Wednesday, December 27, 2006

 

LOOKING FOR MALE MENTORS!!


Mentor Children at JFCS

Spend your time volunteering with youth by hanging out and making a
difference! Volunteers mentor 8-18 year olds in one-on-one matches,
providing supportive friendship, encouragement, guidance and academic
assistance. Just one hour a week of mentoring can help mentees succeed at
home, at school and with their friends. Volunteers are screened, trained and
committed to working with a mentee for at least one hour per week for a
minimum for six months.

Job duties include:

-visit with a mentee once a week to provide companionship
-listen attentively and enjoy matters of common interest
-assist with school work as arranged
-maintain monthly records if time spent with mentee
-abide by the agency confidentiality policy

Required Skills:

- volunteers must have experience working with children or adults with
disabilities
- Interest and ability to work with youth as well as the issues and
decisions they may face
-ability to listen supportively
- ability to work independently

FMI contact Taylor Epstein: TaylorE@jfcs.org

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

 

Art, Dance, Martial Arts... can you teach these?

Art, Dance, Martial Arts Instructors for Youth
St. John's Tutoring Center is a youth development and enrichment program
serving students at Marshall Elementary School at 15th and Capp.

We are looking for instructors to direct mixed-age groups of 10 to 14
students on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3:40 to 4:40 for 10
week cycles. the next cycle begins 1/9/07. Instructors are responsible for
creating and directing their own lessons. We offer a stipend of $25 per
class hour and up to $100 for materials.

All instructors need to be fingerprinted by the DOJ. St. John's will
arrange and pay for fingerprinting.

If you are still interested please email me with a description of your
experience (no experience is needed, we're looking for folks who love
toshare their knowledge with kids) and an idea of the type of class you
would be interested in leading.

I look forward to hearing from you.
John Pabst
Assistant Director
St. John's Tutoring Center at Marshall Elementary
jgpabst@sjetc.org

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