• Ability to make a minimum one-year commitment.
• Ability to commit to a minimum of four hours each week--
  • Meet for two hours each week with a small group of adult students, preferably one hour twice a week (one-on-one matching is also available), plus
  • Spend approximately two hours each week preparing lessons and traveling to and from tutoring sessions (actual time spent is dependent on lesson planning needs and distance from tutoring location).
• Willingness to provide status and progress information each month about your student.
• Patience (adults learn more slowly than children).
• Flexibility (our students have busy lives, too!).

• You should be 18 or older
• You should be able to speak, read, and write English fluently
• No foreign language experience is necessary
• No prior teaching experience is necessary
• Steps to become a Tutor:

1. Register for a volunteer orientation (required):

• Click here for a schedule of upcoming orientations
• Register online, or
• Call our office at 301-610-0030 to register by phone, or
• Contact Maggie Bruno, our Workshop Coordinator, by email to maggie@literacycouncilmcmd.org.

2. Once you have attended orientation, you will be able to register for a two-day tutor training workshop:

• Click here for a schedule of upcoming workshops
• There is a $25 one-time fee to take the training workshop

• Desire to help support tutors by relaying their questions and materials requests to the office staff.
• 1 – 2 hours per month to call or email assigned tutors.
• Ability to submit reports to the LCMC office in a timely manner each month.

• Training is provided.
• Contact Kim Brown, Deputy Director, at 301-610-0030 or kim@literacycouncilmcmd.org

 

• You should be 18 or older
• Available for a daytime or evening assignment.
• Ability to contribute at least 3 hours per week (more hours needed at the beginning and end of the class session).
• Detail oriented with strong interpersonal skills.
• Experience administering standardized tests.
• Bilingual volunteers especially welcome!

• Training is provided.
• Contact Stephanie Williams, Intake/Assessment Specialist, at 301-610-0030 or via email at stephanie@literacycouncilmcmd.org

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

• You should be 18 or older
• Experience with ESL and/or classroom experience required.
• Available for a daytime or evening assignment.
• Ability to contribute at least 3 hours per week.
• Reliability – lead teachers will be depending on you!

• Training is provided.
• Contact Philip Bonner, Instructional Specialist, at 301-610-0030 phil@literacycouncilmcmd.org   

 

 

• Classroom teaching experience,
• Experience teaching adults for whom English is a second language,
• Enthusiasm for working with adult learners, and
• Availability to teach eight 2-hour weekly classes.

• Contact Jayne Klein, EFDL Program Coordinator, at 301-610-0030 or jayne@literacycouncilmcmd.org

• Interest in working with adults for whom English is a second language, and
• Availability to assist during eight 2-hour weekly classes.

• Contact Jayne Klein, EFDL Program Coordinator, at 301-610-0030 or jayne@literacycouncilmcmd.org

 

• Interest in working with adults for whom English is a second language, and
• Availability to lead the class two hours per week on a regular schedule.

• Training is provided
• Volunteer positions available depending on learner interest and location.
  
• Contact Kim Brown, Deputy Director, at 301-610-0030 or kim@literacycouncilmcmd.org

• Must be 15 years or older
• Experience with Windows-based computing
• Able to attend a short orientation session to become familiar with Rosetta Stone and Lexia SOS Software, as well as LCMC Lab policies and procedures
• Able to work independently
• 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
• Reliable and punctual
• Comfortable working with people of limited English proficiency (knowledge of a foreign language is not necessary)

We currently have enough volunteers to assist us in the Language Lab.  Please consider our other volunteer positions.  Thank you!

 

• A bachelor’s degree
• Middle or high school teaching experience in math and/or language arts preferred
• Flexibility required as weekly hours may vary

• Contact Stephanie Williams, Intake/Assessment Specialist, at 301-610-0030 or via email at
  stephanie@literacycouncilmcmd.org

 

 

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. For more information, contact Beth Rawcliffe at 301-610-0030 or beth@literacycouncilmcmd.org

 

 

To Volunteer as a 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.  For more information, contact Kim Brown at 301-610-0030 or kim@literacycouncilmcmd.org

2012
Wednesday	January 4	7:30  - 9:00 pm	Rockville Library, Meeting Room #2
Thursday	January 19	10:30 am - noon	Rockville Library, Meeting Room #2
Tuesday	February 21	7:30 - 9:00 pm	Rockville Library, Meeting Room #2
Tuesday	March 27	7:30 - 9:00 pm	Rockville Library, Meeting Room #2

 

 

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2011 - 2012 Training Workshops:

 

2012
Saturday	January 14 & 28	10:30 am - 4:15 pm	Rockville Library, Meeting Room #2
Saturday	February 4 & 25	10:30 am - 4:15 pm	Rockville Library, Meeting Room #1
Saturday	March 3 & 24	10:30 am - 4:15 pm	Rockville Library, Meeting Room #1
Wednesday & Tuesday	April 25 & May 8	10:30 am - 4:15 pm	Rockville Library, Meeting Rooms #1 and #2

 

In case of inclement weather, please call the Literacy Council at 301-610-0030 to find out if the office has a delayed opening or has been closed, or if the orientation or workshop has been cancelled.  A decision will be made by 7:00 a.m. in the event of questionable conditions and we will leave the announcement on the Council outgoing message and via WTOP AM radio (AM 1500).