Are you interested in volunteering to support high school students? Our summer program is your chance to make lifelong friends, develop professional skills, and share your academic knowledge with the community!
Each summer program is organised by a team of Program Directors. Director recruitment takes place after our January program in the first half of each year. You can read materials from our last Director recruitment cycle.
Tutor applications for the 2026 VCE Summer Tutoring program are now open.
Volunteers are eligible for a tutor role if they have completed six months of tertiary study, or have previous experience with the program and hold a valid Victorian Working With Children Check (WWCC) or equivalent. Please reach out to program@vcesummertutoring.au if you have any questions about this.
All volunteers must undertake an interview with the Program Directors before they are offered a position at our summer program. For the 2025 program, we ran two rounds of interviews in September and November, with some interviews occurring across December as dependent on program need.
Volunteering with VCE Summer Tutoring is an opportunity to contribute to a meaningful cause and address educational disadvantage. The program environment is geared towards facilitating growth and connections, with training and volunteers on-hand at any time to support you and answer any questions.
VCE Summer Tutoring was an enjoyable and enriching experience. In particular, having the opportunity to have a direct impact on issues of educational disadvantage and inequity was one of the most fulfilling aspects of the program. I really enjoyed being able to apply my previous tutoring experience and knowledge to my role by empowering other tutors to enhance their own teaching skills, and provide high-quality lessons to our engaged and enthusiastic students.
Cristina,
2025 volunteer
The VCEST program is a great way for volunteer tutors to offer students a valuable learning experience before they commence their studies. It is an extremely interactive program with several roles to undertake in order to optimise the student experience. The classes and one on one sessions as well as the additional workshops and seminars are a great way for students to engage in the program. The volunteers are very passionate individuals who are all determined to address educational disadvantage in Victoria.
2025 volunteer
I loved my experience at VCEST!! If you're considering signing up, I would say go for it!! I got so, so much support from everyone around me, and came out of the program with more friends than I came in with.
Alara,
2025 volunteer
My experience as a tutor at VCE Summer Tutoring was nothing but positive. It was fantastic getting to know and learn from other tutors and teachers during the program, as well as obtaining real, hands-on experience teaching in a large classroom setting. I had the opportunity to refine and broaden my skills as an educator, which I am now keen to take into my private tutoring - and I have made some good friends along the way. I have already recommended this program to others!
2025 volunteer
Educational initiatives aside, not many programs can match the vibes of VCE Summer Tutoring, period. Beyond tutoring, we’ve had so many opportunities to interact with and get to know other students and tutors in a very welcoming environment, and there’s a true sense of community amongst everyone on program. If you’re looking to make an impact on tackling educational disadvantage while making lifelong friends along the way, look no further.
Henry,
2025 volunteer
At our program (typically two weeks in early January), all volunteers participate as tutors to deliver lessons and one-on-one tutoring sessions with students, with the ability to also undertake Specialist Roles. The minimum on-program time commitment is about 17 hours over the two weeks.
Our Volunteer Academic Tutors deliver a wide range of subjects, from Ancient History to Vietnamese. Our classes are all focused on the VCE curriculum, which is the main Year 11 and Year 12 study program taken by high school students in Victoria. Guidance about content and engaging students is available to our tutors. More information about these subjects is available on the VCAA website.
As a Volunteer Academic Tutor, develop and refine excellent communication, content delivery and facilitation skills by delivering subject-specific lessons to a class or two of 1-15 students, either by yourself or with another tutor. Tutoring in the VCE Summer Tutoring environment also allows you to acquire leadership and mentorship experience, empower the next generation of students, and deepen your own subject knowledge for your tertiary studies.
It's completely enhanced our ability to teach and communicate with students, especially in doing classes with potentially more than one or a larger group of students, which is a new experience for me. Building confidence in that area and being able to improve my skills is definitely something I've enjoyed throughout the program.
— Dulcie, 2025 volunteer
Through being a tutor, I learned to organise my time better, teach content to students, and gained lots of new friends. Before the program began, I was very nervous, as I had no experience in teaching. However, now teaching doesn't seem so daunting anymore, and I've come to enjoy teaching a lot!
— Emelia, 2025 volunteer
There are also opportunities to take on Specialist Roles, which have additional functions to support program activities and participants. Volunteering with a Specialist Role team is a fantastic opportunity to gain further professional skills and connection with the community.
Click on each of our roles below to learn more about them. You’ll be able to read the most recent Role Descriptions, see what skills you can develop by volunteering with us, and hear from our volunteers about their experiences at the program.
As a Subject Coordinator, gain valuable experience in curriculum and academic resource development by creating a VCE subject booklet for tutors and students to use through the program and beyond. Supporting student learning throughout the year allows you to directly address systemic aspects of educational disadvantage in Victoria, develop your ability to convey complex concepts in an engaging and accessible way for a diverse range of students, and share all the things you love about your favourite subject areas.
Volunteering with VCE Summer Tutoring was an incredible experience that allowed me to grow both personally and professionally. I had the chance to teach classes, collaborate with a team tutor, and take on a leadership role as a subject coordinator by creating a subject booklet.
— Caitlin, 2025 volunteer
I was really nervous about accepting the Subject Coordinator role, but I was really, really pleasantly surprised at the amount of support I got from the Program Directors, from the rest of the tutors, and really just the entire team. I would absolutely go for it. It’s a really great experience, and there’s always someone who’s happy to help.
— Alara, 2025 volunteer
As a Communications Officer, cultivate strong project management and content curation skills by producing daily publications and capturing footage of program activities to engage students. Working on content production in the VCE Summer Tutoring environment allows you to develop unique experience in executing the marketing and promotion strategy of an organisation, enhance your communication and copywriting skills, and hone your skills in creative mentorship.
Being involved in the Communications Team has helped me to have a more direct and active involvement in the program. The role also taught me a lot about design, time management, and has helped me made lots of new friends. To anyone unsure about joining VCE Summer Tutoring, I would say to go for it.
— Emelia, 2025 volunteer
Being part of the Communications Team was so rewarding, I loved contributing to the daily Zine, creating content for social media, and capturing the program's best moments through photos and videos. This program is an amazing opportunity for tutors to make a real difference while building valuable skills!
— 2025 volunteer
As a Group Activity Leader, expand your skills in student engagement, mentorship and event planning by supervising a group of 10-15 students daily during the program and organising program social activities. Shaping the extracurricular experience of the VCE Summer Tutoring program allows you to build skills in forming and facilitating connections with others, learn to oversee execution of event ideas from conception to fruition, and help students become resilient and confident in new environments.
As a Group Activity Leader, I had the benefit of spending a lot more time with students, which allowed me to better understand what they wanted out of the program, and gave me the ability to help organise events like workshops, seminars, and games.
— Alara, 2025 volunteer
Being part of the VCE Summer Tutoring Program has been such a rewarding experience! I’ve had the opportunity to help students overcome challenges while growing personally and professionally. The program fosters a supportive, collaborative environment, and the sense of community is incredible. This program is more than just tutoring—it’s about building connections, empowering students, and being part of a team that genuinely cares. I can’t wait to continue contributing to such an amazing initiative!
— Drishti, 2025 volunteer
As an Operations Officer, sharpen your problem-solving, customer service and logistics skills by managing administrative elements of the program to ensure a smooth experience for all participants. Maintaining the backend elements of VCE Summer Tutoring program activities allows you to refine strategies for navigating fast-paced environments, develop stakeholder management skills and gain experience using purpose-built digital platforms and systems to take forward into future roles.
Being an Operations officer made me feel so much more involved with the program, and the chance to work with such a friendly and dedicated team is something I am very grateful for. This was my first time at the program and it was so much fun, I would definitely recommend it!
— Jack, 2025 volunteer
Volunteering at VCEST as a tutor and Operations Officer has helped me develop people skills like problem-solving, delegating, setting boundaries, and active listening, alongside developing meaningful relationships with other young people who are striving FOR other young people.
— Nat, 2025 volunteer
As a Teaching Support Officer, strengthen your experience in mentorship and facilitating skill development by providing training and feedback on teaching and classroom management to Volunteer Academic Tutors. Assisting with the production and implementation of VCE Summer Tutoring learning initiatives allows you to build skills in facilitating positive and encouraging learning environments, share your academic passions, and augment the academic value of the program for students commencing their VCE studies.
Being part of the VCE Summer Tutoring Program has been such a rewarding experience! I’ve had the opportunity to help students overcome challenges while growing personally and professionally. The program fosters a supportive, collaborative environment, and the sense of community is incredible. This program is more than just tutoring—it’s about building connections, empowering students, and being part of a team that genuinely cares. I can’t wait to continue contributing to such an amazing initiative!
— Thanh, 2025 volunteer
One thing I enjoyed was being a Teaching Support Officer. I was able to work closely with tutors and help them improve their teaching skills to ultimately improve student experience. Something that surprised me about being a TSO was how closely we would work as a team, which would allow us to build such meaningful connections. Overall, I had a great experience. Highly recommend!
— Sophie, 2025 volunteer
As a Welfare Officer, champion diversity, inclusivity, and safety by implementing wellbeing initiatives and fostering a welcoming environment for all program participants. Supporting participant wellbeing at VCEST allows you to undertake valuable training on child safety and managing welfare-related situations, share your personal experiences with students to foster a sense of identification and belonging within the program, and refine your problem-solving and interpersonal skills in facilitating conversations and responses for welfare-related challenges.
Being in the Welfare team was really special for me, as the two weeks on-program gave me the opportunity to directly connect with others and feel a sense of belonging. I really enjoyed this social aspect, especially getting to interact with people with a wide diversity of backgrounds and skill sets. The role constantly encouraged me to look at things from a different perspective, as well as teaching me a lot about promoting wellness within students, tutors and myself.
— Natalie, 2025 volunteer
Being a Welfare Officer has really helped me to develop my interpersonal and communication skills. There have been a lot of experiences where I’ve had to speak with students in sometimes one-on-one situations just to see how they’re going with the program, and really checking in on them. Cases like Book Club or the Welfare Panel that I had to run and organise have been really great for communicating with such a wide variety of people – I think being able to do this is so, so important nowadays in the workforce.
— Zitong, 2025 volunteer
As a Specialist Role Coordinator, elevate your leadership, project management and strategic planning skills by overseeing a Specialist Role Team and its activities throughout the program cycle. Spearheading an aspect of the VCE Summer TutoringVCEST program allows you to cultivate desirable skills and experience in managing teams and initiatives, have a tangible impact on student experience at the program, and inspire the next generation of volunteers to advance their personal and professional development while giving back to the community.
At VCEST I had the pleasure of being a Group Activity Leader Coordinator, which had the responsibility of organising social events and group meetings for students to bond. The most rewarding part of this role was seeing the new friendships that blossomed between students during the activities that we ran. Furthermore, I was able to work with a passionate and energetic team of volunteer tutors to deliver these events. It was amazing to see how each one of our team grew as people, as they gained more confidence in facilitating group meetings. I am immensely grateful for the opportunity to be part of this program and can't wait to participate in future years!
— Gus, 2025 volunteer
I was surprised by how quickly we formed meaningful, positive relationships within our Operations Team and with the students, which has made volunteering with a Specialist Role Team a pricelessly joyful experience. I was initially on the fence about volunteering, but being a part of this community has shown me two things: 1) that any hope we share to others, through teaching or otherwise, is never wasted, and 2) that joy shared is joy amplified. So, come join our community - you won't regret it.
— Nat, 2025 volunteer
Ready to apply?
Received interview invites but don’t know how to prepare? First time doing interview? New to VCE curriculum or to VCE Summer TuToring? Not sure how to prepare 1 minute teaching demonstration?
Head to Pre-Interview Module prepared by your Program Directors for answers to your questions!