Henrico County Adult Education: Volunteer Training Program (VTP) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Henrico County Adult Education: Volunteer Training Program (VTP) Presented by: Aditi Jain, Anthony Williams, Jethrine Mugumya

Introduction/Project Summary • Better aid the Globe students by improving their professional skills as well as their communication skills • Training workshop which will include a presentation and learning exercises prior to the next cohort of Globe students entering the community site • VTP will take place in 830 W. Grace St. • A survey will be conducted among Globe students to determine a time

Rationale • The need that needs to be met at Henrico County Adult Education community site is stronger communication skills from the VCU Globe students in order to better help the adult learners communicate • Benefit both the Globe students and the adult learners as Globe students will gain insight into valuable communication skills when interacting with someone who is not fluent in English • Better prepare Globe students will help adult learners optimize their time with the students

Resources • Aid from Globe students who have previously or currently volunteer at Henrico County Adult Education and Ms. Ingber • Since our project correlates with presenting orientation workshops for Globe students to better prepare them for the community site we will not need the adult learners

Objective • Better prepare VCU Globe students to enter into the Henrico County Adult Education community site • We want future Globe students to know the expectations for the community site, as well as help them obtain the vital communication skills needed to interact with the adult learners

Methods • Three phases through which this training program will be conducted • The first phase involves providing the volunteers with printed guidelines on the code of conduct to be followed at the community site • The second phase is a detailed PowerPoint presentation explaining these guidelines to the next Globe cohort entering the community site • The third and final phase is a role-playing activity in order to help the cohort get a feel of what it will be like when they actually go to their community site • Provide example

Role-Playing Activity • Set the room up similar to how the rooms are set up at the Adult Henrico Education Center • Have previous Henrico volunteers act as the adult English learners • Have the new Globe students act as the volunteers • The previous Henrico volunteers would supervise this activity • Old and new volunteers will pair up with one another and go through simulation activities • Simulation activities such as writing prompts and reading exercises

Evaluation • The project goals will be evaluated through a set of before and after surveys for both Globe students and the adult learners • Globe students will be administered a survey sometime before the workshop to see how comfortable they are volunteering at the community site and one immediately after to see if their level of comfort and performance have changed after the training workshop • Section on the survey to see if there can be any other improvements made to the workshop so that it will be more successful in future years to come

Budget • Due to the nature of this project a budget may or may not be necessary • Since the goal of this project is to create a helpful workshop for VCU Globe students at most we will need access to a printer and paper as well as space in one of the Globe classrooms • In addition we will also require activity materials which include dry erase markers which will cost approximately $5 • Also we will provide handouts for the students which can be printed out at a low cost, which will be identified at a later date when we receive an estimate of the amount of students that are expected to attend • If it is possible, we may inquire about receiving ESL guides which should be at a low cost as well and will be bought through our site supervisor

Personal Perspective • Aditi • Anthony • Jethrine

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