Current volunteering opportunities
The Role
Our volunteer tutors work in fun, dynamic and sometimes challenging community classroom settings. As a volunteer for us, you will be well-supported by a development worker but will also be able to work independently – either with a group of learners or an individual.
As a volunteer for us, you will receive:
- The dedicated support of a Development Worker
- Free access to our online and in-office resource libraries
- Training and continual professional development opportunities
- ESOL teaching experience from a well-respected and well-known community organisation
- References and news of any paid ESOL opportunities in Glasgow and Scotland
- Volunteer support and peer-sharing meetings
- Travel Expenses and photocopying/printing
- A reference, after three months of active volunteering
Volunteer Stories 
Criteria for Applying
We welcome teachers from any background with the qualifications below, including New Scots. We especially value the experience you bring of settling into life in Scotland.
Your qualifications may include:
- Cambridge English CELTA or Trinity College London CertTESOL qualification (minimum)*
- ITESOL graduates (click here for more information)
- Extensive experience in teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
It is also preferable that you are available during weekdays (day-time)
*Please note: online TEFL qualifications from www.tefl.org.uk do not meet our minimum requirements for volunteering, we ask for a qualification which includes a minimum 6 hours of observed teaching practice.
How to apply
Applications are currently closed. We will announce new opportunities to apply in the coming months. Thank you for your interest!
What your contribution means to us
With thanks to the hard work of our dedicated volunteers, Glasgow ESOL Forum's Volunteer Tutor Project has been running successfully since 2004. Tutors volunteer their skills and time, city-wide, to deliver quality ESOL classes and tuition. The project aims to work with vulnerable learners who find it difficult to attend other courses. Our learners include parents, older learners, learners with health issues and newly arrived asylum seekers.For people juggling family and work commitments, our friendly and local volunteer classes give them an opportunity to keep studying and practising in the small amount of time they have.
For more information about the Volunteer Tutor Project, click here .
