Volunteers in Education
Caring members of the community, of all ages and cultures, are
capable of making an immense contribution to the children in our
schools. This awareness and growing opportunities within schools
have greatly increased non-parent volunteerism within education.
Volunteers in Education provides a matching service to link community
volunteers with the needs of individual students and teachers. Currently
more than 1400 retirees, seniors, university students, new Canadians
and other community members are volunteering over 130,000 hours
annually in local schools.
You can make the difference in a child's life! A little extra help
from tutors once a week could help a student to understand new concepts
in language or math. Mentors can boost a child's self-esteem. Sharing
your passion for a career or hobby can influence a child's career
aspirations. The list goes on…
In September 2002, Volunteers in Education launched an early literacy
initiative called OttawaReads. This
unique program employs school/business partnerships in which employees
from the corporate or public sector volunteer are released for one
hour per week to read to JK/SK and grade 1 students.
For more on OttawaReads click here.
A numeracy program, JUMP (Junior Undiscovered
Math Prodigies), was introduced as a pilot in several schools
in September 2004. JUMP's main focus is to promote the advancement
of education by providing free tutoring by volunteers to children
identified as having difficulty in math. The aim is to reach children
from low-income families who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford
private tutoring.
For more on JUMP Math Tutoring click here.
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