Responsibilities of Potential Tutors

The Dyslexia Tutoring Program provides volunteers with the opportunity to receive personal satisfaction through helping someone improve the quality of his or her life. Our tutors will work with individuals on a one-to-one basis using the Orton-Gillingham approach to reading. Many of the teaching skills tutors will utilize can be applied to their own personal and professional lives. The Dyslexia Tutoring Program tutors will also enhance their own communication skills while making a significant effort toward combating illiteracy.

A high school diploma is required. Good command of language is also important. Tutors should have patience, a willingness to understand persons with language disabilities, and the desire to help someone grow. After completing the training, tutors are matched upon approval of the course instructor.

Applicants are screened by the Dyslexia Tutoring Program before acceptance into the tutorial program and are expected to make the following commitments:

1. Compliance with the Ethics and Risk Management Policies of the agency.
2. Attendance at (20) twenty class hours of tutor training. Training classes are held throughout the year at locations in the Baltimore metropolitan area.
3. Attendance at two meetings with the instructor and your student at the Rotunda. The first meeting takes place after the 20-hour class. The second meeting takes places approximately two (2) months after you begin tutoring. At that time you will be scheduled for a Tutor Observation where you will get feedback from your course instructor regarding your progress with your student.
4. Commitment to tutor a student once or twice a week for at least one hour per session for a minimum of 60 hours. The Education Coordinator will work with the tutor and client to achieve appropriate matches and convenient times and locations for tutoring. Our Tutor Support Coordinator provides on-going contact, support, and follow-up for both tutor and client. The Dyslexia Tutoring Program's office, community organizations such as Harbel, The JCC, Sinai Hospital, area libraries, schools, churches, and other facilities are used as tutoring sites. Tutoring in private homes is not permitted.
5. Willingness to devote some time for preparation, turning in monthly client report forms, meeting with the Tutor Trainer and Education Coordinator, and attendance at follow-up training sessions, if necessary.
6. Acceptance of responsibility of alerting the Dyslexia Tutoring Program's Tutor Support Coordinator if not able to keep appointments or if client is late or absent.
7. If you choose to take the training course and fail to meet your commitment to tutor for the Dyslexia Tutoring Program, the cost of the course is $500 for the training and materials.

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