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Flexible Schedule
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Austin, TX 78753
Do you want to make a difference in a child’s life? Do you want to grow your skills working with youth in an educational and service-oriented environment? Do you have experience and skills to share from a personal or professional background working with kids? Do you like to have fun? Connect with kids? Learn about yourself? If you said yes to any of the above, then we need you! Foundation Communities is a local nonprofit dedicated to providing quality affordable housing and support services to families and individuals. We operate free after school programs at 12 Learning Centers all over Austin, including our Laurel Creek Learning Center (78753) on N Lamar Blvd in North Austin. We are seeking volunteers to provide general classroom support, as well as help our elementary-age students with math & science skills, reading, fitness, enrichment activities and social/emotional skills to thrive this summer and beyond! Programs run Monday through Friday between 10 am and 3 pm, with volunteer shifts available throughout the day. We can offer some flexibility for arrival and departure within these times. To start, volunteers commit to at least one regular shift per week for the term. During the school year, we run afterschool programs between 3:30 and 6:00 pm weekdays. Volunteers must complete an online application, pass a background check (no cost to the volunteer), and complete an orientation course. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Our orientation courses will open in late May for the daytime summer enrichment program, and in August for the next school year. Let us know you're interested for information on how to get started!
Date Posted: 2024-05-15
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Flexible Schedule
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Austin, TX 78748
Do you want to make a difference in a child’s life? Do you want to grow your skills working with youth in an educational and service-oriented environment? Do you have experience and skills to share from a personal or professional background working with kids? Do you like to have fun? Connect with kids? Learn about yourself? If you said yes to any of the above, then we need you! Foundation Communities is a local nonprofit dedicated to providing quality affordable housing and support services to families and individuals. We operate free after school programs at 12 Learning Centers all over Austin, including our Homestead Oaks (78748) and Trails at the Park (78748) Learning Centers. We are seeking volunteers to provide general classroom support, as well as help our elementary-age students with math & science skills, reading, fitness, enrichment activities and social/emotional skills to thrive this summer and beyond! Programs run Monday through Friday between 10 am and 3 pm, with volunteer shifts available throughout the day. We can offer some flexibility for arrival and departure within these times. To start, volunteers commit to at least one regular shift per week for the term. During the school year, we run afterschool programs between 3:30 and 6:00 pm weekdays. Volunteers must complete an online application, pass a background check (no cost to the volunteer), and complete an orientation course. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Our orientation courses will open in late May for the daytime summer enrichment program, and in August for the next school year. Let us know you're interested for information on how to get started!
Date Posted: 2024-05-15
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Flexible Schedule
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Austin, TX 78726
Do you want to make a difference in a child’s life? Do you want to grow your skills working with youth in an educational and service-oriented environment? Do you have experience and skills to share from a personal or professional background working with kids? Do you like to have fun? Connect with kids? Learn about yourself? If you said yes to any of the above, then we need you! Foundation Communities is a local nonprofit dedicated to providing quality affordable housing and support services to families and individuals. We operate free after school programs at 12 Learning Centers all over Austin. Students at our centers have diverse language backgrounds. While all students speak English at school, several students at our Vintage Creek (78723) and Cardinal Point (78726) centers speak Arabic at home. Volunteers with this language skill or shared cultural experience can offer invaluable learning support to and connection with our Arabic-speaking students. We are seeking volunteers to provide general classroom support, as well as help our elementary-age students with math & science skills, reading, fitness, enrichment activities and social/emotional skills to thrive this summer and beyond! Programs run Monday through Friday between 10 am and 3 pm, with volunteer shifts available throughout the day. We can offer some flexibility for arrival and departure within these times. To start, volunteers commit to at least one regular shift per week for the term. During the school year, we run afterschool programs between 3:30 and 6:00 pm weekdays. Volunteers must complete an online application, pass a background check (no cost to the volunteer), and complete an orientation course. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Our orientation courses will open in late May for the daytime summer enrichment program and in August for the next school year. Let us know you're interested for information on how to get started!
Date Posted: 2024-05-15
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Flexible Schedule
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Austin, TX 78723
Do you want to make a difference in a teen’s life? Do you want to grow your skills working with youth in an educational and service-oriented environment? Do you have experience and skills to share from a personal or professional background working with youth? Do you like to have fun? Connect with youth? Learn about yourself? If you said yes to any of the above, then we need you! Foundation Communities is a local nonprofit dedicated to providing quality affordable housing and support services to families and individuals. We operate free after school programs at 12 Learning Centers all over Austin, including at our Vintage Creek community in North Central Austin (78723). While most of our centers focus specifically on elementary-aged students, Vintage Creek has a Teen Program for middle and high school students. We are seeking volunteers to help with project-based learning, doing activities such as coding, robotics, video filming and editing, soccer and basketball skill building, chess, STEAM, and 3D modeling/printing (prior knowledge of these subjects not needed to volunteer), as well supporting our teen students with enrichment activities and social/emotional skills to thrive this summer and beyond! Programs run Monday - Thursday, 1:00-2:30 PM. We can offer some flexibility for arrival and departure within these times. To start, volunteers commit to at least one regular shift per week for the term. During the school year, we run afterschool programs between 3:30 and 6:00 pm weekdays. Volunteers must complete an online application, pass a background check (no cost to the volunteer), and complete an orientation course. Volunteers must be at least 20 years old to volunteer with our teen students. Our orientation courses will open in late May for the daytime summer enrichment program, and in August for the next school year. Let us know you're interested for information on how to get started!
Date Posted: 2024-05-15
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Flexible Schedule
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Austin, TX 78745
Are you passionate about learning languages? Do you want to grow your skills working with adult students in an educational and service-oriented environment? Do you have experience and skills to share from a personal or professional background working with adult students? Do you like to have fun? Connect with others? Learn about yourself? If you said yes to any of the above, then we need you! Foundation Communities is a local nonprofit dedicated to providing quality affordable housing and support services to families and individuals. We operate free English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for adults at 2 locations in Austin, Sierra Vista (78745) and Vintage Creek (78723). We are seeking volunteers to support adult students in the classroom, providing 1-1 and small group support and demonstrating patience and care for students’ educational needs. You do not need to be bilingual to volunteer. Programs run 9am-11am (morning class) and 6:30pm-8:30pm (evening class), Monday-Thursday. Volunteer shifts are available for both the morning and evening classes. More about the ESL program : Learning basic English helps our students work toward their goals by being able to access better paying jobs and navigate daily live with greater ease. Our classes are taught entirely in English as we serve students from a variety of language backgrounds. Volunteers provide valuable support to our instructors, assisting them during class and providing one-on-one student support. Volunteers must complete an online application and complete an orientation course. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old. Our orientation courses will open in late May for the summer program, and in August for the next school year. Let us know you're interested for information on how to get started!
Date Posted: 2024-05-15