Language for Scholars One Day Workshop Volunteer
Work with students building their oral communication skills during a three hour workshop. This is one of Columbia Picture’s “Be Amazing! Stand Up and Volunteer National Day of Service” Projects.
Volunteers will interact and work with students from an After Schools Matters Program in the Austin Community. On this day students will be highly engaged and participating in Leap’s Language for Scholars Program. During this program, students will be introduced to concepts and skills that will help them succeed in school, careers and in life. Volunteers will work directly with the Leap staff in a fun and engaging way during various activities to help students apply what they are learning.
To volunteer for this one day project, please contact Lauren Kowalkowski at lkowalkowski@leaplearningsystems.org. Then, fill out Leap’s Volunteer application: http://leaplearningsystems.org/get_involved/volunteer_application.html.
Requirements
- Ability to work with teens
- Ability to make learning fun
- Must be 18 or older
Our volunteer needs
We need volunteers on these days:
June 26, 2012
Summer Internship: Human Resources
CATALYST CHARTER SCHOOLS
Where: Chicago’s Westside/Austin neighborhood. 5608 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL 60644
Who We Are: The Catalyst Schools www.catalystschools.org believe that every child possesses inherent value and potential, regardless of background, educational level, or life circumstances.
Our college-preparatory schools partner with urban communities to offer K–8 students welcoming educational settings that nurture academic, social, and emotional growth. As students move on to high school, they remain vital members of the Catalyst community through our graduate support programs. We help all students and graduates discover a fruitful path to high school, to college, and to a citizenship that embraces peace, justice, and respect. We actively engage students’ families and neighborhoods, striving to create strong connections between students’ education and the communities they live in. Guided by this mission, we empower our students to become agents of change.
Why We Need You: We are growing rapidly and have a number of projects in our Human Resources department that require the talent and skills of a graduate student who is proficient in technology, has strong business acumen, excellent verbal and written communication skills, a commitment to the value of quality education and a strong desire to work independently to contribute to something bigger than themselves.
Why You Need Us: You will have the opportunity to:
- Receive training on and maintain the ADP HRIS system including the development of a robust employee self-service portal as a crucial employee benefits and policies communication tool.
- Develop employee surveys.
- Develop an employee recognition and retention program.
- Help create, revise, and update our annual new hire orientation program.
- Develop a “day-in-the-life” video of a Catalyst teacher.
How to Apply:
Community Garden Volunteer Opoortunity
St. Joseph Services is looking for volunteers to get down in the dirt in our community garden! We are working to make this space an area where we can celebrate nature and grow delicious foods to distribute in the neighborhood. Currently, we have an urgent need for hardworking volunteers to do some weeding and spring planting! If you have any kind of experience gardening, we would love your input and your help. We welcome anyone with a passion for planting! We are located in the Austin community on the west side of Chicago. Groups of 5-10 volunteers preferred. Please contact Benazir Ali via email at bali@stjosephservices.org for more information.
Youth Outreach Services is seeking volunteer tutors
Join the YOS Youth Education Support Team!
Youth Outreach Services (YOS) is seeking volunteer tutors to help support our new Youth Educational Support (YES) Program. The YES program is designed to support youth to be ready for high school, college and careers through a computer-based program, Extralearning Online.
Required for tutors:
- A strong proficiency with computers
- One day per week for a minimum of 12 weeks
- Strong skills in high school level math and science
- Patience working with at-risk youth
- Ability to work with culturally diverse populations
- Background check & fingerprinting (provided by YOS)
To apply for this exciting opportunity please visit www.yos.org/get-involved-today/tutor.html
