Centro Romero Adults (ESL)
Haley Yang hayleyyang2013@u.northwestern.edu
Lezlie Ontiverso: lezonti@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Rogers Park
Centro Romero is a community-based organization that primarily targets Spanish-speaking immigrants. As volunteers for the adult education program, students serve as tutors in ESL and citizenship classes and work with students one-on-one or in small groups. Some classes may require training and some knowledge of Spanish may be useful, but is not required.
Centro Romero Afterschool
Tess Steves tessstevens2015@u.northwestern.edu
Michelle Rogers michellerogers2013@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Rogers Park
Volunteers typically tutor children ages 7-12. Each volunteer works with 1 to 3 children and is expected to help them finish their homework, practice math, reading and spelling and then play games with them. Some knowledge of Spanish may be help, but is not required.
Centro Romero Intercambios
Thidar Khine thidarkhine2015@u.northwestern.edu
Saroja Cuffey sarojacuffey2015@u.northwestern.edu
Volunteers typically tutor children ages 7-12. Each volunteer works with 1 to 3 children and is expected to help them finish their homework, practice math, reading and spelling and then play games with them. Some knowledge of Spanish may be help, but is not required.
Southeast Asia Center
Nikita Ramanujam nikitaramanujam2015@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Uptown/Argyle
Volunteers tutor, mentor and play with the children. South East Asia Center serves a mostly Vietnamese and Eritrean clientele; volunteers work with groups of children from either kindergarten to 1st grade or 5th- 6th grade.
Heartland Alliance
Kelda Baljon keldabaljon2013@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Rogers Park
Heartland Alliance’s mission is to respond to the human needs of endangered populations such as the poor, the isolated and the displaced. Volunteers teach ESL and play with the children in the site’s youth program.
Chinese Mutual Aid
Kaitlin Hansen kaitlinhansen2015@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Uptown/Argyle
Chinese Mutual Aid is a site for individual volunteers. Tutors for adults teach reading and writing while tutors for children work in the Family Literacy Program and help children to read, write, do math and create artwork.
Asian Youth Services
Kaleb Tsang kalebtsang2012@u.northwestern.edu
Charles Lin charleslin2014@u.northwestern.edu
Silas Wong silaswong2014@u.northwestern.edu
Area: Northwestern Chicago
AYS deals with education and poverty by providing students in the Chicagoland area who do not have access to mentoring and school supplies with those resources. Volunteers serve as mentors and tutors to the AYS students, helping them with anything from art and science projects to basic reading skills and piano, violin, guitar, and ballet lessons.
Student Enterprise for Language Foundation (SELF)
Want to site lead? Contact ncdccommunityoutreach@gmail.com
Area: Uptown
Volunteers work as ESL tutors at an elementary school (Pierce or Stockton) teaching reading, writing and other basic English skills. Proficiency in Spanish, Polish and/or Urdu is strongly recommended. Volunteers can go in groups or individually.
RefugeeOne
Ben Rothman bensrthman@gmail.com
Area: Rogers Park
RefugeeOne (IRIM) helps immigrant families transition into the American culture. This involves helping at the afterschool program organized by IRIM for refugee children. Volunteers tutor and play with children in addition to facilitating other activities.
Pan-African Assocation
Didi Odinkemelu didiamakaOdinkemelu2015@u.northwestern.edu
PAA is a Mutual Assistance Association that works to empower/further the interests of African immigrants and refugees. They have 8 programs, one of which is a mentoring program, which involve one-on-one mentoring and group ESL classes.
World Relief Chicago
World Relief Chicago is looking for volunteers to serve as in-home English tutors for adult refugees and immigrants. You will work one-on-one with a student in their home, providing English learning assistance. For more information, contact Annie Scott at ascott@wr.org.
For more information, view this flier ESL Tutor Flyer
