Unit 3: Communication and Professional Relationships with Children, Young People & Adults

My volunteer experience related to the teaching profession because what I did was work with kids and taught them things that didn’t necessarily know how to do or just needed a brush up on. This is similar to a group of student’s material that they are not familiar with or need help with. My experience was really similar to teaching because I was teaching kids something that I am very passionate about, whereas

I am patient, and I think that will help my targeted audience a lot. I am focused and will stay on task. I will not be doing other things while volunteering. I can help the kids with their homework, but I can also make it fun and enjoyable.

The use of volunteers like parents or community members can help relieve some responsibilities that are on many teachers or administrators plates. This can allow teachers and administrators to focus on student learning.

Throughout high school I participated in numerous volunteer opportunities. I had the opportunity to be my high school's basketball team manager my junior year of high school. As the lady blazers manager I was in charge of attending games, practices, recording fouls and games, as well as organizing the food for the players after their games. However, I also devoted my time to things other than sports. I also volunteered every year at my school's registration for new student. My school, IDEA Quest, places a lot of emphasis on new student registration because new students are given an opportunity to preview their life at IDEA. Therefore as a volunteer of the new student registration I would speak at the student panel about my experience as an

The main attributes we ask of our volunteers are loyalty, positivity, and be willingness to be a good team player. We do not require our volunteers to have the leadership qualities of our board, but volunteer status is highly considered for future consideration of the Board of Directors. We like for our volunteers to have a genuine liking to performing arts.

Volunteers who enjoy working with children, science and education are well suited to this volunteer opportunity. Volunteers may participate in as many, or as few, classroom activities as they like.

Any previous experiences that I had working with children came from volunteering through Key Club in high school, the Extended Day Enrichment Program at J. J. Finley, and ReadingPals at United Way of North Central Florida. Some activities that I engaged in while volunteering includes designing and monitoring student activities; helping students with their homework or crafts; reading, re-reading, and discussing familiar books; and writing activities. Other experiences that I had came from babysitting for families and friends and interacting with the children in the Hmong community. These experiences consisted more of conversations and modeling social norms at events within the Hmong community.

Volunteering is important for many reasons. I believe volunteering is special and offers a person certain aspects most things in the world cannot offer. Volunteering is good for the community. It allows a person to demonstrate their commitment to their community; a way of giving thanks. In doing so, the community will grow and prosper. When I first arrived in Selinsgrove, my family was struck with tragedy. The community of Selinsgrove offered their helping hand and showed nothing but love and support for my family. Being a child of constant traveling, I was shown the comfort of being a part of a community for the first time. This kindness is what inspired me to begin volunteering in my community.

4. Better social integration, more social support - when people volunteer, they become a part of a social network and a feeling of purpose.

In addition, bringing back all the playground equipment has shown integrity since, I didn’t slack off and leave any of the equipment. In the same way, I showed integrity while organizing the supply closet, since I didn’t look through important documents. Using the moral focus virtue 'integrity' is important while helping the councilors at YMCA. Given these points, helping others is important, which is why I loved volunteering at YMCA. As mentioned before, I made sure I was a good role model, for the students to make wise decisions. By being a good role model, I built up on my moral character, which made me feel great. Although my community service consists of assisting and organization, I helped on my accord  as much as possible. Small things like helping a student solve a math problem made my day. The smiles on the students faces are the cutest things and I loved being able to see them after I helped the students. At any rate, I had applied the moral focus virtues while volunteering at the Plymouth Family

Every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9:15 to 11:25 I volunteer in Mrs. Wolford’s first grade class at Oak Ridge Elementary school. The class consists of 23 very active 6 and 7 year olds. As soon as you walk into the classroom you can see desks pushed together to form tables, a sink, a water fountain, one teacher’s desk, and two smaller tables to help students individually. You can also see many posters consisting of positive phrases, numbers, and letters. Student’s artwork and posters can also be seen. When I am there Mrs. Wolford is the only adult with the 23 kids, but occasionally there is another volunteer in the morning before I arrive. The interaction between the kids is very positive, they love talking to each other and telling

One way to improve this would be to ensure that you build trusting relationships with parents, families and children. Effective communication with families is essential in ensuring that they can be confident with the education and care their child is receiving. This allows for mutual trust and appreciation of each other’s knowledge and experience. Make families feel welcome and respected and offer them ways to be involved in and contribute to the service if they wish

First, in the school can help at the children in activities for develope their mind as reading one book interesting for them. Also helping at the teacher as make copies and check the homeworks this can reduce the work on the teacher she can spend more time with children. Volunteering in schools may be more beneficial to all.

With every new volunteer coming onboard to the organization, it is vital to ensure each and every one is well-versed and fortified with the expectations of the role as a volunteer. Information Sessions and Orientations present themselves as the perfect platform to provide an outline of expectations. For example: the code of conduct, policies and procedures, risk management and administrative housekeeping items (i.e.: reference letters, performance evaluations, attendance, dismissals, etc.) It is important to generate a strong foundation for managing volunteer expectations in order to keep volunteers well-organized and engaged in their role while making a strong impact to the organization.

Research question one: What is the population base of youth volunteering within the community? 5