Volunteer with Us
Our success depends on people like you to serve as volunteers for our literacy services. If you are interested in helping adult learners improve literacy skills in order to improve their lives, two hours a week can make a huge difference! Skyline Literacy is always accepting volunteers!
Interested in Getting Involved?
Upcoming Trainings
Qualifications and Expectations:
Must be at least eighteen years of age and have a minimum of a high school diploma or GED.
Must have an interest in educating adults and helping them reach their full potential.
Tutors typically volunteer 2 hours per week.
Tutors are required to attend both tutor orientation and tutor training; tutor assistants are required to attend tutor orientation
There are four training tracks for tutors: ELL, basic literacy, citizenship program, and GED (each training is 4 hours). Find out about each of these specific tracks under our Programs page.
Other Ways to Get Involved with Skyline Literacy
Maybe you are not ready to be a tutor but would like to volunteer your time in other ways. If you would like to volunteer but cannot commit to weekly tutoring, you can:
Assist in the office or with special projects
Provide computer technical support
Contribute to the quarterly newsletter
Assist in grant writing and/or research
Administer language assessments to ELL learners (we provide training)
Help maintain the Skyline Literacy web site
Assist as a computer monitor with learners in our computer lab
Communicate with our ELL learners by phone in Spanish, Kurdish, Russian, Vietnamese, French or Tigrinya
Assist with the annual auction or other events
Distribute flyers
Assist with bookkeeping