Tutor Trainings: The Mayor's Commission on Literacy trains volunteers to become adult literacy tutors. Tutors are then paired with a literacy program and a learner in the City of Philadelphia. MCOL welcomes any volunteer tutor eighteen years of age or older who has at least a high school diploma or its equivalent.

The Commission offers the following basic training options for tutors:

• Basic Tutor Training-- Nine hours of training designed to give volunteer tutors a clear idea of strategies and goals for working with an adult learner.
• English as a Second language Training-- Nine hours of training to prepare tutors to work with adult learners who are speakers of languages other than English.
• GED Tutor Training-- Six hours of training to assist volunteer tutors to help prepare adult learners for the GED (high school equivalency) examination. Completion of Basic Tutor Training is a prerequisite.

Check out the Tutor Training Schedule for the next session.

or call the MCOL at (215) 686-5256 or (215) 686-5250.