Classroom Literacy Volunteer One Hour a Week with Middle Schoolers

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Volunteers Needed for the 2019-20 School Year (Sept - May)

Los Ayudantes provides in-class tutoring support to middle school students in the Redwood City School District at McKinley Institute of Technology (aka, MIT) Middle School under the direction of the classroom teacher. We work primarily with the literacy teachers providing reading support, helping students develop writing skills, and build critical thinking skills as they work on in-class assignments.

Tutoring Requirements: Proficiency in English is required. No special foreign language skills are needed. Tutor training and orientation will be provided. Background check and clean TB test required. The Program Director will contact you for instructions on this process. Questions? Contact Program Director, jenni.farrell@losayudantes.org for more information.

We are currently looking for tutors who can make a school-year commitment and work 1-2 hours a week at the following times.

6th Graders Literacy Period
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday (48 min)
Period 1 8:00 - 8:48
Thursday (55 min)
Period 1 8:00-8:55

7th-8th Graders Literacy Period
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday (55 min)
Period 1 8:00-8:55 or
Period 2 8:58 - 9:53
Thursday (45 min)
Period 1 8:00-8:45 or
Period 2 8:48-9:33

Tutors who enjoy working with adolescents and feel comfortable working with a variety of reading, writing and critical thinking strategies are most likely to enjoy this work. You can become an important, trusted adult in the kids’ lives when you make this commitment to tutor them throughout the year. Training and orientation is provided, and you are introduced via email to your teacher ahead of time. Instructions are provided at the beginning of a class session by the teachers on the volunteer's assignment for the day. Typically the work includes helping the kids read aloud from their Newslela articles or assigned reading and asking questions to help the kids think critically about the passages they're reading.