Volunteer ESL tutors needed in Kent

Want to make a critical difference in someone's life? Help international adults learn to speak, read, and write English. Kent area volunteer tutors are urgently needed to teach English as a Second Language (ESL).

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  • Thursday, August 16, 2012 12:40pm
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Want to make a critical difference in someone’s life? Help international adults learn to speak, read, and write English. Kent area volunteer tutors are urgently needed to teach English as a Second Language (ESL).

All instruction is in English; you do not need to know a second language. Instruction times and locations are flexible. No former experience with teaching or tutoring is needed. Multi-Service Center provides training that gives you hands-on strategies to involve students in the English learning process. Tutoring assignments last for a minimum of six months for 1.5 hours, two times per week. Your help gives students the communication skills they need to become successful parents, productive workers, and responsible citizens.

For more information, contact Britny Pope, MSC Education Coordinator, at 253-838-6810 ext. 182, or email britnyp@multi-servicecenter.com.

Multi-Service Center is a nonprofit agency that serves all of South King County with services in education, employment, housing, energy assistance and much more. Find us on the web at www.multi-servicecenter.com.




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