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Building partnerships:. Students and community organizations. College students and community. high rates of volunteering nationally, 29% in Virginia strong culture of service at William and Mary local, hometown, domestic, international. how are students engaged?. short-term investment - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Building partnerships:Building partnerships:Students and community organizations
College students and community
how are students engaged?how are students engaged?
high rates of volunteering nationally, 29% in Virginia
strong culture of service at William and Mary
local, hometown, domestic, international
challenges of working with challenges of working with student volunteersstudent volunteers
short-term investmentlearning to prioritizedeveloping skill settime to trainwanting to change the world, needing to
stuff the envelopestransportation access
benefits of college student benefits of college student volunteersvolunteers
energy and enthusiasmunderstanding of social issues, connection
to academicsopenness to learningflexibilityactivismsharing awareness with others
our approach
meeting community needsmeeting community needs
all service needs to be directed by the community
service should be helpful to the community, not created to fulfill the student’s wish to serve
measurable impactmeasurable impact
striving for projects that address needs successfully
developing ways to measure impact◦work plans and agreements
training and guiding studentstraining and guiding students
community partners provide orientation and training to new students
guidance when things go astray or when they go well
co-educators in an experiential co-educators in an experiential settingsetting
community partners sharing experience with the issue and the community
mentoringsharing resources and suggested readings
OCE’s role: assistance in OCE’s role: assistance in placements, preparation and placements, preparation and advisingadvising
varied support, depending on kind of engagement
ways of support:◦listserv and other outreach◦work plans◦resources for issue-focused education◦communication about issues◦advising student leaders regularly
Opportunities to work with students
regular volunteeringregular volunteering
Williamsburg EngagementListserv posts
episodic volunteeringepisodic volunteering
SHOW DayMake a Difference DaySpring Into Action
internshipsinternships
Local internship program and other internships through the Career Center
educationeducation
brown bagsspeak up videos
How do we do this best?
timelinestimelines
semestersfinals, papers
communication & feedbackcommunication & feedback
setting expectations in writingasking for communication about any
changes in a specified amount of time ahead
following up when they don’t follow through
praising when things are going wellintroducing them to others who volunteer
with you (build up carpools)
playing to strengthsplaying to strengths
what is your volunteer excited about? Best at?
what skills do they have that other volunteers don’t?
what resources do they have access to?break them into smaller groups when they
have large groups and tasks – make it a fun competition; play music
persuasionpersuasion
Feed them! Even bad pizza is good pizza.Give away t-shirts – even XXL is funPut their picture in the paper
Questions?