Volunteers.
Tutor Application & Committee Sign-up Form
Note: If you want to be in a committee and a tutor, please fill out BOTH of the forms.
Apply to be a Tutor.
To ensure that we are providing safe and quality tutors to our students, prospective tutors must first fill out this application. If you are accepted, you will be sent a 1 hour online training that must be completed, undergo a background check, and then attend a mandatory tutor info session after. Once this is complete, you are ready to tutor!
Since you may be tutoring a minor, the application process was made so that we can ensure that you are a safe and reliable tutor. All volunteers working with End The Cycle will be provided with training to ensure they have the skills necessary to work with these students, so it's okay if you don't have perfect answers. We just want to get to know you better!
This form is separate from the committee sign-up form.
Committee Descriptions
Avalon Housing Academic Support
Avalon Housing seeks to help individuals who experience chronic homelessness. As we know, such housing instability causes major distributions in education, and often students in these situations feel discouraged to participate in school, leading to high dropout rates and an increased homelessness. In order to address this issue, End The Cycle has partnered with Avalon House to provide regular, in person tutoring, at their Ann Arbor location. Our relationship with Avalon Housing will not only directly benefit students who are struggling to manage their schoolwork alongside their physical safety, but it will also provide these children an opportunity to develop positive relationships with college students, accessing parts of their community that they may not otherwise have an opportunity to interact with. From general tutoring, to standardized test preparation and mentoring, End The Cycle has the capacity to help end the chronic homelessness that generations of these children face upon graduation.
Neutral Zone Community Impact Project
Neutral Zone is an alternative, safe space for adolescent and young adult children to spend time and embrace their interests and needs. It operates like a community center, and its main patrons are underserved children who cannot or would rather not go home after school. We are interested in instituting regular tutoring sessions (about 1-2 hours per week) where End The Cycle tutors would be available on site to answer content / subject specific or general college questions. The Neutral Zone is located in downtown Ann Arbor and is a short walk from Central Campus. This is a great, low-commitment way to directly interact with the community, and directly see the impact you can have on a student’s life. This is a great opportunity to interact with real volunteer coordinators, social workers, and students! Especially good for those interested in education, social work, politics, advocacy, and general volunteer hours!
Sign up for a committee.
Since committee members do not work directly with students, an application and background check is not necessary. Our committees function more like general UM clubs — they meet weekly or biweekly to complete certain tasks. An application is not required to join a committee. However, if you would like to be a tutor and join a committee, you must fill out both forms.
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