Written by: Kate Snyder, Executive Assistant
The tutoring room is bright and cheery with bulletin boards and posters on the walls and crates of books and board games piled onto the low, kid-height tables sprinkled throughout the room. There’s a rolling blackboard in one corner with announcements written in the broad, precise “teacher script” that I never could master.
When I walked in, a young Asian boy was diligently following along in a story book while Heather, one of EECM’s ExtraOrdinary Tutoring coordinators, read it to him. He carefully pointed to each word as she read it aloud and smiled happily at the pictures of snowmen and winter play.
Soon, we were joined by a high school student from the Ellis School, who comes in after school to study and get help with her homework. Her tutor was running late, but she didn’t seem to mind. She quietly picked a spot at an empty table, took out Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and started reading with slightly furrowed brow.
Down the hall, Liz, a young elementary school teacher who tutors in her spare time, was working with Danielle. Today the subject was math and Liz had written out several story problems for Danielle to work through. Danielle thoughtfully munched on an apple while she tried to solve the puzzle. Then, her face brightened and she confidently wrote down the right answer.
This is a standard afternoon at EECM’s ExtraOrdinary Tutoring program. The volunteer tutors and their students meet for one hour a week at East Liberty Presbyterian Church. Parents can sign their children up for help with a particular subject, or for general support and homework encouragement. Our tutors range in age from high school students all the way up to several retired folk who have been volunteering for years.
We’re always looking for more tutors, so if you’re interested, give us a call!
The tutoring room is bright and cheery with bulletin boards and posters on the walls and crates of books and board games piled onto the low, kid-height tables sprinkled throughout the room. There’s a rolling blackboard in one corner with announcements written in the broad, precise “teacher script” that I never could master.
When I walked in, a young Asian boy was diligently following along in a story book while Heather, one of EECM’s ExtraOrdinary Tutoring coordinators, read it to him. He carefully pointed to each word as she read it aloud and smiled happily at the pictures of snowmen and winter play.
Soon, we were joined by a high school student from the Ellis School, who comes in after school to study and get help with her homework. Her tutor was running late, but she didn’t seem to mind. She quietly picked a spot at an empty table, took out Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and started reading with slightly furrowed brow.
Down the hall, Liz, a young elementary school teacher who tutors in her spare time, was working with Danielle. Today the subject was math and Liz had written out several story problems for Danielle to work through. Danielle thoughtfully munched on an apple while she tried to solve the puzzle. Then, her face brightened and she confidently wrote down the right answer.This is a standard afternoon at EECM’s ExtraOrdinary Tutoring program. The volunteer tutors and their students meet for one hour a week at East Liberty Presbyterian Church. Parents can sign their children up for help with a particular subject, or for general support and homework encouragement. Our tutors range in age from high school students all the way up to several retired folk who have been volunteering for years.
We’re always looking for more tutors, so if you’re interested, give us a call!
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