The Cultural Development & Wellness Center Adult Education Volunteer program is seeking classroom assistants and tutors for our English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic & Secondary Education, and Citizenship Classes. Our program helps adult students – particularly immigrants, refugees, and their families – to learn English, pass the General Education Development (GED) test, apply for citizenship, and more. If you’re interested in helping people gain the skills they need to succeed in the United States, we encourage you to apply!

Classroom Assistants

We are looking for Classroom Assistants to assist teachers within the classroom setting.

Classroom Assistant Requirements:

  • Available during one of the scheduled English as a Second Language (ESL) and Citizenship class times for a 13-week trimester or more
  • Facilitate learning with small groups of learners
  • Assist teachers with other needed classroom tasks
  • Do not plan lessons or teach the entire class, but offer valuable support
  • Must pass a background check

Tutors

We are looking for Tutors to assist our Adult Education students with their coursework in one-on-one sessions.

Tutor Requirements:

  • Offer one or more hour-long sessions to students one-on-one via Zoom each week
  • Prepare materials for each session and student
  • Prior teaching experience is not required, but must be adaptable, patient, and willing to learn
  • Must pass a background check
  • Must offer at least one one-hour session each week for the 13-week trimester

Citizenship Volunteers

We are looking for Citizenship Volunteers to assist Adult Education students with our Citizenship Class curriculum, the overall citizenship application process, and Citizenship Workshops.

Citizenship Volunteer Requirements:

  • Must undergo an additional training due to the sensitive nature of the citizenship application
  • Might assist during one of our citizenship classes
  • Can offer to tutor students, helping them practice for interviews
  • Can assist during one of our quarterly citizenship application workshops
  • Must pass a background check

Computer Class Volunteers

We are looking for Computer Class Volunteers to assist Adult Education students at our in-person computer classes.

Computer Class Volunteer requirements:

  • Assist in our once weekly in-person computer classes
  • Possess an interest and willingness to patiently assist in teaching adult students basic computer literacy (i.e., document creation, typing, basic internet navigation)
  • Must pass a background check

ESL Class times are Monday-Thursday at the following times:

  • 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (In-person/Zoom)
  • 12 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (In-person/Zoom)
  • 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (ONLY Zoom)

Additional Information

Online classes are offered on Zoom and all volunteers must know how to use basic Zoom features to assist. We do offer training on how to do this. Basic features include Annotation (writing on the screen, highlighting), using Chat, and sharing screens.

If interested, please contact Jade Pellerito at [email protected] to begin the application process!