Training to be a volunteer tutor - Introduction

I applied to become a volunteer tutor with LEAH (Learn English at Home) via the UK’s national volunteering database, Do-it.org. I called the LEAH office to find out a bit more and thought this would be a great opportunity which fitted my skills and interests. So, after completing a simple application form and attending a successful interview, here I am at the new volunteers introductory session nervously waiting to hear what the next ten weeks have in store.

The LEAH coordinators have recruited around twenty or so new volunteer tutors, men and women of all ages and from all walks of life. I am impressed by the diversity of people in the room and think that we will learn a lot from each other as well as from the LEAH coordinators and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) tutors who carry out the formal training. After a quick, straightforward ice-breaker, we receive information relating to LEAH and the course. A quick flick through shows that this is likely to be a focused, well supported course.