At a glance

Skills

Public speaking
Strategic mentoring / coaching

Where

Reading, RG30 2TA

Mainly at the office

Travel limit? 50

Time

Mostly during office hours Estimate of time needed:
0-5 hours / month The role is flexible across Berkshire wide with no particular days, generally delivering during a school day for 2 hours maximum

Are you passionate about literacy and education? Do you have experience working with children or teaching in schools? Join our team in Berkshire as a volunteer trainer and help us deliver extended services.

What will you be doing?

As a volunteer trainer, you will play a crucial role in equipping students and parents with the tools and strategies needed to support students in improving their reading skills. Your expertise will directly impact the academic success of students and contribute to building a stronger community.

Requirements:

Background in education, teaching, or related fields
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work with diverse groups of students
Commitment to promoting literacy and empowering young learners

Benefits:

Opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children
Gain valuable experience in training and education
Work alongside dedicated professionals in a supportive environment
Flexible scheduling to accommodate your availability

The workshops generally happen once every other month for 2 hours but if we have more people to help with this project then we may be able to offer more into Berkshire schools.

If you're ready to use your skills and passion for education to help students reach their full potential, we want to hear from you!

What are we looking for?

Passionate about reading and improving children's literacy skills

Experienced in the teaching of reading

Knowledgeable on how children attain these skills

Confident in delivering training to primary and secondary students.

What difference will you make?

You will work alongside our volunteer trainer and trustee (retired headteacher) to help us deliver more workshops into schools. Through our core work of providing 1-1 support in primary we have quickly realised that students haven't developed strong literacy skills in primary school, they are struggling to keep up with the more advanced reading and writing demands in secondary school so we have expanded our services by providing buddy workshops and workshops to parents but we need more people to help us deliver this project....feedback from students.

It was interesting and enhanced my understanding of reading.
It was helpful and made me understand many ways that of how I can help others improve their reading.
It was SO interesting and helpful
Very good, maybe should have girls with girls and boys with boys
I learnt many ways in which to help different kinds of learners. I also thought of fun ways to engage with them
It was clear and practical, used all forms of learning audio, visual, kinaesthetic).

Before you apply

We have an application at enquiry stage and we will carry out an enhanced DBS check

About ABC to read (Assisting Berkshire Children)

Causes

Children / families

Education

Organisation type:

Charity

Set up in 2004, ABC to read safely recruits trains and supports community volunteers to provide one-to-one mentoring of primary school children in Berkshire who are struggling to read. Each year...

Volunteer Opportunity: Become a Trainer and Make a Difference in Education!