1. Worthwhile Tasks for Classroom Volunteers
Burgen Young,

2. Agenda Challenges and benefits of classroom volunteers
A process for finding worthwhile tasks
Practice using the process
On the job training for classroom volunteers

3. Who’s here? Volunteer coordinator? Administrator/Manager? ELL teacher?
ABE/GED teacher?
Other?

4. What are some challenges and benefits when working with classroom volunteers?

5. Backwards Planning

6. What are your classroom challenges?

7. Multi-level Class

8. One Room Schoolhouse

9. Erratic Attendance

10. Getting to class early to welcome all students

12. A challenge you have now?

13. How could a volunteer help?

14. Discuss with a Neighbor
What is a challenge you have or a task you don’t have enough time for?
How can a volunteer help with meeting this challenge?

15. Preparing volunteers

16. Explicit Instruction
Explanation
Modeling
Guided Practice
Application

17. Give volunteers clear expectations.

18. Group Discussion
How can you use the steps in explicit instruction to prepare a volunteer to help students get the materials they need in either a one-room school house or in a computer lab?
Explanation
Modeling
Guided Practice
Application

19. Discuss with a Neighbor
Explanation
Modeling
Guided Practice
Application
What steps can you use to prepare a volunteer to do the task you discussed earlier?

20. finding classroom volunteers

21. Use position descriptions to Communicate Clear Expectations

22. Recruitment Messages

23. Ideas for a recruitment message

24. ?

25. Other Resources