Volunteer
Volunteer Opportunities Available.
Flexible Scheduling
Making Friends
Open Positions:
Adult Education
Tutors Needed
Contact
[email protected]
Umpqua Valley Disabilities Network - Volunteer Tutor Job Description
Goal:
To plan and implement tutoring sessions for adult learners who want to improve their literacy skills so that they can function more effectively as workers, family, and community members.
Qualifications:
Responsibilities:
Benefits:
Hours:
Tutoring schedules vary according to your availability and how much time you want to invest on a weekly basis. Our office hours are Mon-Thurs 8:00am – 4:00pm; closed for lunch 12p-1p. One tutor may work 1 or 2 hours a day per week or 8-10 hours per week on various days. Others just want to be on-call for when a tutor calls in sick. We are flexible.
Flexible Scheduling
Making Friends
Open Positions:
Adult Education
Tutors Needed
Contact
[email protected]
Umpqua Valley Disabilities Network - Volunteer Tutor Job Description
Goal:
To plan and implement tutoring sessions for adult learners who want to improve their literacy skills so that they can function more effectively as workers, family, and community members.
Qualifications:
- Good interpersonal skills
- A sense of humor
- Ability to encourage people and inspire trust
- Awareness of cultural differences
- Be able to speak, read, and write in English fluently
- Respect for client as an adult peer
- Enthusiasm for learning
- Patience, flexibility, perseverance
- Experience or interest in working with people who live with disabilities
- Basic computer skills (Ex: navigating the web for learning tools like Khan Academy)
Responsibilities:
- Give individual attention to the learner’s needs
- Establish good rapport
- Plan lessons and activities
- Keep detailed records
- Provide detailed reports about learner’s progress
- Maintain contact with the Program Coordinator
- Refer the learner to the Program Coordinator for needs other than tutoring
Benefits:
- Opportunity to help increase a person’s quality of life
- Build communication and leadership skills
- Giving back to your community
- Acquire Case Management Skills
- Learn lesson planning
- Satisfaction gained by helping others
- Continuing opportunities
- Work experience and job recommendations
- Opportunities to learn from a peer
- Be part of a friendly team environment
Hours:
Tutoring schedules vary according to your availability and how much time you want to invest on a weekly basis. Our office hours are Mon-Thurs 8:00am – 4:00pm; closed for lunch 12p-1p. One tutor may work 1 or 2 hours a day per week or 8-10 hours per week on various days. Others just want to be on-call for when a tutor calls in sick. We are flexible.