Volunteer as a Tutor: Help an Immigrant or Refugee Meet their Life Goals!
ORGANIZATION: Blue Ridge Literacy
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Make a difference in the life of an immigrant or refugee learning English in your community! As a reading tutor, you can help someone whose first language is not English meet their life goals.
These life goals may include improving their career prospects, earning a high school equivalency credential, navigating their new community, or even to feel more confident helping their children with homework.
Your desire to help someone achieve their literacy goals is all it takes to get started--we give you the rest with a one-time Volunteer Training designed to introduce you to the populations we serve and the materials and strategies found most effective when working with adults.
Become a valued member of BRL's volunteer team and let's meet literacy goals!
More opportunities with Blue Ridge Literacy
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About Blue Ridge Literacy
Location:
706 S. Jefferson St., Roanoke, VA 24016, US
Mission Statement
Since 1985, Blue Ridge Literacy (BRL) has been the leading nonprofit organization to offer literacy services to American and foreign-born adults in Southwest Virginia. The mission of BRL is to support adult learners achieve their life goals through functional literacy skills. BRL adapts its services to the needs of the community. This helps adult learners gain equitable access to the skills they need to improve their lives and create a better future for themselves and their families.
Description
Blue Ridge Literacy was founded in 1985 by two librarians who wanted to address a need in their community. The mission of Blue Ridge Literacy is to support the achievement of life goals by providing opportunities to strengthen literacy skills to adults in western Virginia. One of our main philosophies is to keep a learner's goals and interests in mind when working with them.
We encourage our volunteers, teachers, and tutors to get to know their learners or classroom so that they are better able to teach. Similarly, we tell all of our learners to ask their teachers questions and to tell their instructor what they are interested in. Operating tutoring sessions and classes in this way ensures a reciprocal relationship that may differ from a traditional student/teacher dynamic. BRL has found that developing relationships in an educational setting aids the learning process when working with adult learners.
All 1:1 tutor training and classroom training is available to adults in the Virginia counties of Roanoke, Botetourt, Franklin, Alleghany and Craig, and the cities of Roanoke and Salem.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Multiple locations Roanoke, VA 24016
DATE POSTED
March 15, 2023
SKILLS
- Tutoring
- Literacy / Reading
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
- Adult Education
- Public Speaking
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 2 hours per week for 6 months
- A one time Volunteer Training including in-person and online/self-paced options. There is a one time training fee of $30