Adult Literacy Program Coordinator

Also called: Literacy Council Coordinator, Volunteer Tutor Coordinator

Matches adults who want to learn to read with volunteer tutors and runs literacy classes.

A day in the life

A coordinator assesses new students' reading levels, trains volunteer tutors, and celebrates when a student reads a bedtime story to their child for the first time.

Pay over a career

Starting
$35k
Typical
$47k
High
$62k

Estimate.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. A bachelor's degree, often in education or English, plus volunteer tutor training and some experience in a literacy program.

Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Education, English, Social Work.

Outlook

Growing slowly. Depends on nonprofit funding.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Low risk for 10 years. AI reading apps support practice; recruiting tutors and helping adults who struggle to read stay human.

Start now, in high school

Classes: AP English Language, Psychology, Spanish.

Official data: O*NET occupation 25-3011.

More Career, Technical & Adult Education careers

Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.