Volunteers make a huge contribution to people learning English. Volunteer ESOL tutors use their skills to teach individuals or groups; support class teachers; help in conversation cafes and many other roles. Volunteers bring enthusiasm and a range of other valuable skills. Organisations working with volunteers need to ensure that their volunteers have opportunity to develop within their role in supporting language development. Our Framework for Good Practice in Working with Volunteers in ESOL aims to aid organisations to reflect on their practice to ensure a positive volunteering experience for learners, volunteers and projects.
Projects working with volunteers in ESOL have contributed their ideas and experience to develop the framework. If you use the framework, please fill in this short evaluation - we would love to hear from you.
You can access all the resources and templates mentioned in the framework here .
For more resources and discussion on working with volunteers, visit the CLD Standard's Council i-develop .
We would like to invite those involved in co-ordinating volunteers to join a national ongoing discussion on sharing good practice. Join the conversation and access resources on i-develop. Join our mailing list by contacting Fergus.
Come to a discussion event to share your ideas and practice. Add your project details to our Volunteer Tutor Projects in Scotland page. Read our report on Working with Volunteers in ESOL provision. Read through previous notes from discussion events with volunteer coordinators throughout Scotland:
First national discussion event, Dundee, March 2018
Discussion summary , Presentation
Volunteer Training and Support, Glasgow, November 2018
Discussion summary , Presentation Evaluating Volunteer Experience and Learner Feedback, Dundee, March 2019
Discussion summary , Presentation , Evaluation grid Working with volunteers in ESOL provision, NATECLA conference, Birmingham, March 2019 Presentation , Exercise and feedback Towards a National Framework for Working with Volunteers in ESOL, Stirling, November 2019 Discussion Summary , Presentation
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