosters an environment where families are expected to give back to the program by helping families new to W2C become oriented to our program and by being W2C ambassadors in their community organizations. We believe that ultimately this family outreach will be instrumental in creating the college-going culture of the long-term vision.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
410 GRAND AVEWAUKEGAN, IL 60085
DATE POSTED
May 18, 2015
SKILLS
- Tutoring
- General Education
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
N/A