Tutoring
Adult Basic Education Tutoring
Executive Director: Joyce LaCross
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 92 Brent, AL 35037
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, By Appointment
AL Army National Guard
Referral Contact: Sgt. Frank N. Rogers
Physical Address: 1422 10th Ave. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205-657-2532 Fax: 205-758-0291
Email: frank.n.rogers@us.army.mil
Website: 1800goguard.com
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, Call for Appointment
Services Provided Include: GED Plus Program
Counties Served: Statewide
Cost & Eligibility: Free upon enlistment in the Guard.
Bethel Baptist Church
Executive Director: Schmitt Moore, Pastor
Referral Contact:
Address: 3003 25th Street Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205-758-2108
Email: schmittmoore@minister.com
Website: www.bethelbaptisttus.com
Services Provided: Expelled Students Ministry, GED Prep
Bevill State Community College
Executive Director: Nancy McDonald
Address: 2631 Temple Ave. North Fayette, AL 35555
Phone: 205-932-3221(5673) Fax: 205-932-8472
Email: nmcdonald@bscc.edu
Website: www.bscc.edu
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Services Provided Include: Adult Literacy-Academic Remediation- GED & college preparation/ Pre-employment training & skills and Workforce Development
Counties Served: Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Walker
Cost & Eligibility: Free, Must be at least 17 years of age and not enrolled in school.
Boys and Girls Clubs of West Alabama
Executive Director: Tony Bush
Contact: Stephen Miller, Tuscaloosa Bridgett Ball, Akron _______ , Greensboro
Physical Address: 2201 Positive Place, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Mailing Address: PO Box 40221, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Phone: 205 553 3879
Email: bgcwestal@aol.com
Website: www.bgcwestal.com
Services Provided: homework help, tutoring, computer training, sports education, mentoring
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa and Hale but can serve any county in West Alabama based on funding.
Cost & Eligibility: $20 membership fee
Champions are Readers “CARS”
Contact: VP of Philanthropy (Changes yearly)
Address: Pi Beta Phi 847 Magnolia Drive Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205-451-8790 (Changes yearly)
Email: albetavpp@gmail.com
Website: www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/ua/
Services Provided: Members of Pi Beta Phi Sorority at University of Alabama volunteer to read with third graders at a local elementary school.
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa
Easter Seals West Alabama
Executive Director: Ronnie Johnston
Contact: Renee McMullen
Physical Address: 1110 Dr. Edward Hillard Dr.Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Mailing Address:.PO Box 2817 East Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Phone: 205-759-1211, 759-1211, Ext. 262 Fax: 205-349-1162
Email: rmcmullen@eswaweb.org
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 4:30pm
Services Provided Include: Works with out-of school youth 16-21 years old. GED & job placement
Cost & Eligibility: Low Income
First United Methodist Church-Tuscaloosa
Executive Director: Ken Dunivant, Senior Pastor
Contact: Josh Davis, Freddie Bruner
Address: 800 Greensboro Ave. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205-345-7261 ext. 52 Fax: 205-345-7263
Email: jcd1177@charter.net
Website: www.fumct.org
Services Provided: Reading tutoring at local elementary schools
Junior League of Tuscaloosa
Executive Director: Elizabeth Higdon Williams
Physical Address: 2139 4th Street Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1152 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Phone: 205-345-7416 Fax: 205-345-7493
Email: ewilliams@covenantcpa.com
Website: www.jltuscaloosa.org
Days and Hours of Operation: M-Th, 9am - 12 pm
Services Provided Include: Junior League is an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women, & improving communities through effective leadership of trained volunteers.
Literacy Is The Edge
Executive Director: Dr. Bruce Berger
Mailing Address: PO Box 870172 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: 205-348-7692 Fax:
Email: literacyistheedge@gmail.com
Website: www.lite.ua.edu
Services Provided: Increase awareness of the literacy problem and recruit volunteer tutors for children and adults.
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa
Transportation Available? No
Pickens County Cooperative Library
Contact: Melanie Wood
Address: Old Courthouse Building, Hwy. 17, PO Box 489, Carrollton, AL 35447
Phone: 205-367-8407
Email: ppcl@nctv.com
Website: www.pickenslibrary.com
Services: One-on-one literacy instruction for individuals 18 years and older.
READ Alabama (Readiness, Education and Development)
Contact: Colby Leopard, Director, 336-830-4212, cmleopard@crimson.ua.edu
Lena Oshinskie,Executive Director of Internal Relations, 848-391-2208, ltoshinskie@crimson.ua.edu
Austin Lafferty, Executive Director of External Relations, 205-522-3232, jalafferty@crimson.ua.edu
Services Provided: UA students are paired with elementary age children who have reading difficulties.
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa and Perry
Read and Lead
Referral Contact: Linda Meaux
Address: 3200 Rice Mine Rd., Tuscaloosa, AL 34506
Phone: 205-248-1361
Email: lmeaux@rrpub.com
Website: www.readandlead.com
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Services Provided Include: Documents to guide high school and middle school students to help elementary school students with reading.
Cost & Eligibility: Free
Shelton State Community College/Adult Education
Executive Director: Phillip Johnson
Referral Contact: Phillip Johnson, Director, 205-391-2665, pjohnson@sheltonstate.edu ; Curtis Coleman, Bibb, Green, Hale, Sumter Counties, 205-391-2664, ccoleman@sheltonstate.edu; Kristen Bobo, Tuscaloosa County and GED Online, 205-391-2638, kbobo@sheltonstate.edu
Address:3401 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205-391-2662 Fax: 205-391-2669
Email: ged@sheltonstate.edu
Website: www.sheltonstate.edu
Days and Hours of Operation: M-Th, 7:30 am-6:00 pm; F 8:00 am-12:00 pm
Services Provided Include: GED preparation, Career Readiness Certificate preparation, academic skills improvement, English Second Language classes, & Project Literacy reading tutoring
Counties Served: Bibb, Greene, Hale, Sumter, & Tuscaloosa
Cost & Eligibility: Services are provided at no cost to learners Adults 18 and older (17 year olds who have officially withdrawn from school)
Shelton State Project Literacy
Executive Director: Phillip Johnson
Referral Contact: Julia Chancy
Address: 3401 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205-391-2671 Fax: 205-391-2669
Email: julia.chancy@shelthonstate.edu
Website: www.sheltonstate.edu
Days and Hours of Operation: M-T, 10:00 am-3:00 pm W, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Services Provided Include: Plus Tuscaloosa has 3 goals: to raise awareness of the problems of adult functional illiteracy, to recruit & train volunteer reading tutors, & to encourage participation of those who need help reading
Cost & Eligibility: None
Stillman College Upward Bound Programs and Educational Support Services
Executive Director: Dr. Bettye Mullen
Referral Contact: Russell C. Rivers
Physical Address: 3600 Stillman Blvd. Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1430, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Phone: 205-247-8112 Fax: 205-758-3162
Email: russrivers@stillman.edu
Website: www.stillman.edu
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Services Provided Include: Educational Services (post secondary & high school) for low income, first generation college students and/or academic need requirements. Host TRIO Programs, which include Two Upward Bound Programs and one Student Support Services Program.
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa, Greene, Hale, Perry, Pickens, and Sumter
Cost & Eligibility: No cost- (Federally Funded Program) Eligibility: Low-income, 1st generation, and/or disability
Transportation Available? Yes/Outside of Tuscaloosa
Sulligent First United Methodist Church
Contact: Mitch Nethery, Pastor
Physical Address: 55100 Hwy 17 Sulligent, AL 35586
Mailing Address: PO Box 216 Sulligent, AL 35586
Phone: 205-698-9625, 205-698-9624
Services Provided: Free after school tutoring for school-aged children.
Sulligent Public Library
Contact: Cathy Collins
Address: 514 Elm Street, PO Box 215, Sulligent, AL, 35586 – 0215
Phone: 205 698 8631
Email: sulligentlibrary@yahoo.com
County: Lamar
Services: Have had tutors for homework help for HS students. School-aged kids get assistance next door at a church.
YMCA of Tuscaloosa County
Executive Director: Walt Larisey
Address: 2405 Paul Bryant Drive Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205-345-9622 Fax: 205-345-2108
Email: waltlarisey@ymcatusc.org
Website: www.ymcatusc.org
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F 5am-9pm, Sat. 9am-4pm, Sun. 1pm-5pm
Services Provided: Tutorial service during after school hours. Summer reading programs for program participants.
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa
Cost & Eligibility: Sliding scale based on income
Transportation Available: Yes
