Archive for the ‘Adult Education’ Category

Youth Prison Tutoring

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PBHA’s Youth Prison Tutoring, part of PBHA’s Prison Education Program, is made up of a small, dedicated group of students seeking to provide one-on-one academic help to teenage boys (16-18) in Youth Centers. Volunteers travel by van once a week, either Monday or Thursday, and

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Suffolk County Houses of Correction

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PBHA’s Suffolk County Houses of Correction Program tutors male and female inmates at a medium security prison, supplementing their classroom work with individualized academic attention. We help inmates with reading (from sounding out words to discussing political theory), writing (from subject-verb agreement to effective prose),

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Women’s Resource Center

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PBHA’s Women’s Resource Center at the Boston Courthouse serves as the Suffolk Country Community Corrections Center for women transitioning from correction facilities into their communities under conditional pre-release status. Take an hour out of your week to work with the women on academics (primarily GED

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Partners for Empowering Neighborhoods (PEN)

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PBHA’s PEN volunteers teach English as a Second Language and Computer Literacy Skills to adult learners on the Harvard campus. Previous teaching experience is not necessary, and most of our classes are co-taught by two instructors. There is also some one-on-one tutoring. The average weekly

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Chinatown ESL

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Chinatown ESL allows its volunteers the unique opportunity to teach a class of enthusiastic, motivated adults, mostly recent Chinese immigrants. Our free classes are incredibly popular in the Chinatown community, so we are always looking for new tutors! No teaching experience or Chinese language ability

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Chinatown Citizenship Program

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Chinatown Citizenship prepares students for the American naturalization process by teaching basic English along with American history and government. Citizenship is held in Harvard Yard: the two-hour classes take place on weekends from 1:30 to 3:30. All volunteers teach in pairs. Volunteers are trained and

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