Preparing to Serve

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Preparing to Serve

• Guilford Colleges
• Leadership Premester and Volunteer Retreat

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What is the Leadership Premester ?

• The Leadership Premester provides leadership
  skills training to Guilford College students
  serving in a leadership capacity in community
  service programs

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Why a Leadership Premester ?

• Many of our students active in the community are
  regularly called upon to serve in leadership
  roles.
• Leadership skills must be consciously taught and
  practiced with ongoing opportunities for
  reflection and feedback.
• Good intentions are not enough. Students should
  be trained and oriented to their sites

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Project Coordinator Timeline

• Project coordinators apply in spring for next
  academic year.
• Applicants are interviewed by Community Learning
  staff and current project coordinators
• New coordinators are chosen, attend an
  orientation session and meet with outgoing
  coordinators

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• Application for Project Coordinator
• 2004-2005 academic year
• Deadline for Application Friday, April 2, 2004
  by 500 p.m.
• Submit to Desiree Wilkinson, Volunteer Training
  Coordinator, Founders B-5
• Name ____________________________________________
  _____________________
• Box Number _____________Phone Number
  _________________Email____________
• Year (as of fall 2002) _________________ Major
  _____________________________
• Can you attend the Leadership Premester August
  11th 19th ? Yes_____ No_____
• Organization/Service Initiative for which you are
  applying (please circle)
• African Services Coalition Glenwood ESOL
  Montagnard Dega Association
• Pathways Tutoring Prison
  Literacy Project Community
• Project Home Servant
  Center YWCA Teen Families in Need
• Use additional paper if needed
• Describe your involvement in the program for
  which you are applying to be Project
• Coordinator. If new to the program, please
  highlight any leadership or volunteer
• experience that is relevant to the position
  you are applying for.
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ________
• __________________________________________________
  _____________________________
• __________________________________________________
  _____________________________

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Project Descriptions/Service Commitment a.i.d.s.
about A.I.D.S. Organize campus events to
educate students about issues related to HIV and
A.I.D.S. Serve on the leadership team to locate
additional funds and to plan activities
throughout the year. African Services
CoalitionVolunteer with an African immigrant or
refugee at their home. Tutor the children, help
adults with their English proficiency through
general conversation, and assist adults with
basic socialization skills. Glenwood Library ESOL
with Latino AdultsWork with Latino adults to
increase their English proficiency, assist with
acclimation to the community and offer cultural
exchanges. . Montagnard Dega Association
Provide tutoring to Montagnard Dega children, who
are refuges from the highlands of Vietnam. Serve
as a mentor and plan field trips. Pathways
Tutoring Program Tutor children at Pathways, a
temporary housing shelter designated for
families. Serve as a mentor and plan other
activities for the children. Prison Literacy
Reading Discussion Group Lead a discussion
group and serve as a positive role model for
inmates at McCleanvilles Prison
(minimum-security facility). Project Community
This student-run community service office
organizes service-related events on and off
campus, helps students find volunteer
opportunities in the wider community, supports
other campus student organizations engaged in
service or issues of social change, and promotes
a campus-wide ethic of service. Member of the
Service Coordinating Council (SCC), which
dispenses Senate money for service and social
change projects. Project Home - Work closely
with the Greensboro Housing Coalition to address
problems of substandard housing in Greensboro by
bringing houses up to code by repairing,
painting, and getting rid of lead-based paints.
Work closely wit low-income residents and those
that have been unfairly discriminated against in
the housing market. Be an advocate for safe
housing through community research, readings,
panel discussions, and much more. Servant
CenterParticipate in evening activities and
conversation with men at the Servant Center, a
temporary shelter for homeless men with health
problems. Plan a variety of activities for the
men. YWCA Teen Families in Need Support young
mothers and their children by mentoring a teen
mom, or providing childcare for infants and
toddlers.
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Project Coordinator Job Description
2004-2005 Basic Function Project Coordinators
provide support and supervision to Guilford
Volunteers working in one of the following
ongoing service sites or projects a.i.d.s.
about A.I.D.S African Services Coalition
Glenwood Library ESOL Hunger Fellow Montagnard
Dega Afterschool Pathways Tutoring Prison
Literacy Reading Discussion Group Project
Community Project Home Servant Center YWCA
Teen Families in Need. Coordinators work with
the Volunteer Training Coordinator to develop and
provide training for volunteers at their
particular site in addition to developing
opportunities open to the entire campus to
consider important community issues. Internship
credit is available. Specific Responsibilities 1.
Attend the Leadership Pre-mester August 11th
14, 2004. (Project Coordinators will receive a
250 stipend) Assist with one of three Avanti
service projects Homelessness, HOME,
Multi-cultural Greensboro or assist with
preparations for the Volunteer Fair/Retreat in
Project Community which will serve as a
leadership practicum. 2. Recruit volunteers for
your program by attending the Volunteer Fair
(9/1), and training of volunteers at the
Volunteer Retreat (9/4). Develop other
recruiting methods as appropriate for each
respective project. 3. Plan and provide site
specific training for volunteers that will help
them develop skills needed to perform as a
competent volunteer as well as to understand the
cultural and political history of the people
being served. Provide ongoing support and
opportunities for reflection to ensure a positive
experience and optimal learning for
volunteers. 4. Work with the Volunteer Training
Coordinator and other Project Coordinators to
develop a coordinated training plan to address
common needs and issues across programs. Sponsor
programs and forums that will encourage a
campus-wide ethic of service and address
important community issues. 5. Attend a weekly
meeting with the Volunteer Training Coordinator
and other Project Coordinators to ensure smooth
running of the programs. 6. Serve as liaison
between Guilford College students, staff, and
community agencies and programs involved with the
project you coordinate. 7. Turn in timesheets of
volunteer hours (individual and for your team of
volunteers) and a written reflection each
month. Specific Skills and Qualifications
Commitment to volunteer service as an important
component of a liberal arts education.
Experience as a committed volunteer in the wider
community. Willingness to consider charity and
justice issues related to community service
learn about issues of race and power and to
encourage volunteers engagement in understanding
how these issues impact our community engage in
a planning process to set personal development
goals and develop a portfolio. Individual must
be responsible and willing to make a one-year
commitment.
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Leadership Pre-Mester Schedule 2004 Wednesday
August 11th 545pm Meet at the ATM behind
Founders for Dinner 600pm Dinner at Amigos
Restaurant Thursday August
12th 930am-10am Continental
Breakfast 1000-1010 Icebreaker Elizabeth
Balof-Bird 1010-1050 Overview of the Star
Program/ Prep for Luncheon Desirée 1100-130 C
ommunity Partners Luncheon Walnut Room (Dress
to Impress) Welcome Irene
Harrington Statement of Purpose Sunny
Matthews Agencies will introduce
themselves One on Ones between P.C. and
Agency Partners Closing Words
James 145-430pm Common Fire
Claire 500pm Movie and Pizza Friday August
13th 930-10am Breakfast 10-1015am Icebreaker
- James 1015-1130am Anti-Racism
James 1130-12pm Lunch 12-200pm Conflict
Resolution/ Role Play Sunny and
James 2-300pm Project Coordinator Contracts
Desirée 3-5pm Show Me the Money / Event
Planning Sunny and Jen Saturday August 14th,
2004 10-1030am Breakfast 1030-1130 Reflection
Claire 1130-1pm TLC / Time Management
Scott and Sunny 1-130pm Lunch and
Questions 130-2pm Finish Boards / Details about
Avanti, Volunteer Fair and Retreat
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Avanti

• Homelessness Awareness
• Project Home
• Multicultural Greensboro

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Volunteer Retreat

• Train new volunteers
• Provide orientation to service sites
• Discuss issues relating to service
• Invigorate and inspire student volunteers to serve

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STAR performers

• Service forums, discussion groups,
• events, mentoring, tutoring,
• training, educating.
• Time planning, communication
• with volunteers, site/project.
• Hours put in.

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• Accountability attending required
• meetings/events, turning timesheets
• and reflections in (on time).
• Responsibility Retreat/Fair,
• attending required meetings
• and events. Follow-up and
• keeping commitments.