Online Tutoring: Refugee kids need help with homework!

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Refugee children usually arrive in the US with limited schooling. They're rarely fluent in English and they have left everything familiar behind. Most often, parents are also non-English speaking, and themselves adjusting to our highly structured society -including our education system!

Our tutors help kids gain confidence by working with them to improve English skills, and by helping kids learn how to read and follow homework instructions. This is a very flexible opportunity, and anyone who's ever helped a child do their homework can tutor!

The commitment: Twice a week, for one hour at a mutually convenient time. After so much disruption and uncertainty, consistency is important. Please plan to be available twice a week for at least an entire semester.

We hold lessons Monday through Thursday. Our volunteer tutors provide homework support and help with English language learning. As a tutor, you will reinforce the English skills a child is learning in the classroom.

In the process, tutors build awareness of the behavioral expectations in U.S. classrooms, help kids retain a positive ethnic and cultural identity, and encourage them to stay engaged, all of which are essential for their integration.

• You don't need any teaching experience
• Schedule can be modified to suit both the tutor and student
• Easy online volunteer orientation
• All meetings are online, you can join from anywhere
• Volunteer Background Check performed by the local ISD

This program has been so successful that we have a waiting list of over 100 students. Do you have time in the evening to share with a student twice a week? Would you like to experience the joy of helping a child say: "Yes, I understand!" We invite you to share your gift of time and attention with a refugee student.