Volunteer tutors will assist students with homework and/or classroom assignments two hours per week, either at Gabriel’s Place in Avondale (3618 Reading Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45229) or Hughes High School (2515 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45219). Volunteers are welcome to devote more than two hours per week of tutoring depending on their schedule.
As a volunteer with the Civic Garden Center, you’d be helping out with our Compost Kids program. A typical morning would look like: You show up at 8:45am to help prep for the field trip. Around 9:30am, the kids (elementary school-age) arrive! You are ready at your station- today, it’s the “What makes up our…
Students in the Academic Intervention program get individualized or small group instruction on critical fundamental skills like reading, phonics, writing, vocabulary, math, science and social studies. Most of these students are already behind their grade-level standards and without early intervention they risk failing or dropping out of school.
Volunteers are needed to provide curriculum assistance to children’s groups during Nurturing Parenting Programs. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age and comply with agency criminal background check requirements and stated belief in the agency’s mission.
A steward is essentially the caretaker of the Little Free Library (LFL). This person promotes the library and makes sure it is clean, inviting and fully stocked. Stewards must be 18 years of age or older, and have regular access to the library’s location. Stewards of libraries are asked to: 1. Participate in media coverage…
In addition, as part of a federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant at Carson School, FamiliesFORWARD provides intensive tutoring and homework help for up to 50 targeted students. Many of these students are at risk of failing in reading or math and benefit from certified teachers providing this extra assistance. Volunteers must be certified…
The intensive Homework Help program uses certified teachers (often retired) to reteach math and literacy skills through the homework designated by students’ daytime classroom teachers. Tutors typically work with small groups of students several times a week.
FamiliesFORWARD is always in search of volunteer tutors who would enjoy working one-on-one or in small groups with students. Companies, college students, and others are all welcome to give their time to help students who are struggling to understand reading, math and other learning concepts.
Local Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) need your help! In schools with active GSAs students are less likely to hear homophobic or transphobic remarks, less likely to feel unsafe at school, and more likely to feel connected to their school community than students with no active GSA. As a GSA mentor, you will help ensure…
Being a HEMI Mentor is challenging work, but deeply rewarding. HEMI – the Higher Education Mentoring Initiative – is a team of professionals who work with foster youth and community volunteers like you. As a key member of the team, HEMI Mentors spend about an hour a week with their mentee helping them achieve success…