Immigrant Services
Conversation Partners
Engage in English conversation with Intermediate-Advanced students in small groups during evening classes. Sometimes there is open conversation and games, and, at other times teachers plan focused activities based upon what they have been working on in class.
Location: IS 126 (31-51 21st Street)
Time: Tuesday, 7:15-8:30 p.m.
ESOL Computer Lab Volunteer
Assist ESOL students in the computer lab. All computers have the most recent version of Rosetta Stone, and students work on a variety of projects supplemental to their classroom instruction.
Location: Queensbridge (10-25 41st St.)
Time: Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. – Noon
Citizenship Tutors
Some of our legal clients and citizenship students need extra help studying for the civics portion of the citizenship test, which involves 100 questions about the values and history of the U.S. Tutors meet individually with students at mutually convenient times to go over the questions and contextualize information. We have study materials available in the office.
Classroom Aides/Other
Volunteers interested in pursuing a career in teaching ESOL sometimes work as aides with teachers during classroom hours. Do you speak another language or have special skills that might help our program or our students? Let us know and we will try and utilize them.
Location: Queensbridge (10-25 41st St.)
Time: Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday, 9 a.m. – Noon
Location: IS 126 (31-51 21st St.)
Time: Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday, 6 – 9 p.m.
Workshops
Middle School Students
Conduct workshops with middle school students as a part of our after-school program. Workshops should be fun and informative, with themes ranging from financial literacy, career awareness, college awareness, culinary and nutrition, or we can work with your own ideas
Location: I.S. 126 (31-51 21st St.)
Time: Friday, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Financial Literacy
Volunteers will provide workshops on a variety of financial topics tailored to our senior citizens, youth, and immigrant populations. Topics can range from writing wills, preparing income tax returns, opening up a bank account, to sound financial planning and more. We can work around your schedule.
Adolescent After-school Activities
Club Leaders
Lead a club for adolescents as a part of our after-school program. We are looking for talented, passionate people who have interests in different extracurricular activities. We are open to new ideas. Leaders are expected to commit one to two hours of their time each week. Suggested club activities include photography, dance, sports, art, crochet and games.
Location: Queensbridge (10-25 41st St)
Time: Monday – Friday, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. We can work around your schedule.
Young Men Mentors
We are looking for adult men to serve as role models and provide additional support for our Young Men’s Club.
Location: Queensbridge (10-25 41st St)
Time: Monday, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Teen Mentors
We are looking for volunteers to provide additional support and lead fun activities with our teen program at Ravenswood.
Location: Ravenswood (35-40 21st St)
Time: Monday – Friday, 6:00-10:00 p.m. (Flexible)
Sports Clinics
Volunteers interested in sports, specifically cricket, soccer and volleyball, are encouraged to work with our sports clinics program. Provide support and play with our middle school students.
Location: IS 126 (31-51 21st St.)
Time: Monday – Friday 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. (Flexible)
Tutors and Test Prep
Hold SAT test prep sessions with our adolescent students.
Location: Queensbridge (10-25 41st St)
Time: Wednesday, 4:00- 5:00 p.m.
Tutoring
We are looking for committed tutors to assist high school students with their homework, and general subject testing for our after-school program. Topics in demand include math, global and English Language Arts (ELA).
Location: Information Technology HS (21-16 44th Road)
Time: Monday-Thursday 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. (Flexible)
Small Group Tutoring
We are looking for tutors to work with elementary students in our pilot small group tutoring sessions to help our most academically-challenged students. We will be focusing on literacy and homework help.
Location: PS 166 (33-09 35th Ave)
Time: Monday-Friday 3:00 -5:30 p.m. (Flexible)
To become a Riis Settlement volunteer, the first step is to complete our Volunteer Application. You may complete the application online at https://sites.google.com/site/jacobriisvolunteerapplication/.
Once the Volunteer Application is properly submitted, one of our volunteer coordinators will contact you to complete your full registration.
Volunteer Contact
volunteer@riissettlement.org
