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Position Title: Youth Tutor
Compensation: Unpaid/Volunteer
Location: All programming will be remote online for spring of 2022. The IRC NYC Resettlement Office location is 263 W. 38th St., Floor 6 NY, NY 10018
Reports to: IRC NYC Youth Education Coordinator
Position term:
  • Training: Complete and submit all modules via Google Classroom
  • First Day of Tutoring with Students: 1/12/2022
  • Last Day of Tutoring with Students in Spring Term: 5/14/2022
Position Hours:  
  • Wednesday – Friday: 3-5PM EST
  • Saturdays: 10AM-12PM EST
 
Background: Since its inception in 1999, the IRC NYC Youth Education Department has provided refugee and other immigrant youth with year-round academic support, homework help, literacy training, English language learning, and enrichment activities. The IRC NYC Youth Education Department programs provide immigrant youth with linguistically supportive, culturally responsive, trauma-informed learning opportunities. 
 
Scope of Work: IRC volunteer Youth Tutors provide tutoring, mainly consisting of homework help, essay writing/editing, and English language development support for refugee and immigrant youth, K-12. Each tutor works with 1-3 students each day of tutoring and is responsible for submitting a case note regarding each of their tutees’ progress for each session of tutoring within 24 hours of the date of service. Each tutor may work with a student whom they have worked with in the past or a new student, as assigned. Tutors support each student with the homework/assignment they require, spanning across academic subjects/disciplines, home-language, and English language development level.
 
Professional Development: All IRC Youth Tutors will complete and submit online Professional Development modules throughout the term via Google Classroom, as assigned.
 
Essential Position Functions:
  • Uphold full commitment to weekly schedule of tutoring sessions without absence or tardiness.
  • Facilitate homework/schoolwork help with refugee and immigrant youth tutees online.
  • Support tutee English language learning from diverse home language backgrounds and English language development levels, as assigned.
  • Complete and submit all trainings and professional development by deadline, as assigned.
  • Uphold and promote policies and practices necessary to create a linguistically supportive, culturally responsive, trauma-informed learning environment.
  • Uphold all IRC and program and child safeguarding policies and directives.
  • Work and communicate with IRC staff and volunteers as needed.
  • Write and submit case notes for each tutee worked with, for each session of tutoring, by 24-hour deadline. Follow all program guidance for how to write complete case notes.
  • Complete assigned surveys and data tracking tasks, as assigned.
  • Complete and submit a weekly timesheet on Salesforce platform to track and codify IRC volunteer hours.
  • Additional related duties as assigned.
 
Requirements:
  • Clear IRC background check by deadline in order to work with minors and/or vulnerable populations.
  • Complete and submit all IRC Youth tutor training modules by deadline.
  • Participate in IRC Youth Tutor online synchronous training.
  • Demonstrate reliability and flexibility.
  • Demonstrate interest in learning about IRC history, philosophy, global work, and local efforts.
  • Demonstrate respect for clients and staff from all racial, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, religious etc. background. Demonstrate a desire to continuously grow own cultural competency.
  • Demonstrate respect for clients and staff of all identities.
  • Experience & commitment to education, and in particular education for youth who have experienced forced migration.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English; additional fluency in an IRC high-frequency or high-need language strongly preferred:
  • Spanish, Dari/Farsi, Pashto, French, Garifuna, K’iche, Tigrinya, Amharic, Wolof, Bambara/Mandingo/Malinke, Urdu/Hindi, Arabic
  • Communicate any absences to IRC Youth Education Coordinator in writing at least 48 hours in advance.
 
 
How to Apply:
  1. Sign-up for 1-4 days (Wednesday - Saturday only) to tutor on a consistent weekly basis throughout the spring 2022 term via this sign-up spreadsheet, tab titled “Spring 2022 Tutor Schedule”. Write your name and your non-English languages into your selected cell(s). Only write your name into cell(s) which align to the day(s)/time on which you will be consistently available on a weekly basis throughout the entirety of the fall term.
  2. Email a brief statement of interest and your resume to IRC NYC Youth Education Coordinator at Rosalie.Arndt@rescue.org
  3. Email subject line “Applying to Become an IRC Youth Tutor”
 
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