Volunteer Opportunities
Basic Literacy Tutoring
By being a basic literacy tutor you can help an adult learn to read and obtain the required literacy skills to live independently in a world filled with print - complete a job application, use a checking account, follow road signs, and experience the joy of reading information for pleasure.
Pre-GED Study Tutoring
Your helping others by tutoring our students on the pre-GED track will help them gain the needed reading, math and critical thinking skills that are essential for a student to begin study at the GED level.
Administrative and Fundraising Support
Help our adult literacy services effort by providing office assistance, participating in fund raising or promotional activities with newsletters and other publications.
Special Skills
If you have other professional skills like public speaking, marketing, writing, or graphic design that might be useful to Fill My Cup! then let us know. We need help in many areas, and you could be the key to our solution.
Our Volunteer Tutor Training
A tutor training session consists of basic foundational adult literacy tutoring skills and lesson reviews that a tutor will need. The initial training is two-fold, comprised of self-paced online tutorials that are followed up with a Fill My Cup! New Volunteer Tutor Workshop (virtual).
The Fill My Cup! new volunteer tutor trainings present research-based reading components, instructional training for working with adult learners, tutoring techniques, and an insight into the new-reader perspective. Relative curricula, as it relates to adult literacy and adult basic education are also discussed. Tips on working with adult learners are also incorporated in this educational opportunity.
The online training to get you started, can be found on the Proliteracy Education Network (EdNet) website. Once you create your account, and have logged in, scroll to bottom of the Welcome Page. Click on ProLiteracy Basic Literacy and ESL Tutor Training listed under Featured Resources to begin this required training for our Fill My Cup! organization. Please contact our office (director@fmcliteracy.org), when you have completed the referenced training. You will then be registered for our Fill My Cup! next virtual Introduction and Orientation Workshop that will provide needed insights for our Fill My Cup! new volunteers. You will then be READY to be assigned a student(s) to tutor!
A $20 donation is requested to help us cover any related costs associated with the training.
Please call our office (704) 705-9797 or email us at info@fmcliteracy.org for additional information.
Testimonials
Maria LeLaurin - Volunteer
Helping a person learn how to read is a huge opportunity. Both challenging and rewarding, volunteering with Fill My Cup! has allowed me to change someone’s life for the better!
Gregg Rossier - Previous Board Member
When I read about Sheila Laury and her mission to improve adult literacy I was struck with the love, determination, and passion she displays for such a wonderful cause. Meeting her and the Team in person convinced me immediately that Fill My Cup! is an organization that I wanted to help and support. Improving adult literacy is a way that we can positively impact lives and help families change their future outlook.
Terrence Owens - Previous Board Member
Literacy is a passion of mine! When I came across Fill My Cup! I felt an immediate connection. Adult illiteracy is not something we often think about in society. In fact, it's hard to fathom that there could be so many people out there who have low reading skills or even no reading skills. I'm glad that there is a place like Fill My Cup! to help those who often feel ashamed, and suffer in silence.
