Mentoring/Tutoring for Refugee 1st - 5th graders

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CRB's Youth Education Program is seeking volunteer mentors/tutors to provide individualized tutoring to refugee youth attending Panther Lake Elementary School in an impactful after-school program! Mentors will be able to identify hindrances to their students’ overall prosperity, promote regular goal setting, and deliver pertinent, hands-on support in the classroom, at CRB offices, and the student's home.

Self-realization and improved self-esteem for the young person are important goals of the relationship. We're hoping to find mentors who are compassionate, caring, and have cultural humility. We provide extensive training to our tutors, so everyone is prepared and ready to have a rewarding experience!

Type of Engagement: In-Person/On-site, working with minors under 18, specifically 6 to 11 years old.

Time Involvement: 2-8 hours per week (Monday to Thursday), with a minimum six-month commitment required. This position is based in Kent, WA.

Screening: Primary orientation will go over tutor roles/responsibilities, expectations, and code of conduct. We will ask for your state-issued identification (driver's license/passport), proof of vaccination, Volunteers in Public School (VIPS) completion, completion of Authorization, Agreements, Criminal History form. This data will be uploaded to our database to keep track of your timesheets.

You will then have a second orientation on Independent Reading Level Assessment (IRLA), which is the tool we use when reading with our younger students.

Essential Job Functions include:

• Work with CRB’s Reading Program Coordinator to support refugee and English Language Learning youth.
• Instruct and facilitate one on one work with your assigned student in the classroom or at the student's home.
• Apply tutoring strategies that focus on increasing student’s comprehension, building academic skills, and creating results.
• Provide feedback to Reading Program Coordinator on individual student progress and/or challenges on a consistent basis.
• Complete daily tutoring logs/time sheets and submit them for approval in Apricot 360.
• Give extra support to students, as needed.

• Join a community of people with similar values, built on the foundation of helping others and giving back to the community.
• Hands-on experience in community engagement activities
• Support a community-based organization to improve the lives of refugee and immigrant families in the South King County Region

• Ability to commute to Kent, WA
• COVID-19 Vaccination required
• Prior experience tutoring youth is helpful, but not necessary.
• Cultural humility, including experience working with individuals who have limited formal education and/or English literacy skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing situations; to be comfortable teaching at a student’s home.
• Adept at facilitating educational activities with individuals or small groups.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Complete daily volunteer log/time sheets and submit them for approval to the Youth Program Coordinator in a timely manner
• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to multi-task.
• Ability to maintain a consistent tutoring schedule.
• Abide by all of CRB’s established protocols, codes of conduct, and procedures