tutor
noun
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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Once resentful to outsiders, some teachers now welcome help from volunteers: more than 2,000 housewives, businessmen and older students will be tutoring in Washington, D.C., public schools alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
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