Youth Tutor

Requisition ID: req22617

Job Title: Youth Tutor

Sector: Education

Employment Category: Intern

Employment Type: Part-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: New York, NY RAI USA

Job Description

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.

Qualifications

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:

oSpanish, 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 [email protected]

3.Email subject line “Applying to Become an IRC Youth Tutor”