Volunteer Tutor: ESOL, HiSET & Citizenship Prep

Jamaica Plain Community Centers Adult Learning Program (JPCCALP)

The mission of ALP is to provide an innovative learner-centered, participatory educational program to educationally disadvantaged and English Language Learner adults. Our goal is to help students attain the education, skills, and self-reliance that will enable them to more fully participate in their communities and in the education of their children, and will further enhance opportunities for personal development, life-long learning, and economic self-sufficiency.

Towards that end, we provide the tools to enable historically disenfranchised individuals and groups to more fully access, utilize, participate in, and impact the resources and development of their communities.

Our Volunteer/Tutor services will connect students one-on-one, and in small groups to accelerate learning in English, Math, Reading, Writing, HiSET, and Citizenship Test Preparation.

• 55+, Adults
• Individuals
• On-site
• Weekdays, Evenings

Our volunteers provide support as in-class assistants in our ESOL and HiSET classes, as well as work 1:1 and in small groups with students to support their learning and goal attainment outside the classroom. For example, citizenship test preparation, creating a resume, or practicing interviewing skills.

The Jamaica Plain Community Centers Adult Learning Program (ALP), part of the Jamaica Plain community since 1982, was established in response to the demand for basic education, employment-related skill building and ESOL services among local adults. During that time, ALP has provided free education, pre-vocational, and other support services to low and moderate income adults to over 5400 adult learners. Each year, we serve over 300 adults, from 18 years of age and up.