Volunteer
If you want more information, please fill out our Volunteer Interest Form, and someone from ALP will contact you.
What does an ALP Tutor do?
An ALP Tutor provides scripted and personalized reading lessons at least twice a week to under-resourced children in our community who are at least one grade level behind in reading. Tutors are trained to provide a structured, systematic, phonetic, multi-sensory, research-based reading lesson in a one-on-one setting that has measurable results.
Why does ALP tutoring exist?
60% of children struggle to learn to read due to a variety of reasons including learning disabilities like dyslexia. Once children get behind in reading, it becomes harder and harder to catch up, and the consequences are life-altering. Systematic, personalized phonetic instruction is prohibitively expensive for many families, so ALP exists to provide high-quality tutoring to children who would otherwise be unable to access it.
What is required to volunteer with ALP?
ALP trains and equips our tutors and asks only that tutors pay a nonrefundable $150 application fee to help offset the expenses associated with background checks and child safety training. We also ask that tutors commit to a minimum of 60 tutoring hours so that our investment in training, books, and materials directly supports the early literacy needs of disadvantaged children in our community.
The upcoming training classes will be offered as follows:
| Dates | Days & Times | Capacity |
| July 14, 21 & 28 | Tuesdays, 11:30am — 5:00pm ALP Office |
8 |
| July 30, August 6 & 13 | Thursdays, 11:30am — 5:00pm ALP Office |
8 |
Registration closes 10 days before the first session in each class.
If you want more information, please fill out our Volunteer Interest Form, and someone from ALP will contact you.
