Tutor Programs
   
Literacy Works offers these services for community volunteers who wish to teach adults to read, write, do math, or learn the English language.

MONTHLY 12-HOUR TUTOR TRAININGS

Each month, Literacy Works presents 12-hour tutor trainings at locations across Chicago:

English as a Second Language (ESL) -- Trainees learn the basics of teaching adults to speak, read, and write the English language. Once trained, tutors volunteer at literacy organizations serving Chicago's immigrants and refugees from all over the world.

Adult Basic Education (ABE) -- Trainees learn the basics of teaching adults to read, write, and do math. Once trained, tutors volunteer at literacy organizations serving English-speaking adults whose reading levels range from below the first-grade level to the GED level.

Trainings are offered in 6-hour blocks on two Saturdays each month, except August and December. Trainings take place at convenient sites in North Side, Southwest Side, and West Loop neighborhoods.

SUPPLEMENTAL TRAININGS

Each year, Literacy Works offers four or more supplemental tutor trainings focusing on special topics or innovative approaches to teaching ESL and ABE. Examples include:

  • Tutoring ESL Learners with Very Low Literacy
  • Math for Employment -- and Life!
  • Starting an ABE Book Group
  • Popular Education and the Problem Posing Approach

TUTOR GATHERINGS

The fall Tutor Forum and the spring Tutor Roundtable bring together volunteer tutors from across Chicago to share inspiration, resources, and solutions to common challenges.

TUTORS' WORDS

Volunteers comment on their Literacy Works' training... and their tutoring experience:

  • Exercises that make you think and do... Literacy Works' training was comprehensive -- a review of the material before I start should help me get started with confidence.
  • Without the training I would have been completely overwhelmed, but you gave me tools I needed to begin teaching.
  • I feel very appreciated by the students. I love to see the advances they are making, and to see that their lives are improving.

TO LEARN MORE

Interested in becoming a volunteer literacy tutor? Contact Literacy Works at info@litworks.org.

         

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