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Last update 7/17/2025
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Each tutor is matched with a student, and the tutor-student pair works together during the school year to prepare the student for a successful academic career. Our sessions are 90 minutes on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Volunteers can tutor either on Tuesdays in the Austin community of Chicago or Mondays or Thursdays in Oak Park.
Volunteers are also needed at our after-school literacy program at St. Catherine-St. Lucy School on Mondays for 60 minutes.
Tutoring runs for up to 30 weeks. 91% of volunteers surveyed reported having an ‘excellent’ experience at Learning Edge. Learning Edge provides training, materials, and subject-area support.
ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, LITTLE VILLAGE
Erie Neighborhood House, Little Village READS. READS is an after-school literacy program for 1-3rd grade students who have been identified by their teachers as reading below grade level and in need of extra literacy support. READS recruits volunteers to come in once a week, Monday through Thursday from 10-2:00pm or 11:30-1:30pm to work with groups of 2-3 students on their reading skills. We are currently recruiting volunteers for the summer programs.
RTAC IS SEEKING A PERSON TO ASSIST WITH THE RTAC ALERT E-MAIL SYSTEM
A RTAC Alert 'assistant' Needs to be familiar or proficient with the following software to properly maintain and update the RTAC Alert e-mail participant list:
Contact:
Arlene Crandall,
RTAC Executive Director
111 N. Wabash Ave.
Chicago IL 60602
312-750-1522
Posted
4/22/23
RTAC IS
IN NEED OF AN ASSISTANT WEBMASTER
Contact:
Arlene Crandall,
RTAC Executive Director
111 N. Wabash Ave.
Chicago IL 60602
312-750-1522
Posted
4/22/23
Last update 7/17/2025
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AQUINAS LITERACY
CENTER IS SEEKING VOLUNTEER TUTORS
Aquinas Literacy Center, a nonprofit literacy organization in McKinley Park, knows the value that volunteer tutors bring to our organization. Without the support of many volunteers, Aquinas would not be able to carry out its mission of empowering adults to learn English and become more engaged in their community. Our need is for adult ESL volunteer tutors.
LEARNING EDGE TUTORING IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS
Learning Edge Tutoring is a nonprofit, community-based
organization that provides free one-to-one tutoring to
students in grades K through 12 who primarily come from
the Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side.
Aquinas Literacy Center, a nonprofit literacy organization in McKinley Park, knows the value that volunteer tutors bring to our organization. Without the support of many volunteers, Aquinas would not be able to carry out its mission of empowering adults to learn English and become more engaged in their community. Our need is for adult ESL volunteer tutors.
Volunteer tutors
are needed to instruct limited English
proficient adults learners for 90 minutes per
week at our center, 1751 West 35th Street.
All instruction is one-on-one and training is
provided. Knowledge of a second language is not
required; all instruction is in English. See flier here.
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For more
information or to be put on our contact list,
please contact
Sabrina Poulin
1751 West 35th Street
Chicago Illinois 60609
773.927.0512
email Sabrina@aquinasliteracycenter.org.
Sabrina Poulin
1751 West 35th Street
Chicago Illinois 60609
773.927.0512
email Sabrina@aquinasliteracycenter.org.
Posted 7/18/25
LEARNING EDGE TUTORING IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS
Each tutor is matched with a student, and the tutor-student pair works together during the school year to prepare the student for a successful academic career. Our sessions are 90 minutes on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Volunteers can tutor either on Tuesdays in the Austin community of Chicago or Mondays or Thursdays in Oak Park.
Volunteers are also needed at our after-school literacy program at St. Catherine-St. Lucy School on Mondays for 60 minutes.
Tutoring runs for up to 30 weeks. 91% of volunteers surveyed reported having an ‘excellent’ experience at Learning Edge. Learning Edge provides training, materials, and subject-area support.
For
more information contact
Kara Kalnitz,
773-378-5530
535 N. Parkside Ave.,
Chicago, 60644.
To apply, click here.
Posted 9/4/24
Kara Kalnitz,
773-378-5530
535 N. Parkside Ave.,
Chicago, 60644.
To apply, click here.
Posted 9/4/24
ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, LITTLE VILLAGE
Erie Neighborhood House, Little Village READS. READS is an after-school literacy program for 1-3rd grade students who have been identified by their teachers as reading below grade level and in need of extra literacy support. READS recruits volunteers to come in once a week, Monday through Thursday from 10-2:00pm or 11:30-1:30pm to work with groups of 2-3 students on their reading skills. We are currently recruiting volunteers for the summer programs.
For more information contact
Jailine Santiago (she,her) | READS
Program Facilitator
Erie Neighborhood House, Little Village
4225 W. 25th Street
Chicago, IL 60623
Office: 773-542-7617 X 2804
Email: jsantiago@eriehouse.org
www.eriehouse.org
Posted 3/29/24
Erie Neighborhood House, Little Village
4225 W. 25th Street
Chicago, IL 60623
Office: 773-542-7617 X 2804
Email: jsantiago@eriehouse.org
www.eriehouse.org
Posted 3/29/24
RTAC IS SEEKING A PERSON TO ASSIST WITH THE RTAC ALERT E-MAIL SYSTEM
A RTAC Alert 'assistant' Needs to be familiar or proficient with the following software to properly maintain and update the RTAC Alert e-mail participant list:
1.
Familiarity with updating Gmail and Google Groups members;
2. Access to a separate e-mail client (such as Mailchimp);
3. Proficient with MS Word or its equivalent for composing messages;
4. Proficient with using MS access or MS Excel (with pivot tables) to determine which e-mail addresses to add or delete during each monthly update;
5. Availability to compose and send an alert within an hour of receiving a notice from the President or Executive Director concerning the introduction and/or legislative action that need our immediate attention.
NOTE: To satisfy informational, privacy and security
concerns the person(s) responsible MUST either be member(s)
of the Board of Directors or willing to
sign a non-disclosure agreement. 2. Access to a separate e-mail client (such as Mailchimp);
3. Proficient with MS Word or its equivalent for composing messages;
4. Proficient with using MS access or MS Excel (with pivot tables) to determine which e-mail addresses to add or delete during each monthly update;
5. Availability to compose and send an alert within an hour of receiving a notice from the President or Executive Director concerning the introduction and/or legislative action that need our immediate attention.
Contact:
Arlene Crandall,
RTAC Executive Director
111 N. Wabash Ave.
Chicago IL 60602
312-750-1522
A Website ‘Assistant’
Editor needs to be familiar or proficient with the
following software and procedures:
1.
Either MS FrontPage or MS Expressions4 for text
(WYSIWYG) updates and composition;
2. Dreamweaver or an equivalent for graphic and animation implementation;
3. FileZilla or its equivalent and the proper procedures for FTP transferability;
4. Familiarity with Xenu or its equivalent for performing monthly link checks;
5. Power PDF Pro or Adobe Acrobat to process, update and/or convert MS Word document to fillable PDF forms;
6. 4 Gb of space in their hard drive;
7. Familiarity with ‘Directory Match’ or its equivalent for keeping up to date backups.
Interested applicants should be willing to become a RTAC
Director and sign a non-disclosure agreement.2. Dreamweaver or an equivalent for graphic and animation implementation;
3. FileZilla or its equivalent and the proper procedures for FTP transferability;
4. Familiarity with Xenu or its equivalent for performing monthly link checks;
5. Power PDF Pro or Adobe Acrobat to process, update and/or convert MS Word document to fillable PDF forms;
6. 4 Gb of space in their hard drive;
7. Familiarity with ‘Directory Match’ or its equivalent for keeping up to date backups.
Contact:
Arlene Crandall,
RTAC Executive Director
111 N. Wabash Ave.
Chicago IL 60602
312-750-1522
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