AMEP Volunteer Tutor Scheme Hobart

28/04/2022

We need more volunteer tutors! If you have free time during the daytime on weekdays and are interested in helping our migrant students, please see this article! The tutor training is starting on 30 May 2022.

Are you interested in helping migrants learn English? Do you have some spare time on weekdays?
TasTAFE is seeking people who would like to become volunteer language tutors for eligible migrants in Hobart, with the next six-week tutor training beginning on 30 May, 2022.
After completing their training, volunteer tutors assist migrant ‘students’ on a one-on-one basis for around an hour each week. Tutors assist migrant students to learn speaking, reading and writing English, as well as establish important connections with the local community.
The tutor training is a combination of online study and face to face sessions.
If you have a genuine interest, please read this article https://bit.ly/3O3RVYn and contact Hiroko at: [email protected]
The Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) is funded by the Australian Government Department of Home Affairs. TasTAFE is an AMEP service provider in Southern Tasmania.
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17/07/2021

Volunteer tutor training course from 16 August (combination of online study and three face to face sessions). If you have free time during daytime on weekdays and would like to help migrants learn English, please see the article below:
https://www.tastafe.tas.edu.au/news/become-a-volunteer-language-tutor?fbclid=IwAR3nRgriYM0X49LInglY47GyBcThjQaMXSqSi-tqDiJJyGNgrFTbqcXbk_g

TasTAFE trains language tutors under the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP), (funded by the Australian Federal Government’s Department of Home Affairs). The next six-week training program for volunteer tutors begins on 16 August, 2021.

09/04/2021

It's not too late to enrol the Volunteer English Tutor Training Course. The first step is to answer to the questionnaire via the below link by 12 April. We will then send you the Course Application form to be submitted by 19 April to be in time for the course commencement on 26 April. About 10 hours of online learning and three face to face sessions.
THe link to the online questionnaire:
https://bit.ly/39s35n0
Email: [email protected] for more information.

01/04/2021

We’re looking for people interested in becoming volunteer home tutors to migrants living mainly in Hobart’s Northern suburbs!

Our six-week tutor training course begins on 26 April 2021 and involves around 10 hours of online study and three face to face sessions at our Campbell St Campus in Hobart.
You can register your interest here by 11 April 2011.

For any questions you can comment in the questionnaire below or email: [email protected]
https://tastafe.formstack.com/forms/amep_volunteer_tutor_scheme_questionnaire

26/03/2021

Volunteer English Tutor Training Course starting on 26 April 2021!

Would you like to help people new to Australia learn English and connect with their community?
TasTAFE is offering a free training course for people interested in becoming volunteer language tutors.
Under the Volunteer Tutor Scheme, volunteer tutors visit migrant 'students' in their own homes, or in public locations such as libraries or community halls, assisting them to learn English.
TasTAFE English Language Services teacher, Ian Hewitt, and Volunteer Tutor Scheme Administrator, Hiroko Kunimoto (pictured) say tutors play an important role in helping migrants settle into life in a new country. It’s a rewarding experience for all involved with friendships often forming and tutors having the chance to learn about another culture.
Training for would-be tutors begins on 26 April. Head to our website to find out more http://bit.ly/2P1WcSi

16/09/2020

Calling Eastern Shore volunteers and students (especially Warrane residents!)
The Warrane Community Garden (18 Heemskirk St) is fully back in business now with Spring crops going in and regular working bees happening on the second Sunday of the month. The next working bee is on Sunday 11th October from 9-12. Everyone is welcome to come along and find out how to be involved. Also, every Friday from 10.00 am to 12:00, Anna Kingston is working at the garden. Anna is a former teacher and volunteer coordinator with the TasTAFE English Language Service who is keen to get more migrant families involved in the Community Garden. Come along and say hello and take some veggies home!

17/08/2020

Laura Chapman, a former teacher and Home Tutor Coordinator at AMEP, made this video for all of us out there now teaching 'in the cloud'. Enjoy!

Dedicated to Teachers lost in cyberspace...

04/08/2020

We are delighted to see our program on the very first page of the Hobart Magazine! Xenia and Nataly met as tutor and student, now they share a life long friendship and even get to be there for each other's weddings. Check out the digital copy here, or pick up a paper copy about town in cafes, grocery stores, etc.
Contact me if you'd like to be profiled here, as I want this series to be ongoing. Share your story!

Read up about cyclist Richie Porte as he gears up for the covid-impacted Tour de France this month, find out more about how the Derwent Entertainment Centre revamp is shaping up, reacquaint yourself with your spice rack and check out the jam-packed Hobart Happenings for your dose of local Hobart new...

14/07/2020

Good news! Our home tutors can now resume socially-distanced tutoring. This means that some of our most isolated community members will now be getting language support in their own homes once more, from our wonderful volunteers.
If you’re an active home tutor who didn’t get my email about this, or you’re a trained tutor who’d like a new student, please contact me at TasTAFE.home.tutor.ELS.
Also feel free to contact me if you’re interested in becoming a home tutor, or have any questions. 😊

30/06/2020

Hi! My name is Emily Conolan and I’m the new Volunteer Home Tutor Coordinator at TasTAFE. Our home tutoring has been suspended for a while due to COVID, and my job is to get it up and running again. I’m in the office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and my email address is [email protected].
Please get in touch if you have any questions, if you’d like to start volunteering, or to update me if your situation or details have changed. I look forward to getting to know all our wonderful tutors and students!