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Description
Community Based
One-on-One Tutoring
Core program emphasizing
personal empowerment, long-term
relationship building between
learner and tutor, and cultural
mentoring.
Tutoring is held in community-
based locations such as churches
and libraries, with staff onsite
to provide real-time support to
volunteer tutors and learners
Virtual Tutoring to
Rural Immigrants
TEACH successfully adapted to
a virtual platform when the COVID
struck, using a range of technologies
to simulate inperson tutoring and
online resources.
TEACH will collaborate with local
schools and libraries to offer its
virtual services to reach students
without ready access to ESL programs
and for tutors whose preference is
online instruction, specifically for
the over 20,000 immigrant residents
of Kendall, DeKalb and LaSalle
counties.
Outcomes
Community
Increase language and cultural
proficiency in order to improve
quality of life and become a
participating member of the
larger community.
Virtual
Increase language and cultural
proficiency in order to improve
quality of life (including better job),
become a participating member of
the larger community.
