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Virtual Opportunity
If you can spare two hours a week, you can make a positive difference in the life of another adult through tutoring! Oakland Literacy Council in suburban Detroit is looking for compassionate volunteers who are at least 18 years old to tutor adult immigrants who are learning the English language. Our tutors: meet their student for two hours a week for a year (with time off for vacations and holidays) set their own schedule meet their student over a video conferencing system like Zoom or Google Meet have the option to use our curriculum and lesson plans. Our tutors provide help with speaking, reading, and listening skills. A typical lesson might help a learner prepare to visit a doctor, shop for groceries, interview for a job, or speak to a child's teacher at school conferences. This is a rewarding volunteer opportunity where you see the impact of your work directly in your student’s life! No previous tutoring experience is required. Six hours of training and curriculum are provided. This is a perfect opportunity for retirees, empty-nesters, college students and those taking a gap year. Learn more about Oakland Literacy Council during a 30-minute information session or go to www.oaklandliteracy.com/become-a-tutor. To sign up for an information session or to learn more about this opportunity, click on the "I Want to Help" link on this post.
Date Posted: Nov 15, 2024
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Pontiac, MI 48342
If you can spare 1-2 hours a week, you can help an adult in Oakland County improve their digital literacy skills, so they can handle everyday computer and smartphone tasks, such as sending email, booking online appointments, keeping their data safe, and more. Oakland Literacy Council will train a corps of volunteer digital literacy tutors using the Northstar Digital Literacy curriculum. Volunteers must be at least 17 years old and available for virtual training on: Saturday, November 2, 9-11 am Tuesday, November 4, 7-8:30 pm Once trained, digital literacy tutors will begin meeting with adult learners. Tutors must commit to tutoring for six months. Oakland Literacy Council matches a volunteer tutor with a learner for one-on-one tutoring Tutors and learners will meet in public locations, like a local library, throughout Oakland County for 1-2 hours/week Oakland Literacy works with volunteer's schedule. We will match you with a learner based on the days and times that you are available and close to your community. This is an excellent opportunity for high school or college students or anyone who wants to gain valuable volunteer experience on a six-month basis. You do not need to be a computer whiz, only comfortable using computers. To learn more about this opportunity, please complete the interest form or call 248-253-1617.
Date Posted: Oct 21, 2024
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Pontiac, MI 48342
If you can spare two hours a week, you can make a positive difference in the life of another adult through tutoring! Oakland Literacy Council in suburban Detroit is looking for compassionate volunteers who are at least 18 years old to tutor adults preparing for the GED high-school-equivalency exam. Our tutors: meet their student for two hours a week for a year (with time off for vacations and holidays) set their own schedule meet their student at a public location like a library can use our curriculum. Our tutors provide help with reading skills necessary to pass the non-math portions of the GED exam. This might include learning academic vocabulary, improving reading fluency, and building critical thinking skills when reading Social Studies, Science, and other non-fiction texts. This is a rewarding volunteer opportunity where you see the impact of your work directly in your student’s life! No previous tutoring experience is required. Six hours of training and curriculum are provided. This is a perfect opportunity for retirees, empty-nesters, college students and those taking a gap year. Learn more about Oakland Literacy Council during a 30-minute information session or go to www.oaklandliteracy.com/become-a-tutor. To earn more about this opportunity, click on the "I Want to Help" link on this post.
Date Posted: Nov 15, 2024
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Flexible Schedule
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Pontiac, MI 48342
If you can spare two hours a week, you can make a positive difference in the life of another adult through tutoring! Oakland Literacy Council in suburban Detroit is looking for compassionate volunteers who are at least 18 years old to tutor adults for two hours a week for a year (with time off for vacations and holidays). Each volunteer works individually with one student at a time convenient for both. Tutors and students choose whether to meet face to face or virtually. Currently, we have a large demand for tutors to work with Math students. Some of these students are working toward a high school equivalency degree but need to brush up on foundational math skills first, such as fractions, algebra, and geometry. Because of the help provided by our tutors, our learners achieve such goals as better employment, a high school equivalency degree, or post-secondary education opportunities. They can better understand finances, help their children with schoolwork, and more. The role of number sense and an understanding of mathematics grows more important every day. Problem solving, critical thinking, computation, measurement, and geometry are just some of the ways math arises in our everyday lives. This is a rewarding volunteer opportunity where you see the impact of your work directly in your student’s life! No previous tutoring experience is required. Six hours of training and curriculum are provided. This is a perfect opportunity for college students, recent graduates taking a gap year, retirees, and others. To learn more about this opportunity, click on the "I Want to Help" link on this post.
Date Posted: Nov 15, 2024
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Flexible Schedule
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Pontiac, MI 48342
If you can spare two hours a week, you can make a positive difference in the life of another adult through tutoring! Oakland Literacy Council in suburban Detroit is looking for compassionate volunteers who are at least 18 years old to help adult immigrants expand their knowledge of the English language. Our tutors: meet their student for two hours a week for a year (with time off for vacations and holidays) set their own schedule meet their student at a public location like a library can use our curriculum. Our tutors provide help with speaking, reading, and listening skills. A typical lesson might help a learner prepare to visit a doctor, shop for groceries, interview for a job, or speak to a child's teacher at conferences. This is a rewarding volunteer opportunity where you see the impact of your work directly in your student’s life! No previous tutoring experience is required. Six hours of training and curriculum are provided. This is a perfect opportunity for retirees, empty-nesters, college students and those taking a gap year. Learn more about Oakland Literacy Council during a 30-minute information session or go to www.oaklandliteracy.com/become-a-tutor. To earn more about this opportunity, click on the "I Want to Help" link on this post.
Date Posted: Nov 15, 2024