This document provides information and tools for a Math Corps member to engage volunteers to support fact fluency interventions for students. The member's goal is to recruit, train, and support at least 5 community volunteers on a regular basis. It outlines a timeline and tools for recruiting volunteers from the community and schools. It also provides details on training volunteers and collecting data to evaluate the volunteer engagement efforts.

1. Volunteer
Engagement

2. Fact Fluency
• Students need to know basic facts in order to focus
on higher level concepts
• You will use the iSucceed fact fluency intervention
curriculum with your students
• You will be able to train volunteers so that they can
provide more fact fluency support to students

3. Your Goal
Every Math Corps member is required to
recruit, train and support at least 5 community
volunteers to deliver fact fluency interventions
to students on a regular basis. (p.64)

4. Please take
out your
Volunteer
Recruitment
and
Engagement
Plan…

5. Goal 1: Recruit 5
Volunteers

6. Who are your volunteers?
Volunteer Commitment:
• 1 hour/ week
• 20 minutes/ student
• Minimum 3 months
• Who to Recruit:
• High School Students
• College Students
• Parents
• Existing volunteers
• Retired Senior Citizens

7. Timeline Overview
Now--December: Plan, recruit, train, support your
volunteers.
January--June: Evaluate, thank, continue
recruiting and supporting volunteers.
Data Reporting:
December 13th, 2013
March 28th, 2014
June 13th, 2014

8. Tools for Success
Volunteer Engagement toolkit
• www.MinnesotaMathCorps.org  ―Volunteer
Generation Resource‖
Contents of Toolkit
• Email templates
• Flyers
• Recruitment blurbs
• Volunteer position description
• Recruitment Checklist
• Volunteer Support Checklist
• Volunteer Information Sheet
• Volunteer Sign-in Sheet
*More content can be added based on your suggestions

9. Recruitment 101
Why is recruitment important?
Where do volunteers most commonly learn about
volunteer activities?
• Place of worship—56%
• Workplace or employer—26%
• School or College—15%
• Membership in a service club or professional
organization—13 %
• Membership in a voluntary organization—13%

10. Questions to think about
Who knows about your school and/or Math Corps?
Who supports it?
Who benefits from it’s work or services?
Who is affected by the issues we deal with?
Who might be motivated to volunteer with Math Corps?

11. Brainstorming
For the next 5 minutes, write down as many ideas
for where you can recruit volunteers in your
community. Consider your school/sites networks,
as well as your own.
In groups, discuss your objectives and action steps
for Goal #1

12. Questions to think about
Who knows about your school and/or Math Corps?
Who supports it?
Who benefits from it’s work or services?
Who is affected by the issues we deal with?
Who might be motivated to volunteer with Math Corps?

13. Goal 2: Train and Support
Volunteers

14. Training Starts with Recruitment:
When can volunteers see students during the day? How
many times a week? What days? (ask Internal Coach)
What is your school and/or District policy for volunteering?
(Background checks, district orientation,
references)
When are you available to train volunteers? What support
do you need to train them and get them on board?
*The above information should be known before contacting and
recruiting volunteers. This will help set clear expectations.

15. Volunteer Training Timeline
Recruit Volunteer and make contact
Complete Volunteer Information sheet
Follow appropriate steps of your School/District
Volunteer policy
Orient volunteer to school/volunteering space
Provide volunteer ―Need to Know‖
Train in fact fluency
Set a weekly schedule
Ensure volunteer has essential information
Timeline

16. Volunteer “Need to Know”
This is a handout with important school-specific information that you
create to give to your volunteer:
It should include:
-Attendance policy
-Where to park
-Sign-in / Sign-out information
-Nametag information
-Any pertinent student information
- School calendar (days school is closed, snow day
policy, etc)
-Where will they meet and work with students?
-Volunteer schedule
-Additional reminders
-School and Math Corps Member contact
information

17. Ongoing Volunteer Support
Individually: What does a volunteer need to
know to be successful at my school? What
details are important?
With a partner: What would make you feel
supported as a volunteer? What can you do to
ensure the volunteers you recruit have what they
need?

18. Goal 3: Evaluate Volunteer
Engagement Efforts

19. Evaluating Volunteer
Engagement
Evaluate recruitment tactics
• What might need to be adjusted?
Self evaluation
• Volunteer survey
• Solicit feedback
Complete Volunteer Reporting Form
• December 13th, 2013
• March 28th, 2014
• June 13th, 2014

20. Reporting Volunteer
Engagement
Three Reporting Windows:
August 7 – December 13th
December 14th – March 28th
March 29th – June 13th

21. What data am I gathering?
• Volunteer Information* (name, demographics, contact
information)
• Number of days volunteered**
• Number of hours volunteered**
• First and last day of volunteering**
• How was volunteer recruited?
*Gathered from Volunteer Information Sheet
** Gathered from daily sign-in sheet

24. Volunteer
1…

25. Volunteer
2…

26. …Volunteer
10

27. One-time
Volunteers
(Special event
volunteers)

28. Questions?