Become A Volunteer Tutor

Join our volunteer community and tutor a child.
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11 million kids under the age of 18 live in poverty.

Many families can’t afford or lack access to private tutoring, which can be $100 per hour! With academic support, these students can expand their opportunities and dream bigger dreams.

We don’t think a family’s income level should impact their child’s access to learning.
Why Learn To Be

Why Tutor With Learn To Be?

Tutoring is such a rewarding experience. You get to learn new things along the way and help out kids in need. It's a win-win!
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Positively Impact Someone’s Life

Feeling extra ambitious?  Start a local community chapter  or a citywide chapter. Maybe you're a retired teacher and you want to start a chapter of retired teachers! However you want to recruit a group of tutors to work together, we're in!

Accessible & Flexible

Our tutoring is 100% virtual, so geography, or lack of transportation is not a barrier providing more access to both our students and our tutors.

You set your own schedule. Tutor as many hours a week though we do ask you tutor a minimum of 1 hour per week.

You pick the subject and grade level you feel confident tutoring.
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It’s More Than School Credit

Feeling extra ambitious?  Start a local community chapter  or a citywide chapter. Maybe you're a retired teacher and you want to start a chapter of retired teachers! However you want to recruit a group of tutors to work together, we're in!

Grow Your Network

Meet and become buddies with NASA scientists, engineers, writers, historians, and industry leaders in our community of thousands of volunteers. Those who tutor with Learn To Be span all ages, demographics and industries!
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Stories From Our Tutors

I love tutoring at Learn To Be. We now have Zoom, with recordings, and we have messaging through the site. There is a streamlined process for making first appointments and weekly appointments. There is a consistent flow of new students. There is a neat, easy framework for finding out when students and tutors are available. I really appreciate all of these things, and I find it much easier to deal with administrative details than used to be the case. Thank you so much!
Ashley
Reading Tutor
I am enjoying tutoring very much! Of course sometimes a student won't understand everything, but when you finally get to a point where the student is learning things a little bit quicker everyone is happy! I have two wonderful students who are very polite and kind... I really do appreciate everything you all do for our students. You guys put in a lot of work to make everyone feel safe and comfortable and it is very much appreciated!
Emily
Math Tutor
My tutoring experience has been great with no problems. Your team has been great at responding to my concerns and I'm enjoying my sessions with my students. Great work!
Jordan
Math Tutor
I really liked how the training led us through the website and the portal, because I was having trouble understanding how to navigate the portal initially, so that was super helpful!
Michael
Writing Tutor
My student has great thoughts and ideas -- especially when we discuss the depths of short stories -- which is really helpful for me in understanding his strengths and weaknesses with reading and comprehension.
Meena
Reading Tutor
I loved seeing her face when she finally got a word that was hard for her at the beginning because she learned that she knew more than she had originally thought.
Lauren
Reading Tutor
How It Works

One student. One tutor. Every week.

Select a student you think you can help. We'll provide you with everything you need to help your student be their best self at school!

Apply Online

Tell us more about your student so we can determine if Learn To Be is the right fit.

Find A Student

Search through student profiles to find the perfect fit for you based on your experience and schedule.

Tutor

Meet with your student every week and help them unlock their potential!
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President's Volunteer Service Award

Feeling extra ambitious?  Start a local community chapter  or a citywide chapter. Maybe you're a retired teacher and you want to start a chapter of retired teachers! However you want to recruit a group of tutors to work together, we're in!

Federal Work Study

Federal Work-Study provides part-time jobs for undergraduate and graduate students with financial need, allowing them to earn money to help pay education expenses. The program encourages community service work and work related to the student’s course of study.

In 2023, Learn To Be has become a Federal Work Study Employer at numerous colleges around the country.
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Community Service & Validated Hours

Feeling extra ambitious?  Start a local community chapter  or a citywide chapter. Maybe you're a retired teacher and you want to start a chapter of retired teachers! However you want to recruit a group of tutors to work together, we're in!
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