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Program Update: Teton Literacy Center's Volunteer Program is at Capacity for the 2020 - 2021 Academic Year
Due to the pandemic, TLC is unable to provide our typical array of volunteer opportunies this year. As such, we are unable to include additional volunteers in our programs at this point in the school year. We assure you that this is not the norm for our organization and expect a significant need for volunteer power in the 2021 - 2022 academic year as COVID-19 continues to impact student learning.
Please check back in August of 2021 regarding the steps formally get involved as a TLC volunteer next year. In the meantime, we encourage you to get involved with TLC and our community in the following ways:
Please check back in August of 2021 regarding the steps formally get involved as a TLC volunteer next year. In the meantime, we encourage you to get involved with TLC and our community in the following ways:
- Record a Virtual Read Aloud for our website. Many of our students are experiencing extended time in their homes. Help us bring learning to them by recording yourself reading a picture book that we can post to our website. See samples here.
- Create and record and Virtual Enrichment Challenge for our website. Help us take our virtual learning efforts one step further by engagning and challenging our students through easy at-home STEAM challenges! Record yourself teaching a "challenge" that we can post to our website. See samples here.
- Explore other opportunities in the Jackson Community. While the pandemic may limit volunteer opportunities, the need within the community is still great. Check out the latest opportunities in our community here.
Snapshot of Volunteering at TLC
What our volunteers do at Teton Literacy Center - They motivate, encourage and support students and families with reading and writing development. Volunteers are matched based on interests, schedule, abilities and program needs. No experience necessary!
Why volunteers are needed - Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessments illustrate TLC students need literacy support more than ever. In turn, we need volunteer support now more than ever to provide the TLC services students so dearly need. Indeed, without volunteer support, we cannot serve nearly as many students and our impact is significantly diminished.
What volunteer opportunities look like in the midst of a pandemic - At this point, all of our volunteer opportunities are virtual and we are continuing to build out additional ways to get involved from afar! Further, it is possible that physical volunteer opportunities will also be available at some point during the school year.
How to become a Teton Literacy Center Volunteer - Those interested in volunteering should start by completing our Volunteer Application! Applicants will be required to attend a New Volunteer Training via Zoom, provide two positive reference and all those over 18 will be required to submit to a background check.
Why volunteers are needed - Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessments illustrate TLC students need literacy support more than ever. In turn, we need volunteer support now more than ever to provide the TLC services students so dearly need. Indeed, without volunteer support, we cannot serve nearly as many students and our impact is significantly diminished.
What volunteer opportunities look like in the midst of a pandemic - At this point, all of our volunteer opportunities are virtual and we are continuing to build out additional ways to get involved from afar! Further, it is possible that physical volunteer opportunities will also be available at some point during the school year.
How to become a Teton Literacy Center Volunteer - Those interested in volunteering should start by completing our Volunteer Application! Applicants will be required to attend a New Volunteer Training via Zoom, provide two positive reference and all those over 18 will be required to submit to a background check.
Volunteer Opportunities
Virtual Tutoring program volunteer
- Length of Commitment: 1 - 2 hours per week during the school year; and substitutes to be on-call.
- Age Requirement: Must be at least 15 years of age.
- Duties: Provide reading and writing support to students in K - 12th grade. Tutors work one-on-one or in small groups.
- Experience Needed: None! We provide training for you!
- Why Tutor? Teton Literacy Center students see incredible gains in reading because of the focused attention on their personal reading and writing skills that occurs during one-on-one tutoring. Within one year of working with a tutor, 80% of the students in our Tutoring Program are able to read at grade level! Further, spending time with a tutor for just one hour per week significantly and positively impacts students' academic, social and emotional lives.
VIRTUAL ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM VOLUNTEER
- Length of Commitment: 1.5 hours per week for the duration of the school year.
- Age Requirement: Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Duties: Assist parents and staff in adult ESL classes. Lessons, activities and materials are prepared by program staff.
- Experience Needed: None! We provide training for you!
GENERAL VIRTUAL VOLUNTEER
- Length of Commitment: Flexible.
- Age Requirement: Varies by opportunity.
- Duties: Record a Story Time read aloud for our website. Create a new Club Chaos recording to support at-home learning. Zoom in as a classroom guest speaker. The possibilities are endless and we are just getting started!
- Experience Needed: None! We provide training for you!
EARLY LITERACY PROGRAM VOLUNTEER
Currently, there are no volunteer opportunities available. We are developing virtual opportunities for our Early Literacy classroom volunteers!
- Length of Commitment: 1.5 hours per week for the duration of the school year.
- Age Requirement: Must be at least 15 years of age.
- Duties: Work in small groups with preschool students, assisting program staff in implementing a variety of lessons and activities. Lesson, activities and materials prepared by program staff.
- Experience Needed: None! We provide training for you!
ENRICHMENT PROGRAM VOLUNTEER
Currently, there are no volunteer opportunities available. We are developing virtual opportunities for our Enrichment classroom volunteers!
- Length of Commitment: 1 hour per week; flexible volunteer schedules available.
- Age Requirement: Must be at least 15 years of age.
- Duties: Work in small groups with students, K - 8th grade. Volunteers will work alongside program staff in different themed clubs during the year. All clubs are designed for student to work on or enhance their comprehension, fluency, reading, writing and engagement skills. Lessons, activities and materials provided by program staff.
- Experience Needed: None! We provide training for you!
Volunteer Application Process
HOW DO I APPLY TO BE A VOLUNTEER?
- Prospective volunteers should submit a volunteer application.
- Volunteers aged 18 and older must also submit to a background check. Background check forms will be made available at the time of training.
- Prospective volunteers will be required to attend a New Volunteer Training. Training dates can also be found on our homepage. All trainings for 2020/2021 will be held virtually via Zoom.
- Prospective volunteers will be required to provide two positive references. References are submitted through the volunteer application.
- Once all steps in the application process are complete, our staff will evaluate your talents, interests and availability to match you with an appropriate TLC volunteer opportunity.
- During and after serving as a volunteer, we ask you to complete surveys and provide feedback that help to enhance our programs. Upon completion of our commitment, we will ask you to complete a final evaluation.
2020-2021 Virtual Tutoring Training (Returning Volunteers)
For more information about our volunteer opportunities, please view our Volunteer Handbook, call us at 733-9242 or email
our Volunteer Manager Carisa Barnett at carisa@tetonliteracy.org.
our Volunteer Manager Carisa Barnett at carisa@tetonliteracy.org.
307-733-9242 • info@tetonliteracy.org • PO Box 465 • 1715 High School Rd. #260 Jackson, WY 83001