Link To Tutor Reporting Form – Troy

Link To Tutor Reporting Form – Albany

Link to Hybrid Education Form

Our 100+ volunteer tutors are your friends, neighbors and relatives who are contributing to our community by helping others help themselves.

No prior teaching or tutoring experience is necessary. We will train you to become a literacy tutor to adults and we will support you after you have been matched with a learner who has shown the interest and initiative to enroll in our program. Check out our calendar for a complete list of training dates and locations.

Online Tutor Training

Literacy New York (LNY) provides free online tutor training. If you are unable to attend an in-person tutor training or would prefer the distance learning option, consider the Intake to Outcomes Online Training for Adult Literacy Tutors.

New and experienced Basic Literacy and ESOL tutors have the opportunity to take the following free courses: Successful Tutoring, Reading Basics, Language Basics, Math Basics, Employability Soft Skills, and Numeracy. Contact Marie at LVORC if you are interested: (518) 244-4650.

Professional Development

Did you know that all LVORC volunteers can attend any of the professional development workshops for tutors offered by the Regional Adult Education Network? You can meet other tutors and enhance your skills at free trainings offered by professionals in the field of Adult Literacy. To view a calendar of training and professional development workshops for volunteers, visit www.capitalnorthraen.org

Why Tutor?

By Nina Halebsky

There are so many reasons why tutoring is a rewarding experience.  First and foremost is the appreciation a student shows when they realize they are able to make progress toward their literacy goals.  How valuable it is for them to have a special relationship with someone who can focus with them on their specific learning needs.  Being patient, being available, being their ally is gratifying and a gift for both tutor and student.  It is a way of demonstrating that all people deserve getting the help they need.  If I can give back to someone in this way, I feel I have contributed to their sense of dignity and supported them to better themselves.

As a teacher who has worked with regular and special needs children for over 10 years, I now sometimes have the privilege of assisting adults who continue to need support.  Literacy barriers can be true obstacles for adults, but with the motivation to be productive, an adult student will approach literacy learning with an added sense of urgency and interest.  This makes the job of tutor especially valuable.

 Sharing a sense of accomplishment and providing encouragement for successes big and small keeps me motivated to continue.  Finally, I truly enjoy getting to know my students as people, and we look forward to spending time together.