Sleepy-eyed David Alexandre on a recent Thursday evening took his turn answering questions about the day’s lesson on regular and irregular verbs. Despite working two jobs, six days a week, he makes sure he can spare two hours every Tuesday and Thursday for his English class at Guadalupe Schools’ Voluntary Improvement Program. VIP was chosen as one of the top 10 volunteer-based, English-as-a-second-language programs in the country by ProLiteracy America.

The program is being honored for its success in involving volunteers to supplement the work of paid teachers in ESL classes, Diggins said. As a result of the honor, VIP, along with the nine other programs chosen, will spend the next 18 months putting together a guide to help other publicly funded adult programs recruit, manage and support volunteers. Between 140 to 170 tutor volunteers per year teach English to low-income adults needing basic language skills at VIP.

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