Help low-income students on the path to college
Volunteer as a tutor and help over 30,000 underserved students succeed in school and beyond.
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There are 8 million low-income middle and high school students in the U.S.
Most can’t afford or lack access to private tutoring, which starts at $20 an hour and easily reaches over $100 an hour in some subjects. Without academic support, they face challenges that will limit their chances to attend college and receive a higher education.
With UPchieve, you’ll work directly with students to help them overcome their academic struggles through 1:1 online tutoring and college counseling.
Why volunteer at UPchieve?
FLEXIBILITY
Have complete control over your online volunteer schedule.
Select your availability from a 24/7 calendar and update it as often as you need to.
There’s no minimum time commitment to be a volunteer tutor with UPchieve!
REAL IMPACT
Have the opportunity to positively influence a student’s life trajectory.
Help students solve real and urgent academic challenges as a virtual tutor.
Read more about the different ways you’ll drive impact.
How it works
1. Create an account
Sign up for free and go through our volunteer tutor screening process. (10 mins)
2. Get Onboarded
Complete the UPchieve 101 course, select your availability, and unlock your first subject certification. (1 hr)
3. We’ll do the rest!
You’ll get a text when a student needs help during your available schedule.
More benefits of volunteer tutoring
receive training and RESOURCES
Whether you’re a new or experienced tutor, we provide all the resources you need to succeed. Our UPchieve 101 course, certification quizzes, and ongoing support will kickstart your journey to becoming an academic coach.
JOIN AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY
Interact with thousands of fellow volunteer tutors in our private Slack community to ask questions, share stories, and network. Attend monthly virtual coach meetings to meet UPchieve staff and help guide us in building a better product.
EARN VOLUNTEER HOURS
Accurately track your volunteer hours from our dashboard and automatically receive emails of your hours logged. Need verification of your online community service hours? We can provide that too!
Meet our students
Hannah
“I had a hard time understanding biology and math at the high school level. I’d watch YouTube videos to understand the concept but they weren’t personalized to the problem questions I was working on. I’m grateful for UPchieve because the tutors are knowledgeable and friendly. Since using UPchieve, my grade in biology went from 75% to 85% and I’m now getting 90s in math.”
NATALIA
“UPchieve helps me maintain my GPA to get into the college that I want. After high school, I’d like to attend Wesleyan University to study psychology. I aspire to be a licensed clinical psychologist because helping others with their mental health is important to me. Mental health is often not taken seriously in society and I hope to change that.”
Transform a student’s life forever
Choose from more than 20 subjects to tutor and be a driving force in a student’s academic trajectory.
College Counseling
Science
and more coming!
Math
Reading and Writing
Standardized Tests
Social Studies