ESL tutors work together during an ESL Tutor pre-service training.

You don't need to know a foreign language or be a teacher to be a successful volunteer tutor. One of the most effective ways to support the literacy cause is to volunteer your time helping others acquire necessary skills we often take for granted.

MLC provides a comprehensive training program for new and active tutors. Take a look at these pre-service trainings and in-service workshops that will help you become a successful tutor.  For more information on choosing the training that's right for you, click on the workshop title below.

Adult Tutor Trainings Offered at MLC

ESL Tutor Pre-Service Training and Schedule

This 12-hour pre-service training will provide instructional skills in culture, assessment, listening, speaking, reading, writing, and lesson-planning.

Reading, Writing and GED Tutor Pre-Service Training and Schedule
This 12-hour training instructs tutors on ways to teach spelling and sight words and to use textbooks to help learners improve their reading skills.

Tutor In-Service Workshops
MLC strongly encourages volunteers to continually sharpen their instructional skills by paricipating in free in-service workshops on a variety of topics.

Educational Technology Trainings and Schedule
We offer a number of educational technology trainings for ABE educators including teachers, tutors and program coordinators.  Sessions are held at MLC, around the state and through distance learning offerings.

Children's Tutor Trainings Offered at MLC

ABCs of Reading Workshops and Schedule

This three-hour training teaches tutors effective instructional strategies to encourage and strengthen young children's literacy skills.

Homework Helper Workshop and Schedule 

This three-hour training provides tutors with ideas for helping kids with their reading, writing, and math homework.