Opportunity Details

Our Academic Year Interns work in schools with children born into poverty, providing additional support for Dominican teachers who are themselves victims of the same poor educational system. By acting as role models for children, bringing new techniques into classrooms for teachers, and by acting as community liaisons, volunteers help provide myriad new opportunities to the children and the community.

DREAM Interns are split into two programs: Education and Program Development. Education Internships are for experienced teachers who can help us train our local staff, as well as individuals who are seriously considering teaching as a career, and this experience will help them be more effective educators in the future. Program Development Internships are for individuals who are interested in learning about non-profits. They will be attached to 1 or 2 programs within DREAM and support a number of activities from teaching directly to the students to developing systems that will improve the overall program quality. Learn more at http://dominicandream.org/volunteer/yearlong.

Academic Year Internships:
• Music Program Internship
• Deportes Para La Vida M&E Internship
• ESL Internship
• PR and Marketing Internship
• Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Internship
• Teacher Training Internship
• Youth Workforce Development (A Ganar) Internship

REQUIREMENTS:
- Strong Spanish skills (Fluency is preferred and skill level will be used to determine placements)
- Bachelor’s degree and/or experience teaching or working with children
- Ability and willingness to adapt to new situations and work in a less-structured environment
- Must be 21 at the start of the program

Apply at http://www.dominicandream.org/apply-to-volunteer by April 30, 2015.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Our English program focuses on offering all members of our community an opportunity to learn English as a second language. Given the fact that the community of Cabarete is a popular tourist destination, it is of great value to speak English in order to acquire a stable and quality job that leads to increased income levels. Our English teachers have the opportunity to offer academic and conversational courses to children, adolescents, and adults in the community. The classroom levels taught (basic, intermediate, advanced) vary depending on the needs and prior language knowledge of participants.

Position Summary:
The DREAM ESL intern will assist the DREAM Project in holding regular community ESL courses during the academic year. The intern will use currently available ESL curriculum as well as develop their own lessons in order to best fit the specific program in which they are teaching and the community they are serving. The ESL intern will work alongside one of our program or volunteer coordinators to manage the ESL program.

Primary Responsibilities:
• Teach a series of weekly ESL courses to a variety of community members (children, adolescents, and adults), with instructional level dependent on community needs and prior language knowledge of participants.
• Lead teacher in A Ganar Young Adult Workforce Training Program (youth aged 18 – 24)
• Develop new lesson plans and adapt current ESL curriculum materials.
• Coordinate the logistics of offering ESL classes in various DREAM communities.
• Manage basic administrative tasks such as keeping student records, supervising enrollment process, designing promotional materials, and identifying opportunities to expand the reach of DREAM’s ESL program.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree (Fields of study in education, ESL, international development, or other related areas are desirable but not required).
• Basic to intermediate Spanish skills.
• Prior experience in teaching ESL in a classroom setting.
• High energy and positive attitude.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Prior experience working with diverse non-English speaking populations or in a developing country preferred.
• TEFL or TOEFL certification is helpful.

Interns commit to fundraising a specific amount to cover their expenses. Full fellowship is available for Dominican-Americans and experienced teachers. More information on DREAM’s Volunteer/Intern Program can be found at http://dominicandream.org/volunteer/yearlong. Apply with a cover letter, CV, and 2 letters of recommendation to info@dominicandream.org. For more information, please contact Rebecca Newell, Volunteer Coordinator, at volunteer@dominicandream.org.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Project for Pride in Living Youth Development empowers students from low-income communities to achieve success in school and life through academic support and hands-on enrichment opportunities. PPL Scholars @ Fort Road Flats is a one-on-one tutoring and mentoring program for students in grades Pre-K-6th living in affordable and supportive housing through PPL. Currently we're seeking mentors to work with Pre-K students, and children in early elementary school.

Join us! Apply @ www.ppl-inc.org/how-to-help/volunteer, or contact Anna (612-455-5108 or anna.preus@ppl-inc.org)

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Project for Pride in Living Youth Development empowers students from low-income communities to achieve success in school and life through academic support and hands-on enrichment opportunities. PPL Leaders in New Hope Elementary is a 1:1 tutoring and mentoring program for 7st-10th graders living in affordable housing. Volunteers work with students on literacy activities, homework help, and special projects!

Join us! Apply @ www.ppl-inc.org/how-to-help/volunteer, or contact Anna (612-455-5108 or anna.preus@ppl-inc.org).

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Project for Pride in Living Youth Development empowers students from low-income communities to achieve success in school and life through academic support and hands-on enrichment opportunities. PPL Scholars @ Obama Elementary is a 1:1 tutoring and mentoring program for 1st-8th graders living in affordable housing. Volunteers work with students on literacy activities, homework help, and special projects!

Join us! Apply @ www.ppl-inc.org/how-to-help/volunteer, or contact Anna (612-455-5108 or anna.preus@ppl-inc.org)

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Tutor at Obama School	200	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Passage Community is a 17-unit apartment building near the Minneapolis Institute of Arts serving families that have experienced homelessness. Families living at Passage Community have an affordable apartment and staff support to help them achieve stability.

Passage Community has a high-quality and rigorous after school reading tutoring program for Pre-kindergarten to 6th grade students. Tutors are matched 1:1 with a students and agree to meet with that student every week for the school year. Tutoring is on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:15 pm until 6:30 pm.
Our goal is for each child to work up to grade level reading. 75% of children who are homeless are below grade level and we know that if the learning gap does not diminish the children will continue to struggle academically.

Volunteers commit to volunteering weekly from October 2014 until June 2015. The regular support by volunteers will provide continuity for the children.

Tutors can sign up to volunteer for one session, or multiple sessions. The session choices are:

Mondays 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Mondays 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Wednesdays 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Wednesdays 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

The GO Project helps New York City public school students thrive in the earliest stages of their education through year-round academic, social-emotional, and family support.

The volunteer position is for in-person classroom support on Saturday mornings during the school year with the opportunity to participate in the Fall 2023 semester, Spring 2024 semester, or both. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old to volunteer with GO Project.

GO School Volunteering: How You Can Help

During the GO School Saturday program, a Head Teacher or program facilitator models a lesson, activity, or project to a cohort of students. Volunteers work with small groups of 3-4 students on the lesson, providing individualized attention and support. Program volunteers may be placed in an academic classroom setting or in a recess and social emotional learning workshop space, depending on preference and program needs.

Responsibilities
Assist Head Teachers with creating an enriching, collaborative environment that helps all students thrive.
Work with small groups of students on academic work and/or social-emotional learning activities.
Help with the management of supplies and materials needed in the classroom.
Professional work habits include a commitment to program attendance on a weekly basis and arriving on time.
Comfort with utilizing Google Drive and learning new technology.

Program Dates and Training:
Tentative launch of GO School 2023-24 will be on Saturday, October 21, 2023. Volunteers are expected to attend a training day on the Saturday prior to program launch. Tentative launch of the spring semester of GO School 2023-24 will be on January 27, 2024 with training day on January 20.

Campus Locations:
Lower Manhattan – Grace Church School, St. Luke’s School, LREI, and Avenues
Park Slope, Brooklyn – Berkeley Carroll School

How to Apply:
If you are interested in applying for this position, please visit GO Project's website at www.goprojectnyc.org, navigate to Get Involved - Volunteer, and click on the application link to begin.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Provide our Teens and/or Elementary youth with homework help. You will be in a group setting and will be providing one-on-one tutoring. Show our Club Members how homework understanding and completion can be engaging and exciting and will lead to improvement in school.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Power Hour - Teen Center	3	n/a	n/a
Power Hour - Teen Center	3	n/a	n/a
Power Hour - Elementary Youth	5	n/a	n/a
Power Hour - Elementary Youth	3	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

Come help support our warehouse that prepares materials to be shipped to children all over the country. Types of activities include: Stickering books and bags, collating and packaging red & blue bags and grouping tags.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	10	n/a	n/a

Opportunity Details

SMART Readers spend an hour each week during the school year reading one-on-one with PreK through third-grade children, modeling and fostering a joy of reading while supporting the child’s efforts to read independently. Our Readers are paired with the same children each week, developing a mentoring relationship with the students they read with over the course of the year. Readers are essential to realizing SMART’s vision of an Oregon where every child can read and is empowered to succeed.

Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
0-2 hrs	no limit	n/a	n/a