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Download full textSalt Lake City School District, UT. – 1992
The SMILES (Senior Motivators in Learning and Educational Services) program was initiated in 1977 by Salt Lake City School Volunteers, Inc., a nonprofit organization working with the Salt Lake City School District, as an addition to an established, successful school volunteer program. The purpose of the SMILES program is to recruit and train older…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults, Program Descriptions
Parrish, William C. – 1981
The use of volunteers is one answer to the short supply of human and financial resources in our nation's secondary schools. There is evidence that volunteer programs planned with broad based faculty-student involvement greatly enrich classroom activities. The principal holds a key role in assuring the success of volunteer programs by coordinating…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Orientation, Recruitment, School Aides
Chan, Tak Cheung; Martin, Karen – 2001
This paper describes the Helping Our Teachers (HOT) Program, a community volunteer program started in the fall of 2000 at Julia P. Bryant Elementary School in Statesboro, Georgia. The purpose of the program is to formally organize all parent volunteers to help teachers and staff with school-related activities previously shouldered by…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Support, Elementary Education, Parent Participation
