Eligibility
Ages: 18+
Purpose
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Uphold full commitment to a weekly schedule of tutoring sessions without absence or tardiness.
o Time requirements: minimum of 4 hours/week with 2 additional hours/month
• Facilitate language assistance and homework/schoolwork help with refugee and immigrant youth tutees online or in-person. The following programs are available to volunteer for as a tutor:
o Homework Help: 4PM-6PM Tuesday-Friday via Zoom, Saturdays 11AM-1PM via Zoom or in-person
o English Practice Workshops: 4PM-6PM Tuesday-Friday via Zoom, Saturdays 11AM-1PM via Zoom or in-person
o Math Class (grades 9-12): 11am-1pm Saturday in-person or via Zoom
• Support tutee English language learning from diverse home language backgrounds and English language development levels, as assigned.
• Complete and submit all trainings and professional development by deadline, as assigned.
• Uphold and promote policies and practices necessary to create a linguistically supportive, culturally responsive, trauma-informed learning environment.
• Uphold all IRC and program and child safeguarding policies and directives.
• Work and communicate with IRC staff and volunteers as needed.
• Write and submit case notes for each tutee worked with, for each session of tutoring, by 24-hour deadline. Follow all program guidance for how to write complete case notes.
• Complete assigned surveys and data tracking tasks, as assigned.
• Complete and submit a weekly timesheet on Golden platform to track and codify IRC volunteer hours.
• Additional related duties as assigned.
Role
Each tutor may work with students whom they have worked with in the past or new students, as assigned. Tutors support each student with the homework/assignment they require, spanning across academic subjects/disciplines, home-language, and English language development level.
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