Become a Tutor: Help an adult learn English or improve basic reading & writing at your Library

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ORGANIZATION: Sonoma County Library

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Become a volunteer Adult Literacy-English Language tutor. Help an adult in your community achieve their learning and language goals. Adults are currently waiting to be matched with a tutor at Sonoma County Libraries. We have a specific need for more tutors at libraries in: Santa Rosa (multiple library sites in Santa Rosa), Sonoma, Windsor, Rohnert Park, and Healdsburg right now. We also want to welcome tutors who are available evenings and weekends. If you can tutor 2 hours a week at any of these library locations, please let us know, so we can contact you and help you register for our 2024 New Tutor orientation and training dates - which take place on Zoom and online. All training and resources are FREE for volunteer tutors and adult learners.

Our next orientation will be held on Zoom: SEPTEMBER 12th at 9:00 am - 10:30 am. Contact us now to find our more and to pre-register for this orientation-training date. Email: literacy@sonomalibrary.org or call 707-544-2622.


We are looking for empathetic volunteers who want to help an adult learner improve their reading, writing & English language skills in order to achieve their chosen goals. No formal teaching experience necessary. Bilingual tutors are welcome, but you do not need to be bilingual to tutor. Free training and materials are provided by our library literacy office. Flexible hours and library locations throughout the county are possible and based on need once orientation on Zoom and online training is completed during the 4 weeks that follow the orientation date (there are nine self-paced online training modules).

What We Do: Sonoma County Library Adult Literacy Services provides FREE training, support and materials to adult learning partners, who meet one-to-one for weekly tutoring sessions at their local Sonoma County library 2 hours a week. Tutors volunteer 2 hours a week to meet with an adult learner and they also submit monthly hours/instruction reports online at the end of each month.

The next NEW tutor orientation will be online via Zoom: Thursday, SEPTEMBER 12th at 9:00 am - 10:30 am. Tutoring takes place in-person at your local library branch after orientation and training is complete and schedules have been mutually agreed upon with a potential learning partner.

Contact us today and we will help you register for our September 12th 9:00 am - 10:30 am Zoom orientation-training date or the next one scheduled for October 22nd from 9:00 am - 10:30 am.

Questions: 707-544-2622 or literacy@sonomalibrary.org
Visit: https://sonomalibrary.org/visit/locations/adultliteracy/volunteer

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About Sonoma County Library

Location:

6135 State Farm Drive, ROHNERT PARK, CA 94928, US

Mission Statement

The Public Library is dedicated to free and equal access to information, knowledge, independent lifelong learning, cultural enrichment, and the joys of reading for our diverse community.

Description

Public libraries in California seek to engage the talents, skills and commitment of volunteers to serve the communities' information and literacy needs. Libraries offer a variety of skilled volunteer opportunities to make a meaningful contribution to library programs, operations, fundraising events and other community engagement functions. Skilled volunteers have opportunities to lead projects, work with teams of staff and volunteers, learn new skills, and have fun.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Education & Literacy
Immigrants & Refugees
Community, Education & Literacy, Immigrants & Refugees

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

211 E StreetSanta Rosa, CA 95404

(38.44122,-122.71065)
 

SKILLS

  • Adult Education
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Literacy / Reading
  • Tutoring
  • Reading / Writing
  • English as a Secondary Language (ESL)

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Driver's License Needed
  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 21
  • Orientation or Training
  • 1.5-3 hours a week, with a 6 month commitment
  • monthly online progress/hours/activity reports (1 page) and student goals updates two times a year. Background check, confidentiality and policy agreements signed after training complete and prior to tutoring participation.

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