TUTORS NEEDED

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Volunteer Position: Star Learning Center, a program of Goddard Riverside Community Center

Number of Volunteers: Volunteers are needed throughout the academic calendar year and summer.

What volunteers would do:

• Volunteers tutor students from low-income families who need help with reading, writing, math or other subjects
• The students range in age from 2 nd to 12 th grade, and attend public and parochial schools across the city. About 70% of students come from families where Spanish is the primary language spoken at home but you do not need to speak Spanish for this position
• Volunteers work one-on-one with the same student each week for two hours
• Tutoring is scheduled on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3 to 7 pm, and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 3:30 to 6 pm.

How to apply:

• Interested volunteers should send an email to Deena Hellman ( dhellman@goddard.org ) immediately, as the Fall semester begins in September, and tutors are needed as early as possible in the school year.
• Tutors complete a written application form and interview, and are matched with an appropriate student
• Once the tutor is matched, he/she receives an orientation

Description of program: Star Learning Center is a program of Goddard Riverside Community Center, one of New York City’s leading social service organizations. The program provides one-on-one tutoring mentoring and educational support and advocacy to academically challenged low-income children in grades 2 through 12 year-round. We serve more than 180 students during the school year and an additional 150 students during the summer.

Location: The Star Learning Center is located in New York City at 24 West 84 th Street, at the St. Matthew’s and St. Timothy’s Neighborhood Center.

Contact: Deena Hellman, Program Director

212-799-2369, ext. 303: dhellman@goddard.org: http://www.goddard.org/

Goddard Riverside Community Center, one of the city’s oldest settlement houses, provides vital services including food and housing; outreach to the homeless; programs for mentally ill individuals; and comprehensive educational and cultural programs for children, youth and older adults. Goddard Riverside works with over 17,500 individuals every year through 26 programs in 20 locations.