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49 people are interested
Tutor for GED on the Eastside!
ORGANIZATION: Seattle Education Access
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49 people are interested
About us: Seattle Education Access (SEA) was founded in 2002 to support low-income young people under the age of 30 whose educations have been disrupted by poverty, adversity, and trauma. SEA’s goal is to provide individualized support and planning as students finish their GED, prepare for college, and go through the college process. Most young people who re-engage with education through SEA’s assistance have not completed their high school diploma or ever enrolled in college. Many students want an education but lack the resources and information to start the process. SEA currently partners with over 30 organizations across King County, including community based organizations and community colleges to connection with low-income young people who have disrupted educations. Students are recruited through intentional referrals by partner organizations. Each student’s educational path is assessed on a case-by-case basis and a personalized plan is designed to help the student succeed in college and address any barriers they face to ensure they graduate. We provide career and academic advising, help with financial aid and enrollment processes, scholarship support, and tutoring.
Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for someone to tutor students in GED prep on the Eastside. Tutors work one-on-one with students, meeting at public places such as libraries or community centers. You work with SEA and the student to find a convenient time to meet, so this opportunity is very flexible if you have a 9-5 job.
If you are enthusiastic about learning, willing to learn about the GED sections (high school level math, science, writing and language arts), and flexible, then this may be for you!
If you have been thinking about volunteering for a while now, but are not yet sure about how to balance work, life, and service, then this highly flexible opportunity would be a great fit for you.
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About Seattle Education Access
Location:
1406 NE 50th St. #202, Seattle, WA 98105, US
Mission Statement
Seattle Education Access provides higher education advocacy and opportunity to people struggling to overcome poverty and adversity. For more information, visit www.seattleeducationaccess.org.
Description
SEA fights poverty and homelessness by helping marginalized youth make strong transitions to local community colleges and four year universities. Many of our students have been homeless; others are immigrants, foster youth, or single parents. What they all share in common is a strong motivation to complete their educations, coupled with a lack of adequate resources to achieve their goals. We provide our students with the financial and social resources they need to excel academically, as well as personalized, compassionate, respectful academic advising and advocacy. As a result, our students are succeeding in college and leaving poverty behind, preparing to give back to society as professionals and leaders of the next generation.
Since 2002 SEA has provided higher education advocacy and opportunity to people struggling to overcome poverty and adversity. We provide marginalized, high-potential youth and young adults with the resources they need to transition successfully to college, so that they can finish their educations and contribute to society in professional careers. Our outreach is focused on youth and young adults whose academic progress has been derailed by homelessness, trauma, and poverty.
Our students face significant barriers to college success: lack of housing, family support, money for tuition, books and food, and mentors and tutors whom they can trust. They also suffer from low societal expectations and support. By removing these barriers, we open up the world of academic and career opportunities to our young students -- the same opportunities that are available to youth from wealthier families.
Through our College Success Program, we provide free academic advising, career counseling, scholarships, tutoring, and advocacy. Now in its seventh year of service, our College Success Program has a proven track record of helping marginalized youth succeed in college. We are responding to an urgent and critical need with a bold new approach that is unduplicated in Washington State. Our staff works with students to create an individualized academic achievement plan tailored to each student's gifts and goals. We teach our students how to navigate the educational system, get federal financial aid, compete for private scholarships, make a budget, register for classes, pick the right campus and degree program, and effectively access campus services. We provide long term social support, cheering the student on toward graduation. We also operate our own scholarship fund that supplements their financial aid package.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
3000 Landerholm Cir SEBellevue, WA 98004
DATE POSTED
August 1, 2019
SKILLS
- General Education
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
- Tutoring
- Mentoring
- Math / Science Instruction
- Adult Education
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check