Native Scientist
Ethnic minority and migrant pupils face multiple challenges when arriving to a new country and are two times more likely to underachieve in school than their non-migrant peers.Native Scientist is a non-profit organisation that connects migrant pupils with scientists to broaden pupils' horizons and promote scientific literacy and higher education.
Description
You will be organising workshops that bring together 4-5 scientists and 20-25 children who share a common heritage language/culture.
Duties
Communicate with all stakeholders. Recruit the scientists. Schedule the workshop. Coordinate the workshop.
Who will the volunteers be working with?
Native Scientist's founders and project managers, school teachers and pupils.
Training
1-hour online group training plus 1-1 online training plus 1-1 support via email,
Time commitment
Coordinators usually spend 10-12 hours with the organisation of each workshop and 2 hours at the workshop.