Tutoring almost exclusively occurs at the family's home to make it easier for them to participate.
When you sign up for the Refugee Tutoring program, we ask you to let us know which regions of Brisbane you are available to travel to for tutoring. We endeavour to match you up with a family who lives in these areas.
We do have families on our waiting list from all over Brisbane.
However, the greatest need is from newly settled refugee families in areas such as:
North: Bracken Ridge, Clayfield
South: Moorooka, Kingston, Salisbury, Calamvale, Boronia Heights, Runcorn.
East: Northgate, Wynnum.
West: Collingwood Park, Jamboree Heights, Inala, Darra, Oxley, Silktone, Durack, Goodna, Carol Park, Riverview.
These are our high-need areas for tutors. If you are able to visit one of these areas, we can match you with a family sooner.
There are also other suburbs, such as New Farm, Bulimba and St Lucia, where we are unlikely to find refugee families. If you do live in those suburbs, don’t worry – you can still tutor, we just might need to ask you to travel a little bit further to visit your family.
On your first visit, someone who knows the family will take you to their house and introduce you to them. From then on, you will visit their house each week for tutoring.
