Chinese supplementary schools have been accused of having "old-fashioned" and ineffective teaching methods, with most teaching being undertaken by "unqualified" volunteer parent teachers. But how do pupils themselves interpret and experience the complementary school setting and to what extent do they feel it affects their…

The SMILES (Senior Motivators in Learning and Educational Services) program was initiated in 1977 by Salt Lake City School Volunteers, Inc., a nonprofit organization working with the Salt Lake City School District, as an addition to an established, successful school volunteer program. The purpose of the SMILES program is to recruit and train older…

This manual provides information for volunteers with the North Carolina Division of Youth Services. It describes the Division's history in developing correctional facilities, its philosophy and goals, and the administration of its training schools and detention centers. It cites examples of volunteer involvement in the areas of administrative and…

This booklet provides guidance on the support of volunteers in adult literacy and basic skills work. It outlines recommendations that provide practical advice as well as a framework for action to ensure that the quality of basic education provision is maintained and improved. Topics include financial implications in providing support for…

This document suggests a new 1-semester, 1-period secondary education course called "Community Opportunities: Volunteer and Leisure Education" to be located in the social studies department and incorporating proven practices from the vocational education department. The document provides the student objectives, instructional methods to be used, a…

Communities will need a significant infusion of resources in the future to care for persons with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The AIDS epidemic has served to confuse the differences between professional and volunteer roles of caregiving and has complicated the original intent of service by each of these groups. Recognition on the…

Asserting that America's senior citizens make up the largest untapped source of talent that can be utilized to assist the schools, this booklet proceeds to provide practical guidelines for recruiting and using older volunteers. The document opens with an exploration of the range of roles older volunteers can fill, then considers the process of…

The establishment of a mathematics laboratory, staffed mainly by volunteer parents, is described. Later college student volunteers and a paid aide were added. Organization, training sessions, materials, problems, and evaluation are discussed. (LS)

This publication is addressed to the thousands of alcoholism program directors in the country who head programs that vary widely in age, size, budget and philosophy, but which appear to have one thing in common: they do not utilize community volunteer services to the same degree that other such segments of the public health field do. The purpose…

Potential sources of volunteers over the age of 65 for tutoring in remedial or compensatory reading programs include retired teacher associations, local councils on aging, and local chapters of the American Association for Retired People. Personal contact is generally responsible for volunteers' participation in a tutorial program. When addressing…

In seeking to provide Teacher Corps personnel with resource materials that can be utilized in establishing school volunteer programs, this booklet offers a brief history of volunteerism in American schools, reasons for establishing volunteer programs, and information about where and how to recruit volunteers. Volunteerism was an early tradition in…

Eight inservice training models are included for teachers, school staff members, and school volunteers. The models are designed to accomplish objectives such as (1) familiarizing the faculty with the value of participating in a school volunteer program; (2) familiarizing faculty with the objectives, structure, and policies of the school volunteer…

The use of volunteers is one answer to the short supply of human and financial resources in our nation's secondary schools. There is evidence that volunteer programs planned with broad based faculty-student involvement greatly enrich classroom activities. The principal holds a key role in assuring the success of volunteer programs by coordinating…

This booklet is one of eight developed both as resource guides to assist Wisconsin public schools in offering quality reading instruction and as models for improvement where there is a need for change. This last booklet offers suggestions for the effective planning and implementation of volunteer programs. Ten potential problem areas in utilizing…

This third of three booklets was prepared by the Michigan Office of Services to the Aging to help agencies concerned with aging to plan volunteer programs. This volume is a compendium of resources, including materials from seven different volunteer programs. It contains a wide variety of training tips and techniques to help the person(s) in charge…