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Overview
Overview
Volunteer job descriptions provide consistency as well as boundaries for volunteers and community partners. We recommend that each organization review the time commitment and level of support members are comfortable with when creating clear and intentional role descriptions for their program. Community partners have identified that there are many ways in which U-M students can support K-12 students. Identifying what makes your program and members unique as well as barriers they may face when engaging with the community will assist in creating these descriptions
Volunteer job descriptions provide consistency as well as boundaries for volunteers and community partners. We recommend that each organization review the time commitment and level of support members are comfortable with when creating clear and intentional role descriptions for their program. Community partners have identified that there are many ways in which U-M students can support K-12 students. Identifying what makes your program and members unique as well as barriers they may face when engaging with the community will assist in creating these descriptions
A Note About Tutoring
A Note About Tutoring
Tutoring programs involve a much larger time commitment, knowledge base, and support structure than other forms of K-12 academic support. If your members and organization have the capacity to commit to this type of program, you can find further resources on supporting a tutoring program through the tutor filter on the Do Good Well Resource Platform.
Tutoring programs involve a much larger time commitment, knowledge base, and support structure than other forms of K-12 academic support. If your members and organization have the capacity to commit to this type of program, you can find further resources on supporting a tutoring program through the tutor filter on the Do Good Well Resource Platform.
Objectives
Objectives
As you create volunteer role descriptions for your members, consider the following objectives and how your organization can best accomplish them. A SMARTIE goals worksheet is available to provide you with a document to identify goals for each objective and assist in maintaining accountability for accomplishing them.
Consult with community partner on how your organization can help meet their needs and goals
Create clear and intentional role descriptions which address these needs and goals
Key Concepts & Guiding Questions
Key Concepts & Guiding Questions
The following key concepts are intended to help you assess how your organization is addressing the guiding principles of K-12 partnerships and community engagement .
Relationships
Fostering long term partnerships
How are you maintaining communication with your community partners to ensure your support continues to meet their needs?
Moving from individual to collective action
Do your volunteer role descriptions include where or from whom the volunteer will receive support?
Equity
Starting with community
Have you consulted with your community partner prior to writing your volunteer role description?
Centering on Equity
Does the support you plan to provide benefit the most under resourced schools / community organizations / students?
Compliance
Are members meeting the requirements on the role description throughout the program?
Awareness
Connecting civic learning across contexts
Do your roles include opportunities for members to utilize their unique skills?
Power
Acknowledging Power
Have you consulted with members from your organization on aspects to include in the descriptions?
Research
Research
Research on role development identifies some select practices which assist in successful campaigns for most non profit volunteer organizations (National Student Support Accelerator, Steinhorn).
Offer various roles for members to be involved with, so they may engage with a commitment which works best for them
Role descriptions help create meaningful work and set volunteers up for success
Offerings
Offerings
Reach out to your community partners to see if they have identified volunteer roles which your organization can adopt.
Volunteer opportunities with K-12 students can also be found at the following links for individual U-M students or groups.
We are offering four Sample K-12 Volunteer Role Descriptions to assist in defining volunteer roles if the community partner you are working with does not already have some in place.
These descriptions are intended to be used as a starting point and provide an overview of what is expected from different types of volunteer services.
U-M student organizations can work with their community partner to complete the Volunteer Role Description Template .
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