The LCMC relies on volunteers to carry out most of our services. In fact, we’re one of the largest volunteer-based organizations in Montgomery County! Our volunteers donate over 40,000 hours of service annually. The LCMC offers a wide variety of volunteer jobs:

 

ESL and Basic Literacy Tutor

Each year over 600 volunteer tutors provide ESL and Basic Literacy tutoring to more than 1000 adult learners, teaching small groups or one-on-one. Tutors meet with their students 2 hours per week, at a location close to their home or work.

What We Look for in a Tutor
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Tutor Resources

Tutor Contact

Want to put your tutoring experience to work helping other tutors? Become a Tutor Contact! The LCMC relies on a team of over 60 Tutor Contacts to help us stay in touch with the hundreds of tutors active at any one time.

What We Look for in a Tutor Contact
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The LCMC conducts English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at sites around Montgomery County. These classes provide 9 hours of instruction for 10 weeks, and meet Maryland and national standards for adult ESL education.

Student Support Aide (SSA)

The SSA provides on-site support at our ESL Class program orientations and throughout the class term, proctoring standardized assessments and helping with learner intake and retention activities.
What We Look for in a Student Support Aide
To Volunteer as a Student Support Aide

ESL Class Teaching Assistant (TA)

We currently have enough teaching assistants to help us with our fall 2011 classes.  Please consider volunteering for one of our other opportunities.

ESL Class TA’s support our paid instructional staff in the LCMC’s ESL Class program, assisting in classroom activities, taking attendance, following up with learners who miss class, checking homework, and providing occasional tutoring.
What We Look for in a Teaching Assistant
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The LCMC’s 8-week “English for Daily Living” life-skills classes give busy parents a way to learn simple contextual English in a short program conducted at their children’s school. The classes are taught by volunteer teams of lead teachers and classroom assistants.

English for Daily Living Lead Teacher

Lead teachers provide instruction to 15 – 20 adult learners using LCMC’s EFDL curriculum.
What We Look for in a EFDL Lead Teacher
To Volunteer as a EFDL Lead Teacher

English for Daily Living Assistant Teacher

Classroom assistant teachers support the lead teacher in the classroom one evening per week for two hours.
What We Look for in a EFDL Assistant Teacher
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Conversation classes or “clubs” are a great place for new English learners to practice and develop their skills in American idiomatic English in a supportive and friendly environment.

Conversation Class Facilitator

What We Look for in a Conversation Class Facilitator
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Data Entry Volunteer

Help track student progress and volunteer information – data that is essential for the LCMC’s operation.  Become familiar with database architecture and the effects on the user; learn about adult literacy in the process.  This position has been approved for MCPS Student Service Learning.
To Volunteer as a Data Entry Volunteer

Office Volunteer

Want to help with filing, collating, photocopying, and envelope-stuffing? Join our volunteer Office Helper staff and work as much or as little as you like.
To Volunteer as an Office Helper

 

 

 

LCMC offers entry pre-testing for the Maryland GED-i program, a free, teacher-supported online learning program for GED (General Educational Development) test preparation offered to Maryland residents.

Reading and Mathematics Instructional Volunteer

Instructional volunteers are needed to tutor learners at pre-GED levels in reading and/or math. Volunteers will provide instruction to those learners who need modest academic support in order to qualify for the Maryland State Department of Education’s GED-i course.  Volunteers and students will meet at mutually convenient times and places.
What We Look for in a Reading and Mathematics Instructional Volunteer
To Volunteer as a Reading and Mathematics Instructional Volunteer

 

 

We currently have enough volunteers to assist us in the Language Lab.  Please consider our other volunteer positions.  Thank you!
LCMC wait-listed and active students can supplement their literacy or ESL tutoring by practicing their skills in our five-seat computer-based Language Lab.

Language Lab Assistant

Working in the LCMC’s in-office Computer-based Language Lab, Language Lab Assistants enroll learners by assigning their user name and password, orienting them to the basic operation of the Rosetta Stone or Lexia SOS software, explain the lab procedures, and provide assistance as needed.  This position has been qualified for MCPS Student Service Learning.
What We Look for in a Language Lab Assistant
To Volunteer as a Language Lab Assistant