engaging teens with meaningful volunteer opportunities
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Engaging Teens with Meaningful Volunteer
OpportunitiesPresented by: Amber Creger, Schaumburg TownShip District Library, IL Trixie Dantis, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, IL
Summer Kosuge, NorthBrook Public Library, IL
Olaus Magnus’s Carta Marina of 1539, this image from the 1572 edition. National Library of Sweden.
Problem
Project Based Learning: learning by doing
Volunteers gain skills and acquire knowledge by actively investigating, exploring and responding to a
challenge, question or task.
“For the things we have to learn Before we can do them, We Learn by Doing them.”-Aristotle, Nicomachean ethics
PBL develops 21st Century skills:● Learning Skills: Critical Thinking,
Creativity, Collaboration, Communication ● Literacy Skills: Info Literacy,
Media Literacy, Technology Literacy● Life Skills: Personal & Social
Responsibility, Life & Career, Citizenship, Leadership
Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Summer Volunteer Squad Timeline
Summer Volunteer
Squad Applicationhttps://goo.gl/Kgr
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Summer Volunteer Squad Timeline
SquadsAct Up
Biblio BuddiesBook Buds
<code>breakersKids Create
Pee Wee PollocksSprout SquadSTEM Squad
Traditionalists
Sprout Squad
Desired Outcome: Related Projects/Activities:
Apply STEAM-concepts
Companion planting, planning garden layout, build trellises, design garden signs, prep for Farmer’s Market
Aware of library resources, information literacy
Plant identification, prep for Farmer’s Market booth
Civic duty Produce donation, Farmer’s Market
Understanding of nutrition, where food comes from
Working in garden, prep forFarmer’s Market
Northbrook public library
Application
Volunteer
OpportunitiesSummer
Reading Desk Assistant
Program Assistan
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Department
Assistant
Groups
Volunteer GroupsChildren’s Book Discussion
CraftFiber ArtsGardening
Graphic Design and Marketing
Maker - Pop UpMedia
Merchandising*Sensory Boxes
TechTeen Book Discussion
*Theater - Pop UpYA Collections
The Process: Feb - Group/Group Leader proposals, Budgets
Summer programs set, Dept contactedMar - Group descriptions and meetings setApril - Mandatory Volunteer Meetings
Volunteer calendar is setMay - Applications due (early May)
Schedules are posted (late May)June - School ends
Volunteer Program beginsAug - Teen Volunteer Appreciation Party
Volunteer surveys
Volunteer Projects
EvaluationPBL - Voice and Choice Ongoing feedback during the programEmail check insEnd of the program surveys (Google Forms)
● Voluntary● Anonymous - if desired● Most questions are multiple choice● Short/Long answer question are optional
Scalability
Opportunity
Practical Tips
Questions?Amber Creger [email protected] Trixie Dantis [email protected] Summer Kosuge [email protected]
Image Credits- Olaus Magnus’s Carta Marina of 1539, this image from the
1572 edition. National Library of Sweden.
- MÜNSTER, SEBASTIAN. Cosmographia. Beschreibūg aller Lender dürch Sebastianum Munsterum ... . Getruckt zü Basel dürch Henrichum Petri. Anno M.D.XLiiij.
- Breakfast Club Gif. http://trobedinthedreamotorium.tumblr.com/post/42310343912 View 6/17/2016.
- Aristotle, Encyclopedia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/biography/Aristotle. View 6/19/2016.
- John De Rosier. Times union, editorial cartoon, 4/20/2012. - Ninja Nesting Dolls. https://www.totally-funky.co.uk. View
6/19/2016.- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Gif.
http://giphy.com/gifs/wink-scott-pilgrim-michael-cera-f43Lq4O7JAGoU View 6/21/2016.