Homework Helpers
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“That is the Biggest Reward”: Q&A With a Longtime Homework Help Volunteer
Bruce Finlayson is a retired chemical engineer who has volunteered with Homework Help, The Seattle Public Library’s after-school tutoring program, for about 11 years, always at the Lake City Branch. Until 2019, he kept a diary about his volunteer experience, in which he would write stories about his interactions with the students. “There were times… Continue reading
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Be a Homework Help volunteer at the library!
School may be more than a month away, but we’re recruiting now for volunteers to assist K-12 students with homework assignments and developing literacy and mathematics skills throughout the 2014-2015 school year. What does it take to be a Homework Helper? Anne Vedella, the Library’s volunteer services coordinator, says successful Homework Helpers are comfortable interacting with students… Continue reading