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15 people are interested
Volunteer Tutors Math & Language Needed
ORGANIZATION: Age-Out Angels
Please visit the new page to apply.
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15 people are interested
Age-Out Angels provides one-to-one virtual tutoring to youth who live with challenges that have kept them from getting their high school diploma. As current and former youth in foster care, many moved around too often to have a continuous academic opportunity. Many have multiple children by their late teens, many have jobs and have to try to get an education while supporting a household.
Getting their high school equivalency will change their lives. It will open doors to vocational careers where they can earn enough money to be self-sufficient without assistance from the government. That's where you come in.
First, we will train you to be trauma informed. Many of these youth have suffered tremendously and it is vital that you understand some of the cognitive challenges they may have as a result of that trauma.
Then, we will give you the materials you need to prepare the youth for the High School Equivalency (HSE) examination. (It's not called the GED anymore, but it means the same thing.)
More opportunities with Age-Out Angels
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Age-Out Angels
Location:
9 LAKE VIEW TER, Columbus, NJ 08022, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to build an army of volunteers with love in their hearts who are willing to be friend and guide to one youth who needs them. We believe that education is the key to future success, therefore we have a two-step process. Volunteers enter our organization as tutors (usually virtual). Once trust is established and educational progress is being made, the tutor can evolve into a mentor. Mentors provide support, friendship, and guidance to help youth mature into productive members of society. We train volunteers to guide youth toward a path where they can secure shelter, food, clothing, transportation, education, employment and more via programs that already exist. Unfortunately, many of the bureaucratic procedures are beyond a youth's ability and they need an adult to access these programs and maintain their benefits. The role of the volunteer is simply to help and support. There is NO adoption component to Age-Out Angels.
Description
In 1992, Greg and Robin Rapport adopted their first of two wonderful children. During that process, the Rapports were introduced to the foster care systems. As their own children grew, Greg and Robin saw first-hand the difference that a stable, loving family makes in a child’s life.
The Rapports were particularly disturbed by the potentially horrendous plight of children who age-out of the foster system. They saw that these children often have few, if any, life skills that they can use to their advantage in the real world. Age-out children’s educational skills are frequently far below grade level, making it difficult for them to go to college or maintain meaningful employment. In many cases, these children are simply waiting to be victims. Their fate is frequently homelessness, incarceration, or death.
The Rapports are dedicated to being a positive force in the protection of children who may not have the parental support necessary to avoid the pitfalls that can swallow those who are young, naïve, and easy prey when not properly guided.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
January 11, 2024
SKILLS
- Tutoring
- Math / Science Instruction
- Teaching / Instruction
- Youth Services
- Mathematics
- English
GOOD FOR
- Teens
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- 4 hours per week
- You really have to care. They give kids diplomas with 5th grade skills. We don't. We make learning as accommodating as possible, but skills are required to pass the tests. Patience is a virtue.