Mission Statement
The City Tutors (CT) has a dual mission: enhance and expand academic support for under-resourced programs serving students academically vulnerable and in need, and empower more New Yorkers to serve the community through tutoring.
Objectives:
CT expands support by partnering and staffing programs that work with academically vulnerable and in need students, and that have limited or no capacity to provide academic support to their students
CT enhances support by helping the sites deliver support to more of their students
CT empowers more New Yorkers to serve through tutoring by offering training for those with no formal experience, by developing a portfolio of site partnerships that ranges in time and subject options, by focusing on the tutors growth professionally, and by helping tutors connect with other like minded individuals
Objectives:
CT expands support by partnering and staffing programs that work with academically vulnerable and in need students, and that have limited or no capacity to provide academic support to their students
CT enhances support by helping the sites deliver support to more of their students
CT empowers more New Yorkers to serve through tutoring by offering training for those with no formal experience, by developing a portfolio of site partnerships that ranges in time and subject options, by focusing on the tutors growth professionally, and by helping tutors connect with other like minded individuals
Philosophy
We see tutoring as a way to empower individuals to work in the community. We provide flexible times, convenient locations, and meaningful experiences, allowing more community members to participate and to support community partners for longer.
Through tutor training and the practical experience of tutoring, individuals can grow their professional skills and content knowledge. Individuals who participate in our program become more familiar with the language of learning, and build out a toolbox to use in helping others grow their learning confidence and autonomy.
We believe tutoring must be a reflective act that both helps strengthen individuals' support of others and helps individuals better understand themselves. We provide our tutors with access to industry mentors who help connect the work they are doing with us with what they've done in the past and what they want to do in the future.
We see tutoring as an opportunity to bring people together under a common purpose. We want like-minded individuals to feel they are part of a fellowship, to build their network with people within their discipline, and to expand the disciplines and industries they've been exposed to.
Through tutor training and the practical experience of tutoring, individuals can grow their professional skills and content knowledge. Individuals who participate in our program become more familiar with the language of learning, and build out a toolbox to use in helping others grow their learning confidence and autonomy.
We believe tutoring must be a reflective act that both helps strengthen individuals' support of others and helps individuals better understand themselves. We provide our tutors with access to industry mentors who help connect the work they are doing with us with what they've done in the past and what they want to do in the future.
We see tutoring as an opportunity to bring people together under a common purpose. We want like-minded individuals to feel they are part of a fellowship, to build their network with people within their discipline, and to expand the disciplines and industries they've been exposed to.
We are built to get CUNY students to engage with their community!
The City Tutors provides flexible days and hours to build transferable and technical skills at the cross section of students' academic interests and employment aspirations.
First generation and immigrant students attend college, study hard and often juggle a survival job or two. When they graduate, they are asked to demonstrate the experiences that make them a strong fit for the job. Though they might have a lot of transferable skills from part time jobs and family responsibilities, they are competing against candidates who have experiences (ie. internships and projects) that carry more weight with employers.
For these students, blocking off time for internships (especially an unpaid ones) may not be realistic. Through embedded, virtual and study group tutoring opportunities, CT provides students from all economic backgrounds with foundational skills for the work they seek in today’s job market. Tutors are trained in effective tutoring practices, choose locations where they would like to work and receive guidance and assistance from a tutor trainer as needed. Concurrently, tutors gain access to a mentor from an industry in a field they are interested in and/or an HR or job coach who works with them to position for their next career steps.
First generation and immigrant students attend college, study hard and often juggle a survival job or two. When they graduate, they are asked to demonstrate the experiences that make them a strong fit for the job. Though they might have a lot of transferable skills from part time jobs and family responsibilities, they are competing against candidates who have experiences (ie. internships and projects) that carry more weight with employers.
For these students, blocking off time for internships (especially an unpaid ones) may not be realistic. Through embedded, virtual and study group tutoring opportunities, CT provides students from all economic backgrounds with foundational skills for the work they seek in today’s job market. Tutors are trained in effective tutoring practices, choose locations where they would like to work and receive guidance and assistance from a tutor trainer as needed. Concurrently, tutors gain access to a mentor from an industry in a field they are interested in and/or an HR or job coach who works with them to position for their next career steps.
