In the area served by Waubonsee Community College, an estimated 23,000 immigrants live in households in which English is not the primary language. When you don't speak the language, you are not only disconnected from learning, but you're unable to participate fully in the workplace, in your children's education and in society in general.
Volunteers work in classrooms and individually with students.
This online training course will prepare you to work as a Literacy Volunteer Tutor. Anyone who wants to volunteer in our program but cannot complete the in-person training. Anyone who has started in-person training and cannot finish or needs to miss certain components. Current volunteer tutors who want to refresh their training. ESL teachers who supervise volunteers in their classrooms or who want some new teaching ideas.