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Enrolling volunteers for the 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR in Oakville and Milton. At this time we are not offering a Burlington location for the 2024-25 school year, please check back closer to Fall 2024.
Enrollment for the 2024-25 school year ramps up in April/May 2024 and continues all through the end of the school year and into the summer months. Spots are usually (almost) full by the time school starts up in September.
High school students will mentor a child once a week after school in a one-to-one relationship, with an elementary school student. Involves assisting a child in grades 3-8 with their homework, playing educational games, and developing organizational skills. Homework Club takes place at a number of elementary schools across the Halton region. For the 2024-25 school year, Homework Club will only run in-person (we will no longer offer virtual spots).
Please only apply if you are interested in mentoring IN PERSON at a specific school (in Oakville or Milton).
*Interviews and training are all done on Zoom*
Are you eager to make a positive impact on the world? We're on the lookout for passionate volunteers like you to be our beta testers and help shape the future of our exciting new personal growth program, PowerSeekers. The program is designed to help young adults who care about the fragile state of our planet build confidence and develop personal skills for success while strengthening their connection to nature. PowerSeekers prioritizes personal growth, environmental conservation, and social justice to create a more compassionate world. We focus on 4 key issues: (1) how we treat nature, (2) how we treat animals, (3) how we treat ourselves, and (4) how we treat each other. We create opportunities for our members to become active agents of positive social and environmental change in their communities turning their passion into action. Volunteer BETA Testers will be on the forefront of change blazing the trail to help bring this exciting new program to life in Canada.
Please sign up on our website: https://www.prime-earth.org/powerseekers-volunteers
Volunteer Responsibilities:
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Work through self-guided educational material each week over the course of 30 days.
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Provide a review of our materials each week by filling out a short feedback form.
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Attend weekly feedback meetings with our team to discuss your experience as a BETA tester.
Looking for friendly coodinator (18+yrs) to assist with running Monday night youth badminton program.
Job Summary:
Tutors will provide academic support, guidance, and mentorship to vulnerable youth in the Halton-Mississauga areas, with a focus on improving their knowledge and understanding of Reading, Science, Mathematics, and others. This will be online.
Responsibilities:
- Provide one-on-one or small group tutoring sessions to students aged 10-19 years primarily in STEM subjects, reading and others.
- Assist students in understanding and completing their homework assignments, projects, and preparing for tests and exams.
- Create a positive and inclusive learning environment that encourages active participation and engagement from students.
- Identify individual student learning needs and tailor tutoring strategies accordingly.
- Develop and implement personalized learning plans based on students' strengths, weaknesses, and goals.
- Encourage critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity among students through hands-on activities and real-life applications of STEM concepts and reading.
- Foster a supportive and respectful relationship with students, promoting their confidence and self-esteem in their academic abilities.
- Collaborate with other tutors, staff, and volunteers to share best practices, resources, and ideas for enhancing the tutoring program.
- Maintain accurate records of tutoring sessions, including student progress, challenges, and areas for improvement.
- Attend periodic training sessions and staff meetings to enhance tutoring skills and stay updated on program policies and procedures.
- Adhere to the organization's guidelines, code of conduct, and safeguarding policies to ensure the safety and well-being of the students.
- Establishes the monthly meeting schedule and chairs the meeting, whether conducted virtually or in-person
- Collaborates with the secretary to set the agenda for all scheduled meetings, preparing and distributing meeting minutes and agendas incorporating input from the committee and OPL Management
- Provides guidance and support to committee leads to ensure the successful planning and execution of fundraising activities
- Takes an active leadership role in recruiting committee members, including the Chair, and identifying suitable committee leads
- Offers support to the Book Sale Lead, Communications Lead, and Sorting Room Lead within the committee
- Collaborates closely with the Book Sale Lead to plan and run book sales, volunteers and other pop-up fundraising activities
- Compiles reports on fundraising results and offers recommendations to the Manager, Community Development & Engagement for consideration
- Contributes content for promotion in the OPL Newsletter and Social Media platforms
- Represents FOL within the community and with OPL staff
- May assume additional responsibilities as needed, based on individual capabilities and capacity
You will be paired with someone who has immigrated to the GTA and has experience and/or training in their industry, but who may not understand the Canadian context of their profession, workplace culture, or know how to translate their skill sets.
As a mentor, you may help your mentee by doing the following:
• Giving practical advice on how to navigate a job search in the GTA
• Supporting them to grow their professional networks, connecting them to your contacts where appropriate
• Advising on recommended training and career development
• Helping them deal with questions and issues that may arise in the early stages of employment.
- Support the vision, mission and goals of HBFI
- Attend monthly in person or virtual meetings as able
- Participate in meetings and workgroups as able (workgroups may be related to social media, printed resources, planning and hosting events, celebrating Canadian or World Breastfeeding Week, etc.)
Our volunteer board of directors meets monthly in Georgetown or Acton (Halton Hills), with additional meetings as deemed necessary for committees and project-oriented activities. Participation at meetings is in-person or through online conferencing when appropriate. Responsibilities of Directors include attending monthly meetings well-prepared to discuss agenda items that are meant to facilitate board decisions about the organization and its operations. Directors are asked to devote an average of 4-8 hours per month to respond to communication, participate at in-park events, participate in the activities of at least one subcommittee and actively extend help to other Directors as and when needed.
- Experience working with multicultural and multilingual classrooms.
- Self-motivated, organized, professional, and adaptable, with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Be able to help high school students prepare and successfully pass English assessments for admission in university/college.
Softball specially designed for teens and adults with special needs. The focus is on participation and getting active, no experience is necessary. Volunteers will assist staff in facilitating the games, engaging and encouraging participants. Participants vary in age from youth to adult. Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older.
Special Needs Soccer
Soccer specially designed for teens and adults with special needs. The focus is on participation and getting active. Volunteers will assist staff in facilitating the games, engaging and encouraging participants. Participants vary in age from youth to adult. Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older.
- attend and actively participate in your group’s monthly education and action (E&A) meeting
- take action alongside fellow group volunteers that includes (but is not limited to):
- engaging with parliamentarians by writing or meeting with them (in person or virtually)
- writing letters to the editor (LTE) or op-eds
- organizing events
- being active on social media
- fundraising
- tabling at an event to talk about Results Canada
- keep a record of the actions you take on a monthly basis