Homework Club tutor

The Support for Kids and Youth (SKY) Club is an educational tutoring & mentorship program that supports Grades 1—12 newcomer students with their academic work and builds community connections. Program is limited to (60) students at a time.

Many newcomer children that arrive in Canada often lag in school for many reasons, such as challenges learning another language, not feeling a sense of belonging or connection to the community, overcoming the trauma experienced before and during their migration to Canada and other reasons.

In 2007, the Support for Kids and Youth (SKY) Club program was created by a group of Sudanese parents who wanted to provide some extra after-school support for their children and some social support needed for full integration and academic success.

Since 2007, SKY Club has evolved and grown into a vibrantly inclusive and culturally-infused program supported by the Newcomer Centre and the University of Alberta’s Community Service Learning Program and Undergraduate Research Initiative to help prepare the participants for better life choices and help them succeed in society.

To volunteer in this role, you need to enjoy helping children or young people learn and are welcome to come up with creative and fun ways to do that. Experience channelling the energy of children and involving them in learning and participating in activities is welcome.  
The Newcomer Centre staff are always present to provide guidance and support. Join us for this rewarding volunteer activity!  

Key Responsibilities: 
-Sit in groups with 2-4 children & provide academic support in one of the three classrooms, Grades 1 to 3, Grades 4 to 6 or 7 to 12 (currently not accepting volunteers for the Grades 1 to 3 class) 
-Provide one-on-one academic support for children or Youth if needed/assigned  
-Create a safe and positive learning environment to build their academic and social confidence 
-Engage with children through play and learning   
-Encourage the children & youth to express themselves and join activities  
-Help the participants to build good communication skills  
-Keep the children and youth engaged in learning  
-Help other volunteers and staff to organize learning resources at the beginning of each session and help with clean up at the end of the day 

To Volunteer in this Role, You Should:
-Enjoy working with children and youth
-Be flexible and patient
-Communicate well in English (CLB 5+) 
-Be mature and reliable
-Respect people of all cultures
-Know how to channel youthful energy into learning activities
-Maintain good personal boundaries
-Know English, math, science and/or social studies at an elementary, junior high or high school level
-Collaborate with volunteers and staff to support the children and youth to learn and -develop good study habits to achieve academic success
-Relationship building skills  
-Being familiar with the Alberta curriculum is an asset but not required 
-Willing to learn 

Additional Info: Volunteers who signed up for this role can choose primarily to support one particular class - the Grade 4 to 6 class or the Grade 7 to 12 class, however, there are days that staff might move volunteers around to support another class if one class has more support than the others.  

** Volunteers are required to submit their Police Check with Vulnerable Sector Search and Intervention Record Check, particularly for this role.