Volunteer Now!
Why Volunteer With the ESL Center?
For the reason that you can make a remarkable difference in someone’s life by giving them the skills to succeed in the U.S. by volunteering with the English Skills Learning Center.
How to Become a Volunteer:
Volunteers are the vehicle through which our organization delivers our service and they are our most valuable asset. Simply put – our volunteers are the heart of our agency. Our volunteers may work in any of our many ESL programs, and we could always use help with other projects as well. We provide tutor trainings for all of our volunteers, which are held several times throughout the year. Our trainings teach new volunteers how to instruct and interact with adults from different cultures who have little or no English skills.
We ask that our volunteers work with their student twice a week for an hour each for at least sixty hours (about six months). Most tutors complete at least one full year of tutoring and several value the experience so much that they have been volunteering with us for many years.
The following is a listing of our tutor trainings for the remainder of the 2010 year.
August training*
Session 1: Tuesday the 3rd from 6-9pm
Session 2: Thursday the 5th from 6-9 pm
Session 3: Tuesday the 10th from 6-9 pm
Session 4: Thursday the 12th from 6-9 pm
September Training*
Session 1: Tuesday the 14th from 6-9 pm
Session 2: Thursday the 16th from 6-9 pm
Session 3: Tuesday the 21st from 6-9 pm
Session 4: Thursday the 23rd from 6-9 pm
October Training*
Session 1 & 2: Tuesday the 19th from 9-4 pm
Session 2 & 3: Thursday the 21st from 9-4 pm
Session 1 & 2: Saturday the 13th from 9-4 pm
Session 3 & 4: Saturday the 20th from 9-4 pm
* It should be noted that ALL sessions in the training are required to successfully complete the training.
All sessions will be here at our Center, 631 W. North Temple, Suite 70. We do require that you attend all four training sessions. If you need to miss a session, please let us know and we work with you to make it up at another time. There is an initial fee for training materials and a necessary background check for our volunteers, but other than that our services are free to both the tutor and the student. The fee is $40 for the training materials and $10 for the background check, but if you pay before the training begins, you receive a $5 discount.
If you would like to sign up for this training or are interested in attending a future training, please contact Beth at 801-328-5608 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Here’s what some of our tutors have said about volunteering:
"I have thoroughly enjoyed my time spent teaching. The students have a wonderful desire to learn, and we have a lot of fun doing it. There are times where all my work and school makes me feel bogged down, but when I go to the class, I am able to leave all of that behind and focus on someone else. The cultures in my class are quite different. It is a fun challenge to incorporate many different activities in a class where the students have such different learning styles and abilities. Another benefit as been to see the connections the students make with each other. They have become friends and have such patience with each other. I have had quite a unique experience to blend these different cultures together and enjoy helping people who want to improve their own lives." - Patrick
"I’ve absolutely loved getting to know someone from another culture! I tutor people from Burundi, Africa. Even though we don’t communicate in the same language, we have managed to communicate through other means. It is amazing to get to know someone’s personality without speaking the same language. I’ve been learning their language and they’ve been learning English! We have such a great time together…The ESL Center has been incredibly supportive in every way. They have provided me with materials, advice when I needed it and have responded to all my questions when asked." –Kelly