Join our education program

Lyndale Neighborhood Association’s education program has provided Adult Basic Education programming in the form of English as a Second Language classes for the last 11 years and digital literacy instruction for the last three years. During this time, classes could be found at Zion Lutheran Church and Wells Fargo bank and now are currently held at the Charles Horn Towers and Blaisdell YMCA. Our program aims to provide instruction in community spaces that are easily accessible for those who live in and around the Lyndale neighborhood.
Like all schools and educational organizations, our program has had to respond to the COVID-19 crisis and make decisions on how to keep students, volunteers and teachers safe. Last year we transitioned from remote instruction that included both synchronous online Zoom classes and one-on-one tutoring via standard telephone and What’sApp calls. Once this became well-established, it was time to return to in-person English and digital literacy instruction. And in many ways, the program had to be rebuilt. This included contacting former students, alerting potential students in the community that in-person classes would be resuming and making, in many ways, fresh connections for volunteer support.
Instruction is provided by highly trained instructors who create curriculum and plan lessons that include standards that define the academic content of ABE. Volunteer support is key to implementing the curriculum and helping students to meet their goals of English for work, improved employment, continuing education, providing support to their families among other aims. LNA has been able to provide high-quality instruction in very large part to the support and dedication of our volunteer base. Volunteers, we thank you!
Again, we are in need of volunteers for our classes. Volunteers assist the main teacher, lead small groups, tutor learners one-on-one, conduct registration and testing and help with class set-up. LNA’s Education Program is currently looking to fill vacancies for Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.; Tuesday afternoons from 1:30-4:15 p.m.; and Thursday evenings from 5:30-8:15 p.m. Looking ahead, we will also be staffing for summer programming; more to come on that!
To volunteer or sign up for classes, please contact me at nicki@lyndale.org or visit our website at www.lyndale.org. Please note, our website is currently under construction to provide easier navigation, but will be available to the general public later this week.