Most of our volunteers are students. If you have an hour a week, the most useful thing you can do is sit down with an adult who is practicing English. There are a few other ways in as well.
About volunteer hours. We sign school volunteer-hour forms. Bring the form to a session or email it to us, and a program lead will sign it after the hours are done. We can't certify hours we didn't see, and we won't sign for time that wasn't served — most schools ask us to confirm directly, and we'd rather be a reference you can use.
No. Conversation practice happens in English — that's the whole point. Speaking another language is useful sometimes, but it isn't a requirement for anything we do.
That's normal, and the training is built around it. You'll practice first, and your first session is alongside someone experienced. Most people find the first ten minutes are the hard part.
Tell us up front. Consistency matters a lot to the people we match you with, so we'd rather put you on classroom presentations than set up a weekly match you can't keep.
Yes. Group training works well, and a team that shows up together tends to stick with it. Write to us with how many people you have.
A parent or guardian needs to give permission before you start, and we'll ask for their email when you sign up. If anything about you is ever published — a photo or a story — they have to approve that separately.