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RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
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Other Opportunities for Retired Teachers
Last update 9/4/24
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LEARNING EDGE TUTORING IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS

Learning Edge Tutoring is a nonprofit, community-based organization that provides free one-to-one tutoring to students in grades K through 12 who primarily come from the Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side.

Each tutor is matched with a student, and the tutor-student pair works together during the school year to prepare the student for a successful academic career. Our sessions are 90 minutes on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Volunteers can tutor either on Tuesdays in the Austin community of Chicago or Mondays or Thursdays in Oak Park.

Volunteers are also needed at our after-school literacy program at St. Catherine-St. Lucy School on Mondays for 60 minutes.

Tutoring runs for up to 30 weeks. 91% of volunteers surveyed reported having an ‘excellent’ experience at Learning Edge. Learning Edge provides training, materials, and subject-area support.

For more information contact
Kara Kalnitz,
773-378-5530
535 N. Parkside Ave.,
Chicago, 60644.
To apply, click here.

Posted 9/4/24

ERIE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, LITTLE VILLAGE
Erie Neighborhood House, Little Village READS. READS is an after-school literacy program for 1-3rd grade students who have been identified by their teachers as reading below grade level and in need of extra literacy support. READS recruits volunteers to come in once a week, Monday through Thursday from 10-2:00pm or 11:30-1:30pm to work with groups of 2-3 students on their reading skills. We are currently recruiting volunteers for the summer programs.

For more information contact

Jailine Santiago (she,her) | READS Program Facilitator
Erie Neighborhood House, Little Village
4225 W. 25th Street
Chicago, IL 60623
Office: 773-542-7617 X 2804
Email: jsantiago@eriehouse.org
www.eriehouse.org

Posted 3/29/24

HEARTLAND ALLIANCE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
Resettled youth face many challenges – trauma, poverty, interrupted education, language barriers, and navigating a new culture. As part of the After School Program, volunteers help to create a safe space where youth can excel, have fun, and learn new skills. Volunteers will meet with participants between the ages of six and eighteen in a group setting led by Heartland Staff. Volunteers will assist students with homework as well as facilitate activities designed to help students develop social-emotional skills. Cohort meetings are currently taking place in-person on Tuesdays from 4:00-6:00pm.
Interested parties can reach out to .
Program requirements:
•    Complete an FBI background check.
•    Be screened through the National Sex Offenders Public Website and the Illinois Child Abuse & Neglect Tracking System.
•    Become a mandated reporter through the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services
•    Attend a virtual Heartland new volunteer orientation on Zoom.

For more information on Heartland;
Frank Zator
fzator@heartlandalliance.org
208 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 1300
Chicago, IL 60604
(773) 550-4530
https://www.heartlandalliance.org/program/rics

Posted 9/24/23

CHICAGO CENTER FOR URBAN LIFE AND CULTURE NEEDS

SITE SUPERVISORS FOR STUDENT TEACHERS

The Chicago Center is hiring retired teachers as site supervisors to observe and coach education students during their student teaching semester, in various areas and subjects.

Our immediate needs are in HS Science and K-12 Music. The candidate will have teaching experience in these subject areas.

The Chicago Center (CCULC) is an off-campus semester program affiliated with various Midwestern colleges and universities, offering student teaching placements in CPS. We are located in Hyde Park and work with schools in many neighborhoods.

For more information, please visit our website or contact:

Nancy Friesen

Urban Teaching Program Director

Chicago Center for Urban Life and Culture

773-363-1312

employment@chicagocenter.org

https://www.chicagocenter.org/careers

Posted 9/22/23

RTAC IS SEEKING A PERSON TO ASSIST WITH THE RTAC ALERT E-MAIL SYSTEM
A RTAC Alert 'assistant' Needs to be familiar or proficient with the following software to properly maintain and update the RTAC Alert e-mail participant list:

1.    Familiarity with updating Gmail and Google Groups members;
2.    Access to a separate e-mail client (such as Mailchimp);
3.    Proficient with MS Word or its equivalent for composing messages;
4.    Proficient with using MS access or MS Excel (with pivot tables) to determine which e-mail addresses to add or delete during each monthly update;
5.    Availability to compose and send an alert within an hour of receiving a notice from the President or Executive Director concerning the introduction and/or legislative action that need our immediate attention.

NOTE: To satisfy informational, privacy and security concerns the person(s) responsible MUST either be member(s) of the Board of Directors or willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

Contact:
Arlene Crandall,
RTAC Executive Director
111 N. Wabash Ave.
Chicago IL 60602
312-750-1522

Posted 4/22/23

RTAC IS IN NEED OF AN ASSISTANT WEBMASTER

A Website ‘Assistant’ Editor needs to be familiar or proficient with the following software and procedures:

1.    Either MS FrontPage or MS Expressions4 for text (WYSIWYG) updates and composition;
2.    Dreamweaver or an equivalent for graphic and animation implementation;
3.    FileZilla or its equivalent and the proper procedures for FTP transferability;
4.    Familiarity with Xenu or its equivalent for performing monthly link checks;
5.    Power PDF Pro or Adobe Acrobat to process, update and/or convert MS Word document to fillable PDF forms;
6.    4 Gb of space in their hard drive;
7.    Familiarity with ‘Directory Match’ or its equivalent for keeping up to date backups.

Interested applicants should be willing to become a RTAC Director and sign a non-disclosure agreement.

Contact:
Arlene Crandall,
RTAC Executive Director
111 N. Wabash Ave.
Chicago IL 60602
312-750-1522

Posted 4/22/23

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