Services

Guest Reading

• Read to children
• Listen to children read

Guest Speaking

• Present experience-based workshops to students and parents
• Share resources for personal awareness and growth

Classroom Assistance

• Assist in demonstrations (e.g. mock role-play, directions to a game) and create activity supplies (i.e. cut-outs for games, laminating pictures, collecting visuals)
• Make photocopies and distribute papers and supplies and sort and stock and paper and supplies and support teachers with organization, preparation and clean-up

Hallway Monitoring (Middle School and High School)

• Maintain communication via portable radio with the main office and security who will take appropriate action
• Support school staff and security with the flow of traffic in the hallways and direct students to the correct classrooms
• Escort students as necessary to their classroom or the main office when students arrive late or are wandering in the halls after the late bell rings
• Verify the authenticity of hall pass in possession of students in the hall
• Inspect restrooms to ensure students are not loitering or damaging facilities (assistance will be requested for opposite sex restroom inspections)
• Report all damage or writings on the walls to the main office
• Monitor activities in the cafeteria during lunch break
• Student arrival and dismissal

Lunch Buddies -- click here for a downloadable flier

• Eat and build a relationship with students during lunchtime (e.g. playing board games)
• Support students to enhance social and emotional skills
• Offer a safe place for mentees to share their stories – academic and personal
• Use active listening to ensure the needs of mentees are being met and sharing relevant academic and personal experiences if appropriate

Mentoring (Middle School and High School)

• Build a relationship with students centered on mutual trust and respect
• Offer a safe place for mentees to share their stories – academic and personal
• Encourage inquiry-based learning by providing students with the tools to explore their own thought processes and identify solutions
• Support mentees in creating an action plan outlining their motivation and goals
• Utilize active listening to ensure the needs of mentees are being met and sharing relevant academic and personal experiences if appropriate

School Beautification

• Plant flowers and trim shrubs and trees
• Spread mulch and rake leaves
• Pull weeds and trim around sidewalks
• Clean the periphery of school building and playground(s)
• Paint classroom and hallway walls
• Dust, sweep and pick up debris

Faculty/Staff Appreciation

• Assemble care packages and/or write thank-you letters to teachers and staff
• Host an appreciation event for the faculty and staff
• Provide in-kind donations to faculty and staff (e.g. gift cards)

Special Events

• Support faculty and staff in logistics and program implementation
• Set up and tear down equipment and materials
• Check in and direct students to program locations