Volunteer in New Arrivals Institute

Our Mission: Assisting refugees and immigrants with self-sufficiency and U.S. Citizenship through education.

Our Vision: “A Community that welcomes refugees and immigrants and provides them with the tools to achieve their goals.”  The Refugee New Arrival School was  developed in the late 1990’s to meet the needs of refugees living  in Guilford County. Although there were many ESOL programs  in Greensboro, employees at Lutheran Family Services and GTCC determined  that there was a large segment of the refugee population unable to  access the available ESOL programs. One major barrier for refugee  families was that parents (especially mothers) could not attend classes  due to their childcare responsibilities. The New Arrival School (NAS)  was developed through a partnership with GTCC, Grace Community Church  and the NC State Refugee Assistance Program (RAP) contract as a place  where families could come together to learn English and participate in  employment readiness and cultural orientation programs. The NAS operates  five days a week for 3.25 hours per day. There are currently 7 adult  classes and 2 early childhood transitional classes. In addition to our  adult classes we also have employment readiness classes and cultural  orientation seminars every week. GTCC provides the adult ESOL  instructors, the church houses the program and NAI administrates the  program including day to day operations, development and implementation  of the cultural orientation and employment classes, enrollment of adult  students and operation of the early childhood transitional classes.

The Refugee New Arrival School was  developed in the late 1990’s to meet the needs of refugees living  in Guilford County. Although there were many ESOL programs  in Greensboro, employees at Lutheran Family Services and GTCC determined  that there was a large segment of the refugee population unable to  access the available ESOL programs. One major barrier for refugee  families was that parents (especially mothers) could not attend classes  due to their childcare responsibilities. The New Arrival School (NAS)  was developed through a partnership with GTCC, Grace Community Church  and the NC State Refugee Assistance Program (RAP) contract as a place  where families could come together to learn English and participate in  employment readiness and cultural orientation programs. The NAS operates  five days a week for 3.25 hours per day. There are currently 7 adult  classes and 2 early childhood transitional classes. In addition to our  adult classes we also have employment readiness classes and cultural  orientation seminars every week. GTCC provides the adult ESOL  instructors, the church houses the program and NAI administrates the  program including day to day operations, development and implementation  of the cultural orientation and employment classes, enrollment of adult  students and operation of the early childhood transitional classes.