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Academic Volunteers
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Volunteers | Activity
Volunteers
Administrative
Volunteers
Volunteers that tutor or otherwise educate the Casa de la Esperanza
community do a variety of tasks including: tutor one-on-one or in small
groups in a variety of subject areas; teach a class on-site weekly such
as English or math; provide academic enrichment in areas besides regular
school work such as ACT or SAT preparation, reading or writing
enrichment, and English acquisition. These volunteers are fundamental to
the academic success of our limited English-speaking students who
struggle in school, and tend to drop out of school at the secondary
level due to academic frustrations.
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The computer lab has grown and expanded over the last few years. There
are over a dozen computers available to the program participants for
use, including a printer and scanner. A variety of educational software
programs and resources are available also for the participants’ use. The
students use the software to retrieve information for research papers,
reports, presentations and projects. They also practice their academic
skills such as reading, math and English acquisition. Volunteers help
supervise the computer lab and assist the youth with their computer work
and problems.
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Numerous volunteers also periodically offer a specific activity to the
program participants. Examples include: art classes, reading groups,
soccer or volleyball clubs, dance classes, tae kwon do or karate
classes, etc. These volunteers offer to teach and/or coordinate a
specific activity on a weekly basis. This activity is specified on a
program schedule that is organized and advertised every four months:
fall, spring and summer.
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Administrative Volunteers~ |
Intern volunteers have the capacity to assist the program coordinator in
a variety of administrative duties such as: grant writing, reports,
program documentation, program development and evaluation, fund raising,
special event organization, etc. This volunteer needs to be aware of the
general program goals and objectives, not just a specific aspect of the
program, to assist the coordinator. A specific project can be determined
for a volunteer in this category.
Note
A criminal background check will be done on each volunteer working at
the Casa de la Esperanza Resident Program.
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