Volunteer Opportunity Details:
| Last updated on July 9, 2009 |
Refugee Transitions is looking for committed and culturally sensitive volunteers to become Literacy Coaches. Coaches provide support to newly arrived refugee and immigrant families. As a Literacy Coach, you have the option of working with clients in either our adult or youth program:
ESL Civics Education and Orientation Program: This program assists adult clients in developing the life skills they identify as most important. Adult Literacy Coaches help students acquire the language and literacy skills needed to engage more actively in their communities, and to access important civic institutions and public resources.
Bridge 2-Success Youth Development Program: This program provides immigrant and refugee youth with the support they need to succeed academically, develop career-readiness skills, form healthy attachments, and maintain supportive relationships with adults and peers. We match Youth Literacy Coaches with refugee youth aged 6-18 for one-on-one tutoring and mentoring.
Refugee Transitions is recruiting Literacy Coaches for both our youth and adult programs in San Francisco, the East Bay, and the South Bay. RT will provide you with extensive training and resources; no knowledge of a second language is required. Literacy Coaches work in the family’s home, which makes our program accessible to clients who have difficulty commuting to outside classes due to physical difficulties, childcare and work obligations, fear, and lack of familiarity with the city and its services.
We require a minimum six month commitment for Coaches working with adults, and a minimum nine month commitment for those working with youth. As many of our clients have endured considerable upheaval in their lives, we stress this obligation in order to provide a stable and supportive learning environment.
RT welcomes Coaches to extend this commitment, and find that long-term volunteer-student relationships are particularly beneficial. Although Refugee Transitions' core focus is providing home-based ESL instruction, Literacy Coaches have the opportunity to go above and beyond this role, engaging students as mentors, cultural ambassadors, and advocates.
Mandatory requirements
• Attendance at two initial trainings before being matched with a client, plus one additional training within the first 6 months
• Ability to meet with your student 2-4 hours per week
• 6 month minimum commitment for volunteers working with adults
• 9 month minimum commitment for volunteers working with youth
• Cultural sensitivity
• Dedication, patience, and the ability to provide your student with reliable support
• Enthusiasm and a desire to help refugee and immigrant families
Useful skills (but not required)
• Knowledge of a second language
• Cross-cultural experience
• Prior experience working with refugees or immigrants
• Teaching experience
Benefits for Literacy Coaches
• Develop valuable teaching, mentorship, and advocacy skills
• Gain substantial cross-cultural experience
• Receive training on a range of topics relevant to refugees and immigrants
• Strengthen your community and acquire leadership skills
• Improve your ability to problem solve
• Expand your network of socially-active individuals
• Make a difference in someone’s life!
 This opportunity is sponsored by: Refugee Transitions
Volunteers will work with the following groups
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| Adolescents (13-17) |
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Low-income / Poverty |
| Adults (26-54) |
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Men |
| Children (5-12) |
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Minorities |
| Disabled / Ill |
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Older Adults (55+) |
| Disaster Victims |
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Students |
| Families / Parents |
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Women |
| Govt Aid Recipients |
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Young Adults (18-25) |
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We need volunteers who are free at these times
This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers
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| Adults (26-54) |
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Unpaid Interns |
| Adults (55+) |
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Young Adults (18-25) |
| Individual |
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This volunteer opportunity addresses the following social interests
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| Children & Youth |
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Literacy |
| Civic & Community |
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Mentoring Services |
| Community Development |
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Nonprofit Organization |
| Cultural |
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Poverty |
| Education & Technology |
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Seniors |
| Employment |
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Women's |
| Immigration |
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We are looking for volunteers with the following skills
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| Advocacy |
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Teaching |
| English Language Instruction |
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Tutoring |
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Address:
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870 Market StreetSan Francisco, CA 94102(See a map) |
Directions:
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Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: BART/MUNI Powell Station,
Walk distance (in minutes): 1 |
Details where opportunity can also be performed
Web Site: http://www.reftrans.org
| Last updated on July 9, 2009 |
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