Do you want to make a difference in a student’s life?
Become a Diamondbacks Reader and enrich your life while sharing your time and skill with a young person who is at a critical stage of development.
As a tutor, you meet with a High Desert Middle School student in person once a week for 30 minutes to help them develop and practice language skills. Some tutors also help with math.
As a Diamondbacks Reader, you can:
- Forge a personal friendship with your student and offer emotional support and a sense of stability.
- Read with your student using different teaching tools to improve their level of fluency and to foster a love of reading. Math support is offered with the guidance of the school’s math faculty.
- Help your student with homework if appropriate and needed.
Flexible time commitment
In general, Diamondback Readers tutor during the school year on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tutoring can occur mid-morning and mid-afternoon, depending on school schedules for the year and depending on your availability. Tutors are asked to commit to tutor for the entire school year and can also take time away for vacations and other activities.
How to sign up:
- Contact Alan Hilles (see info below) and he’ll help you.
- Become a High Desert Middle School volunteer by filling out
their form and completing a background check.
Contact Alan Hilles to learn more
[email protected]
Other things you should know:
- It is not necessary to have a teaching credential. Many students speak Spanish. No Spanish proficiency is needed to tutor (although appreciated!)
- This is an in-person tutoring opportunity so you need to be able to go to the school.
- You are invited to attend periodic meetings with other tutors in the program on enrichment topics, continuing education, and a chance to share learning with each other.