Second Semester Sessions Underway
Second Semester TeachOut sessions are well underway. As in last semester, we are again operating at four schools (Zisukhanyo, Sophumelela Intsebenziswano and Sinethemba), the centres of two community development organisations (Yabonga and Wola Nani), and at Zanokhanyo Children’s Home. Sessions commenced on Monday, 1 August. Prior to this, we conducted two separate training events for new volunteers.
The first of these was our annual Second Semester Volunteer Training Day held on Saturday, 30 July. Mr Jon Clark of the UCT Schools Development Unit was once again kind enough to be a guest speaker at the event, and shared his expertise and tutoring tips with volunteers.
New volunteers who were unable to attend the Training Day on the Saturday were invited to attend a Make-Up Training Session held the following Monday. At both training events volunteers signed up for their preferred weekly tutoring sessions.
This semester, a total of 35 ‘new recruits’ signed up for sessions. These volunteers are currently tutoring alongside the 42 first semester volunteers who have signed up for sessions again this semester. This, incidentally, marks our highest number of returning volunteers in recent years.
This semester has also seen a significant increase in the number of Semester Study Abroad (SSA) students tutoring with TeachOut, with many of our new volunteers hailing from the United States, as well as Canada and Norway. We hope that these volunteers will enjoy their time in South Africa and that their involvement in TeachOut will make the experience even more rewarding.