Type 3 – Volunteering

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VOLUNTEERING

• In schools or classrooms: Assist administrators, teachers, students, or parents as aides, tutors, coaches, lecturers, chaperones, and other leaders
• For schools or classrooms: Assist school programs and children’s progress from any location at any time
• As audiences: Attend assemblies, performances, sports events, recognition and award ceremonies, celebrations, and other events

• Annual survey to identify interests, talents, and availability of volunteers
• Parent room or family center for volunteer work, meetings, and resources for families
• Class parent, telephone tree, or other structures to provide all families with needed information
• Parent patrols to increase school safety
• Annual review of schedules for students’ performances, games, and assemblies to encourage all families to attend as daytime and evening audiences

• Recruit widely, provide training, and create flexible schedules for volunteers so that all families know that their time and talents are welcomed and valued

• “Volunteer” not only means those who come during the school day, but also those who support school goals and children’s learning any way, any time.

• Skills that are tutored or taught by volunteers
• Skills in communicating with adults

• Understanding of the teacher’s job
• Self-confidence about ability to work in school and with children
• Enrollment in programs to improve own education

• Readiness to involve all families in new ways, not only as volunteers
• More individual attention to students because of help from volunteers