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Click to Return to Reading the Toolkit Download customizable resource SAMPLE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FLIER Parker School helps students succeed in school, work, and life by focusing on three areas of whole school development: academic competencies, professional and entrepreneurial skills, and personal competencies. Come volunteer with us! We need you to change lives. Where Would I Volunteer? Volunteers are currently needed at (insert school name and address). Why Volunteer? Volunteers can help reduce the achievement and opportunity gaps by helping students make rapid gains in their academic and professional readiness. We Need Volunteers Who • Believe that all children, regardless of life circumstances, can succeed • Enjoy working with adolescents • Have a diversity of life experiences • Want to make a one-time or long-term commitment • Speak English and/or Spanish How You Can Get Involved Inquire about volunteer opportunities in the school’s main office. Volunteer Opportunities: Academic Support • Serve as a classroom assistant • Teach an enrichment class After-School Enrichment and Intervention • Tutor • Provide enrichment opportunities • Enhance physical fitness Social and Emotional Health • Adopt an advisory class • Teach a workshop during an advisory class Professional Mentor • Chaperone a f ield trip to a workplace • Review resumes and cover letters • Help students write college essays and complete FAFSA forms • Judge final presentations • Conduct mock interviews • Visit the school as a guest speaker/lecturer about your career • Provide internship opportunities • Host a workplace visit • Collaborate with teachers about plans and projects • Connect us to other professionals To learn more, contact: John Doe, Community Partner and Volunteer Coordinator [email protected] 585.123.4567 Designing Community Partnerships to Expand Student Learning: A Toolkit — coloradoedinitiative.org 49