2. Today’s Session Volunteering: the good, the bad, and the messy Our approach Volunteer support tools Training Handbook, web portal and more Making the “match” work for you Questions?
3. Expected Outcomes From This Session Participants will gain new ideas and strategies to connect students with business and community partners through: project-based learning long-term engagements in schools trained volunteers
4. Our Approach Philadelphia Academies Inc. founded the Career Academy model in 1969 Initiated by business partners One school, small cohort of students Career Academies today 10 career areas, 16 schools 400 volunteers
5. Volunteering: The Good, the Bad, & the Messy Think about when you have worked with a volunteer or have been a volunteer yourself: Successes? Challenges? “They taught me that if there’s something you want, don’t try to do it, just do it.” -Jacques Wells
6. The Messy Why Volunteers lacked self-awareness Schools were not always clear on how to utilize volunteers “One shot” volunteer engagements How did we clean up the mess? Design Team Focus Groups New tools for Volunteers
7. Volunteer Support Tools Web Portal Volunteer Handbook Supports for In-school Personnel Career Academy Institute for Business and Community Partners Business & Community Partner Orientation
8. How do we match our volunteers? Four Ways to Serve Guest Instructor Industry Content Coach Industry Site Tour Coordinator Internship/Workplace Coach
9. Objectives of Business & Community Partner Training Participants will: Understand PAI’s mission, history, and value Develop a foundation in current educational approaches Gain strategies for engaging high school students Feel prepared for their volunteer experience Understand how to match their skills and interests with PAI Have role clarity and clarity about expectations Business & Community Partner Orientation
19. Feel prepared and supportedBusiness & Community Partner Orientation
20. Why Partner with PAI? To effect change in the lives of teens To utilize existing skills and to learn new ones To teach your skills to others To improve your health To meet new people Business & Community Partner Orientation
21. Everybody Wins! You Meet new people Give back Make a difference in the lives of teens Business Employees acquire additional skills Builds community support Workforce development Community Community grows stronger Business & Community Partner Orientation
23. Rights & Responsibilities Rights To be recognized for your efforts To be given guidance and direction To be supported in your endeavors To be safe Responsibilities To be punctual and dependable To perform the duties associated with your “partner” role To communicate with PAI “They taught me that if there’s something you want, don’t try to do it, just do it.” -Jacques Wells Business & Community Partner Orientation
24. Boundaries & Expectations When working with students, remember: Students are at the center Set and enforce limits Keep your promises Listen and ask questions Be patient Be flexible “Now it’s my responsibility to help other people succeed that way my teachers helped me.” -Latoya Scott Business & Community Partner Orientation
29. Recall is valued, rather than ability to synthesize, hypothesize, and generalize Business & Community Partner Orientation
30. Project-based learning in Career Academies Why does it work? Project-based learning promotes teamwork, collaboration, and critical thinking Students are presented with real problems, promoting skills they need on the job PBL lends itself to participation from business and community partners “I learned about managing people and resources as a junior and senior in high school.” -Curtis Redding Business & Community Partner Orientation
31. ACTIVITY: Experiencing “the Match” Think about connecting students with business and community partners through: project-based learning long-term engagements in schools trained volunteers Outline an experience for students where you would engage volunteers based on the menu of four Guest Instructor Industry Content Coach Industry Site Tour Coordinator Internship/Workplace Coach
33. Thank You YOUR PARTICIPATION AND COMMITMENT ARE SINCERELY APPRECIATED! Krista Posada kposada@academiesinc.org Helen Rowe hrowe@academiesinc.org
Editor's Notes
Describe the benefits of working as a volunteer for PAI. Refer to Volunteer Handbook, “Benefits.”YOU – personal and professional growth - a chance to give back
Explain how students learn best when they are actively engaged, and that project-based learning actively engages students.Schools are not always doing PBL – but it is good for C&B Partners to know so you can make connections to projects and because our teachers really see you as experts in industry ***SHOW VIDEO*****
Many students disengage in high school because they don’t think school has any relevance to their real livesTeenage brains are designed to actively engage, not just sit in school and memorize factsHigh school students prefer concrete activity to abstract reflection by 5:1
