Volunteer Tutor: High School Equivalency Diploma for English Learners

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HSED-EL Tutor - Staring the beginning of 2022

Description of Role

HSED-EL Tutors provide one-on-one virtual tutoring sessions for an adult student who is preparing for, or currently completing, the HSED-EL program.

• Commitment: One Semester Minimum (about 4-6 months)
• Virtual tutoring is preferred / In-person tutoring may be considered

Schedule:

• You and your student will determine a tutoring schedule that works for both of you, however most students are in need of Friday morning or Saturday tutoring
• You must be able to meet at least one hour per week with your student, though more frequently is preferred, depending on how much support your student needs
• Preference for tutors who are able to stay with their student into the summer

Skills/Experience:

• Tech skills needed: Zoom, Google Drive, Google Classroom (training provided)
• Patience, enthusiasm, empathy, positive attitude
• Resourceful, creative, and able to use available resources to help students learn
• Willingness to learn material along with your student
• Experience in education is a plus!

Additional details:

This list includes the subject areas students will study in the formal HSED-EL program. Tutors are not expected to be masters of all topics; however, whether you are tutoring a student in the Foundations class or a student in the formal program, you will likely complete work related to these topics. A willingness to learn with your student is essential!

• English Language Arts
• Persuasive writing, narrative writing, expository (informational) writing
• Mechanics and conventions
• United States History
• Topic: World War II and the Navajo Code Talkers
• Math
• Fractions, decimals, percents
• Order of Operations: Rules, with integers, add/subtract integers
• Exponents: Rules, Quotient of powers, Power of products
• One-step & two-step equations; linear equations
• Basic Geometry, some statistics, and ratios
• Science & Health
• Topic: Impacts of food choices on health and the environment
• Civics
• U.S. History based on the 100 Civics Questions required for graduation by the state of Wisconsin

If interested, please email Madison at Madison@literacyservices.org.