The Brock Learning Lab is a place where tutors, literacy and math mentors, interns and volunteers can make a difference in the education of learners while enhancing their own professional knowledge and skills.
Learn more about opportunities to work or volunteer with the Brock Learning Lab below. While most of our tutors are Brock students, we do accept applications from those who aren’t current Brock students.
Literacy and Math Mentor employment opportunities
The Brock Learning Lab has partnered with local school boards to provide one-on-one intervention for students with persistent literacy and/or math challenges in Kindergarten through grade 12 through the Literacy and Math Mentors Program.
Tutoring sessions will take place in person at schools during the school day from September/October to May/June. Literacy and Math Mentors will plan one-on-one and/or small-group sessions (with supplied resources) and build teaching skills and network contacts. Program training will be provided. Literacy and Math Mentors must work a minimum of 6.25 hours per week. Literacy Mentor positions are available in local elementary schools. Math Mentor positions are available in elementary and secondary schools. Both positions (Literacy and Math Mentors) are paid at $20 per hour.
Applications are currently open. Subscribe to our email updates below if you would like to receive notifications about Literacy and Math Mentor Opportunities. Once the application forms open, applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until available positions have been filled. Interested applicants are advised to apply as soon as possible.
If you are interested in applying to work as a Literacy and Math Mentor for the 2023-2024 academic year, we encourage you to apply for a Police Check with Vulnerable Sector Screening now, as the processing times on these documents may take upwards of 12 weeks, and all Literacy and Math Mentors will be required to provide the Brock Learning Lab with a valid PCVSS (dated May 1st 2023 or later) if hired.
Volunteer tutor and internship opportunities
Tutoring programs will be held both in-person and virtually/online. If you are interested in applying to volunteer for the Fall term (October-December), we encourage you to apply for a Police Check with Vulnerable Sector Screening now, as the processing times on these documents may take upwards of 12 weeks.
Brock Learning Lab tutors are current undergraduate or graduate students and alumni at Brock University. All tutors are trained through the Brock Learning Lab in literacy and numeracy assessments and intervention strategies in order to develop an individualized program for their clients. Tutors are matched with learners to create a compatible dyad based on learner profiles. Tutoring sessions are supervised by Brock Learning Lab staff who are Ontario Certified Teachers and experts in supplemental education.
Contact the bllab@brocku.ca for more information.
The Brock Learning Lab welcomes volunteer tutors for our Reading or Math Support Programs. All volunteers receive training, supervision, and access to our instructional resources. You will learn how to create personalized, skill-based tutoring programming based on formal diagnostic assessments.
Reasons to why you should volunteer:
- Volunteer tutors receive training and support
- Volunteer tutors will enhance their literacy and numeracy expertise and knowledge
- Volunteers gain teaching experience using evidence-based instructional methods
- Volunteers receive a certificate of volunteering
- Volunteer tutoring work is recorded with Experience Plus
- Volunteer tutors have a positive impact on their students
As a volunteer tutor, you would:
- Meet with your client for at least 1 hours per week on your scheduled day/time for 9 weeks of tutoring (in the Fall and/or Winter) or for 5 weeks of tutoring (in the Spring)
- Create an engaging learning plan based on client screens
- Create weekly learning plans with the help of Learning Lab supervisors
- Provide parents with feedback on successes and continued areas of practice for your client
- Be trained in literacy and/or numeracy screens and intervention strategies to help you develop an individualized program for your client
- Have access to our instructional resources
- Receive a certificate of volunteering and of training
EDUC 3P96 – Advanced Community-Based Internship – This course is timetabled on a term by term basis and is a full dedicated semester of interning experience.
EDUC 3P90 – Independent Directed Study – Undergraduate students register for this course on an individual basis. They co-design their Independent Directed Study with the Director and include an internship component as part of this design.
Internship responsibilities are determined by the needs of Brock Learning Lab at the time of the internship and may include (but is not limited to):
- Tutoring
- Meeting with your client for at least 1 hours per week on your scheduled day/time for 9 weeks of tutoring
- Creating an engaging learning plan based on client screens
- Creating weekly learning plans with the help of Learning Lab supervisors
- Providing parents with feedback on successes and continued areas of practice for your client(s)
- Training in literacy and/or numeracy screens and intervention strategies to help you develop an individualized program for your client
- Accessing our instructional resources
- Resource Organization & Development
- Organizing the Brock Learning Lab’s online resource repository & in-person supplies
- Updating online & in-person K-12 learning resources to ensure they align with current standards
- Developing K-12 learning resources that align with the Brock Learning Lab’s programming
Expressions of interest for an Internship should be directed to the Brock Learning Lab and Dr. Tiffany Gallagher by emailing bllab@brocku.ca.
Apply through consulting with Dr. Tiffany Gallagher and the Undergraduate Program Director at least six weeks in advance of a semester.
EDUC 5P96 – Educational Internship – Graduate students apply for this field placement experience that provides them with an opportunity to work with a field mentor and to apply theory to practice and vice versa.
Internships opportunities for graduate students at the Brock Learning Lab provide experience working with students with exceptionalities and/or working in tutoring programs.
Projects are based on our current Lab programming, however, we will work with your experience and interests to create an internship that works with your goals. You will be assigned a field-mentor based on your internship goals and location. Graduate internships are supervised under Dr. Tiffany Gallagher, Director.
Internship responsibilities are determined by the needs of Brock Learning Lab at the time of the internship and may include (but is not limited to):
- Tutoring
- Meeting with your client for at least 1 hours per week on your scheduled day/time for 9 weeks of tutoring (in the Fall and/or Winter) or for 5 weeks of tutoring (in the Spring)
- Creating an engaging learning plan based on client screens
- Creating weekly learning plans with the help of Learning Lab supervisors
- Providing parents with feedback on successes and continued areas of practice for your client(s)
- Training in literacy and/or numeracy screens and intervention strategies to help you develop an individualized program for your client
- Accessing our instructional resources
- Resource Organization & Development
- Organizing the Brock Learning Lab’s online resource repository & in-person supplies
- Updating online & in-person K-12 learning resources to ensure they align with current standards
- Developing K-12 learning resources that align with the Brock Learning Lab’s programming
Expressions of interest for an Internship should be directed to the Brock Learning Lab and Dr. Tiffany Gallagher by emailing bllab@brocku.ca.
Apply through consulting with Dr. Tiffany Gallagher and the Master of Education Program Director at least six weeks in advance of a semester.
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