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Evergreen/Olympia Tutoring Collaboration
Now hiring
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, tutored science, and worked one-on-one with an autistic student. One tutor has taught after-school Spanish and dance classes. Tutors work with the school contact person to determine how they can best meet the school's needs.
Benefits
Work-study eligible tutors earn $10.51/hr and work up to 15 hrs/week, depending on their work-study award. They may also choose to enroll in the Students in Action Program and count their tutoring hours towards a tuition award.
Work study students:
- 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
Sara del Moral, 867-6137
Tutor Program Coordinator
Evergreen Center for Community-Based Learning & Action
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