A tutor who focuses in American sign language will help students fully immerse and participate in deaf culture, while simultaneously teaching students how to communicate using sign language. This means that sign language tutors will work with deaf students to become more independent or give non-deaf students the opportunity to learn and communicate using sign language.

ASL tutors can also work as classroom interpreters, be a line of communication for students in regard to school administration and other teachers, as well as provide confidence within students regarding a line of communication that is not always readily taught within the classroom.