This report stresses the positive role volunteers can play in helping schools individualize instruction and motivate students. It discusses the need for a national and/or State organization to better coordinate volunteer activities in different areas. The report reveals some of the obstacles that make the use of volunteers difficult, discusses ways of dealing with these problems, and examines the relationship between teacher and volunteer. A definite structure is considered essential to both a successful volunteer program and to volunteer training. The report discusses the importance of a volunteer coordinator, the role of the volunteer in educational innovation, and the means by which a volunteer program could be monitored and evaluated. (DN)