Using community volunteers is one way to build support for future technology budget requests. A volunteer in the Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools describes how teachers and administrators can recruit volunteers, use donated hardware, wire schools to the Internet, train and support staff and parents, develop curriculum, and build parental…

Five tactics used by the University of Massachusetts to make alumni operations effective with minimal cost include assuring the campus administration's commitment to alumni club programming, training chapter volunteers on campus and through regional visits, controlling mailing costs, planning events in a cost-effective manner, and deciding whether…

In an exploratory project to enrich the reading experiences of 84 rural low-income first-graders, 15 female community members were trained to work with children in nontraditional and traditional activities that addressed reading-related skills. Student achievement test scores improved from exceptionally low reading achievement in the fall to…

Purpose: The paper seeks to show the relationship between organisational structure and flexibility of training has not been well researched. Focusing on the role of recognition of current competencies, this study provides evidence of the effects of the former on the latter. Design/methodology/approach: In this paper evidence was obtained by…

This list of free and reduced rate periodicals is compiled by the office of Information Collection Exchange (ICE) to provide Peace Corps volunteers access to information on periodicals which can be of use during their term of service. Detailed instructions are provided on ordering periodicals which are distributed by ICE to Peace Corps in-country…

This list of free and reduced rate periodicals is compiled by the office of Information Collection Exchange (ICE) to provide Peace Corps volunteers access to information on periodicals which can be of use during their term of service. Detailed instructions are provided on ordering periodicals which are distributed by ICE to Peace Corps in-country…

Article detailed the efforts of Recording for the Blind, Inc., a voluntary organization that supplies growing numbers of blind students, free of charge, with accurate tape recordings of any textbooks their studies require. (Author/RK)

This document presents witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Senate hearing called to consider the reauthorization of ACTION programs. Opening remarks by Senators Orrin G. Hatch and Paula Hawkins discuss ACTION, a federal agency whose purpose is to advocate, promote, and support the voluntary efforts of citizens in solving the…

Techniques and strategies of identifying and involving 4-H alumni are discussed and described via a model of the Tennessee 4-H Alumni, Inc., which began in 1975. Following an introduction, the guide begins with a section on finding and organizing alumni which encompasses alumni organizers (organizational decisions, model alumni association);…

The manual describes the content and format of Project PAVE (Parents as Volunteers in Education), an effort to train parent volunteers to assist in the education of handicapped students in the least restrictive environment. The manual presents a training outline with each step specified: objective, elapsed time, materials, equipment, personnel,…

This pilot study was an attempt to meet some everyday needs of handicapped students in college by assigning a student aide to each. Aides were given financial assistance or "workshops" from project funds in return for their services. Such finds, therefore, served the dual purpose of helping the aide financially, and helping handicapped students…

This paper attempts to define the process of recruitment, the understanding of the potential leaders, and factors which affect recruitment, various recruitment methods that Cooperative Extension could utilize, and a brief relationship of the recruitment process to disadvantaged leaders. It is concluded that recruitment is an important element in…

Discusses ways of involving parents in school programs. (SB)

Australian adult literacy programs feature the use of volunteer tutors, emphasis on personal growth, and fostering of self-esteem. (SK)