What We Look For In a Tutor: 

• Enthusiastic individuals over 18 years of age
• Ability to meet for two hours each week with a student, preferably one hour twice a week.
• Ability to make a minimum one year commitment. 
• Willingness to provide status and progress information each month about your student when a volunteer calls. 
• Patience (adults learn more slowly than children).
• Flexibility (our students have busy lives, too!).

Prospective tutors will complete an orientation session and tutor-training workshop.   Orientations are held on selected weeknight evenings, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 pm.  The 12-hour training workshop is conducted on two Saturdays (usually consecutive).  Unless otherwise noted, orientations and workshops take place in the meeting room next to our office in the Rockville Library  We'll match you with a student, introduce you to that student during the second workshop day, and support you every step of the way during your tutoring experience. 

To Sign Up For A Training Workshop:

• Pick the orientation and workshop that fit your schedule.
• Call our office at 301-610-0030 to register for the orientation.
• Reserve your place in the workshop.  We ask for a $25 registration fee to cover the cost of the workshop and materials. Make your check payable to LCMC. 

Other Volunteer Opportunities: 

Volunteer Language Lab Assistant

We are seeking volunteers to work as Lab Assistants in our Language Lab, which offers computer-based English language instruction, using Rosetta Stone software, to the LCMC’s adult learners. 

The Lab Assistant will enroll learners in the Computer Lab, orient them to the basic operation of the Rosetta Stone software, explain the lab procedures, and provide assistance as needed. 

The Lab Assistant should have the following qualifications and skills:

• be 15 years or older
• have experience with Windows-based computing
• be able to attend a short orientation session to become familiar with Rosetta Stone and LCMC Lab policies and procedures
• be able to work independently
• be able to work in the Lab at the LCMC’s Rockville office a minimum of 3 hours per week, during the LCMC’s staffed office hours Monday through Friday
• be reliable and punctual
• be comfortable working with people of limited English proficiency (knowledge of a foreign language is not necessary)

 For more information or to volunteer, please contact:

Pam Saussy, Executive Director, at psaussy@literacycouncilmcmd.org
Kim Brown, Deputy Director, at kim@literacycouncilmcmd.org
Or call 301-610-0030 Monday through Friday 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.