If you already have a My Volunteer Account, please sign in below
If not, you can sign up for a free account
Volunteer Tutors Organisation
- VO93056
VTO provides free tutor support to children and young people aged 8-18, to help tackle the attainment gap in Scotland. We work with young people from diverse backgrounds including, but not limited to, those who are care experienced, those who speak English as an additional language or those faced with perceived barriers to learning. Our volunteers focus on developing a person-centred tutoring experience through relationship building to instil confidence and increase motivation and educational attainment. Volunteers from a range of diverse backgrounds and experiences are welcome.
What will I be doing?
Working one to one with a young person who requires support with their learning either online or Face to face. You can choose to take part in our QuEST programme which is a form of tutoring aimed at helping a young person achieve a qualification (a member of our team will discuss the different opportunities available upon application)
Relationship building and mentoring
Monitoring and recording progress of learning and keeping in contact with your assigned Learning Communities Coordinator.
Supporting learning in English and/or Maths and potentially other subjects, dependant on experience and pupil need
Sourcing and creating engaging ways to support pupils’ skills and learning.
You can ask to work with more than one pupil if you have the time available.
We ask for a minimum commitment of 6 months from being matched with a young person and ideally until the end of the academic year.
Volunteers must be aged 18+
Support
Volunteer induction training is delivered in a dynamic and interactive online session and a timetable of additional (optional) training is made available throughout the year focussing on topics such as dyslexia, Autism, Care Experience and EAL.
An allocated Learning Communities Coordinator to support you whilst volunteering.
Access to our tutor forum
Benefits & Perks
Satisfaction of giving something back and helping to reduce the attainment gap.
Gain teaching, tutoring and experience working with children and young people.
Enhanced personal statement/ CV.
Fulfil volunteering requirement of Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme/ Saltire award scheme if eligible.
Reference after 6 months.
You don't need any formal teaching or tutoring experience to become a tutor, just a desire to support young people to reach their full potential.
Our focus is supporting young people with the core subjects of English and Maths, if you have skills in either of these areas, we would love to hear from you.
We work with children and young people who face barriers to their education and so we are looking for tutors who are creative, enthusiastic, understanding, and resilient.
Experience required
Education / Training,Literacy / Numeracy, Good Communicator,
Travel details
The opportunity takes place at multiple location across South Lanarkshire
Across South Lanarkshire,Glasgow
Dates
5 December 2024 - 2 February 2025
Support
Training details
Volunteer induction training is delivered in a dynamic and interactive online session and a timetable of additional (optional) training is made available throughout the year focussing on topics such as dyslexia, Autism, Care Experience and EAL.
An allocated Learning Communities Coordinator to support you whilst volunteering.
Access to our tutor forum
Taster available
Restrictions
Minimum age: 18
No Gender Restriction,
Availability
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Frequency & commitment
1 Hour Per Week (with some extra time for prep) For online tutoring, you can take part from anywhere. To tutor online, you will need access to a PC, Laptop, iPad or tablet with a microphone and camera, and access to Google Chrome. A stable internet connection is also needed. For face to face tutoring, we will try to match you with a young person located within a reasonable travelling distance from you and will cover the cost of reasonable travel expenses incurred. Commitment 6 Months 1 Hours, Weekly
Volunteers (aged 18-25) taking part in this opportunity are eligible to claim Saltire Awards hours for their activity.
Find out more
Please fill out this form to register your interest in the opportunity 1:1 Tutor with Volunteer Tutors Organisation
Your email address and phone number will only be used by the organisation/TSI you are contacting to discuss in more detail the opportunity you are enquiring about.
Your details and message will be sent to:
Lora Addison, Volunteer Tutors Organisation
Lora Addison, Volunteer Tutors Organisation
Email address: laddison@vtoscotland.org
A copy will be sent to the organisation that supports volunteering in South Lanarkshire:
Contact name: Volunteer@VASLan
Email address: volunteer@vaslan.org.uk
Phone: 01698 300390
Thank you for registering your interest in 1:1 Tutor with Volunteer Tutors Organisation.
Volunteer Tutors Organisation has been sent your details and message, they will respond to you at the email address you provided.
Something has gone wrong, please let us know about this issue at milosupport@scvo.scot quoting reference #VO93056.