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Evergreen/Olympia Tutoring Collaboration
We are recruiting tutors to work through the end of Spring Quarter. Check out our job announcement for more information.
Purpose
The Evergreen/Olympia Tutoring Collaboration is a community service project that recruits, trains and supports college students to provide effective tutoring and educational assistance to students at high risk of failure in Olympia Public Schools and after-school programs in low-income communities in Olympia . College students participating in the project gain valuable exposure to education as a career path by working with special education and Title I eligible students. At the same time, the tutoring collaboration supplements educational resources in the Olympia School District that have been eroded due to budget constraints.
Description
The project is a collaboration of the Evergreen Center for Community-Based Learning and Action, the Evergreen Student Employment Office, the Olympia School District, and Together!, an agency providing prevention services to youth. The partners have established a program in which Evergreen students receive initial and ongoing training and support in tutoring skills. They concurrently provide tutoring and educational support in four Title I eligible schools (Hansen, Garfield, Madison and Roosevelt), and in Together! after-school programs for low-income communities.
Job Duties
Tutors attend monthly training workshops and periodically meet with the Program Coordinator and Project Directors.
Tutors collaborate with school personnel to assist in a variety of ways. Recently, tutors have tutored math and reading for individual students and small groups, and tutored science. Many tutors support ELL classrooms and special education students. A lot of program work focuses on assisting after-school programs. Tutors work with the school contact person to determine how they can best meet the school's needs.
Benefits
Participants can sign up for Students in Service and count their tutoring hours towards a tuition award.
Tutors:
- Learn teaching and tutoring skills
- Gain awareness of issues related to education
- Learn about the needs of at-risk youth
- Learn about the needs of students receiving special education services
Project Directors
Ellen Shortt Sanchez, 867-6859
Director
Evergreen Center for Community-Based Learning & Action
Kitty Parker, 867-5521
Evergreen Student Employment Services
Brian Fligner, 867-6866
Tutor Program Coordinator
Evergreen Center for Community-Based Learning & Action
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