Youth Education in South Bay

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Alum Rock Counseling Center (Santa Clara)

Volunteer to be a mentor and help to educate and support disadvantaged youth.

Avenidas Senior Center (Palo Alto)

Volunteer for the early literacy program to improve childrens reading and writing skills by reading with children, playing word and other skill building activities and helping teachers.

Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County (San Jose)

Work with a team of teachers to coordinate a variety of small childrens activities including playing games inside and outside of the classroom, story time and snack time.

Community School of Music and Arts (Mountain View)

The Community School of Music and Arts provides high quality arts education, performances and exhibitions. They need volunteers to assist instructors and students with art classes and camps and help with periodic concerts, art exhibit receptions and presentations.

Environmental Volunteers South Bay (South Bay Region)

Volunteer to work with small groups of children from kindergarten through sixth grade and involve them in hands-on, discovery-based science and nature learning in local schools.  Use innovative methods of teaching children about Bay Area environments.  Volunteers also lead field trips to explore local ecosystems and reinforce concepts introduced in the classroom. Volunteers can choose the school location that is closest to them. 

Girl Scouts South Bay (South Bay Region)

Girl Scouts s dedicated solely to girls and provides an accepting and nurturing environment for girls to build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adult volunteers, girls develop qualities like leadership, strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self worth. There are many opportunities for becoming involved presenters with special skills, troop treasurers and trainers and troup leaders. There are waiting lists to place girls in troops so troop leaders are in high demand.

Girls for a Change South Bay (South Bay Region)

Be a team coach (10 to 15 hours per month, September-May) or Team Consultant (10 to 20 hours per month, very flexible commitment), which means using your experience and skills to mentor young girls. Other options include being an Organizational Volunteer (5 to 10 hours per month) or Event Day volunteer.

JustREAD and JustMATH (Mountain View)

JustREAD and JustMATH provides one-on-one tutoring in literacy and math to elementary, middle, and high school students at several public schools in Mountain View, CA. They serve students who are struggling to master elementary and middle school math and reading skills.  Their students thrive on the personalized attention to their academic needs and a structured tutoring environment.  They are looking for friendly, caring and dedicated volunteers with a desire to help local kids. There is especially a need for tutors to work one on one with 4th & 5th grade students who are below grade level in math.

Mountain View and Los Altos Adult Education (Mountain View)

Help elementary students write and learn vocabulary at the Mountain View Senior Center Garden.

Reading Partners South Bay (South Bay Region)

Reading Partners’s works in partnership with school districts to help children who are having difficulty with reading. Each Reading Partners Center is staffed by a Site Program Director. The Site Director coordinates all scheduling, trains and supports tutors, monitors student progress and performance, and communicates with teachers and families. Tutoring sessions are 45 minutes per student. Tutors can choose hours and days of the week most convenient for them. Session times allow for flexibility of travel and other absences. Volunteers who commit to tutoring on a weekly basis will work with the same children each week.

Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) (San Jose)

RAFT provides diverse educational services for children and youth pre K12 learn and help them learn math, science, art, and technology in fun and creative ways. Volunteers can be involved on many levels: help prepare donated materials, demonstrating a hands on learning kits, supporting teachers, assembling dducation kits about science, math, art, and other subjects.

Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) (Sunnyvale)

RAFT provides diverse educational services for children and youth pre K12 learn and help them learn math, science, art, and technology in fun and creative ways. Volunteers can be involved on many levels: help prepare donated materials, demonstrating a hands on learning kits, supporting teachers, assembling dducation kits about science, math, art, and other subjects.

Tennis and Tutoring (Palo Alto)

Two options are tutoring and coaching tennis to low income children. Tutors assist students with academic skill building, test preparation, and homework completion. Tutors work one on one with the same student each session. Tennis coaches volunteer to work with our students on the tennis courts, hitting balls, running drills, and helping to improve each students overall game.

Third Street Community Center (San Jose)

Volunteer to teach and tutor youth.