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What are the RSVP
Intergenerational Programs?
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of Dane County's Intergenerational Programs include a variety of programs and
activities that link generations.
Adults interested in working with children and youth are
recruited. RSVP screens, trains, and places the adults in programs based on their
interests and time availability. Volunteers can be found in preschool, elementary, middle, and high
schools.
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What
specialized areas comprise the Intergenerational
Programs?
Tutoring:
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Tutors
Tutors
work with children, in kindergarten through 12th grade, in
schools throughout
Dane
County
. Volunteer tutors can work with small groups of students or
one-on-one assisting with reading, math or other subjects
directed by the teacher. As
a volunteer, you have the opportunity to share the excitement
and joy of helping a child succeed.
Tutors assist in creating a learning environment for
students that promotes positive self-esteem, confident and
independence. Tutors
generally volunteer one to two hours per week.
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For
Madison
, Sun Prairie, and
Verona
schools, RSVP serves as the lead agency of the Schools of Hope
Project (www.mmsd.org/soh)
a collaborative project with
United Way
of
Dane
County
and the
Madison
Metropolitan
School District
. Schools of Hope
provides AmeriCorps members who work as school volunteer
coordinators. They
provide ongoing support for all the volunteers placed at their
school.
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Training
RSVP knows the importance of giving our
intergenerational volunteers the resources and support they need to do
their job well. Two times each
year RSVP and our school partners provide training programs.
The programs are offered in the spring and fall of the
academic year. New and
continuing volunteers are encouraged to attend.
Each training program provides a variety of workshops for the
participants to choose from.
Mentoring:
Mentors meet with their students at least once a week, to encourage
them in their work, to listen to their needs, and to enjoy being with them
Folk Art Fairs:
Folk Art Fairs offer school children a unique opportunity to meet
older adult volunteers who demonstrate their hobbies, crafts, and skills.
Foster Grandparents:
Foster Grandparents are older adults who meet federal income
eligibility guidelines and devote 20 hours a week to work with children in
preschools and elementary schools.
Preschool:
Preschool volunteers work in nonprofit
preschools to provide early literacy and early math support for children
ages 3-5. Training is
provided.
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Classroom
Helpers: Assist
the teacher in the classroom by doing variety of tasks once or
twice a week. Most
often teachers request volunteers to help students with reading,
math or a special project. Volunteers
may also be asked to sort or shelve books, prepare materials or
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Computer Buddies:
RSVP volunteers and children correspond with regular e-mail
messages as class projects throughout the school year.
Reading
Buddies Program:
The AmeriCorps Schools of Hope Project welcomes RSVP
volunteers to support
literacy in several
Madison
neighborhood centers after school and in the summer.
The program serves students
in pre-kindergarten through 5th grade.
What are the
"perks" of
being an intergenerational volunteer?
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Choose your own days and hours,
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Choice of grade level you prefer,
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Take days/weeks off when needed,
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Select where you would like to work,
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Attend free training events provided
2 times each year,
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Get help from RSVP and school staff
To become an RSVP Intergenerational
Volunteer or to request information on programs, contact: Nancy,
(608) 661-4271. |
