High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2023

Volunteering at an Elementary School

Volunteering at an Elementary School

Course Code

LDR

Course Number

3215

Faculty/Instructor

Vasily Yurin

Faculty/Instructor Email

Vasily.Yurin@ucf.edu

About the Author

My name is Kaila Sobol and I am junior at UCF! I would like to thank Timbercrest Elementary for allowing me to volunteer there for my service project. I specifically would like to thank Ms. Amoroso, Ms. Miller, Ms. Hessler, Mr. Collier, and Mrs. Collier for allowing me to volunteer and help your students.

Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement

For this service learning project, I chose to volunteer at Timbercrest Elementary School, my community partner, in Deltona, Florida. Before selecting my service project, I did research regarding parts of my community that needed volunteers to help out. I discovered an article by SF Ed Fund named "5 Reasons to Volunteer in a School" which focused on how "underfunded and understaffed" public schools are. I volunteered approximately eight hours a week at Timbercrest, moving between different classrooms and helping out multiple teachers. While volunteering there, I administered and graded tests, inputed grades, worked with students in small groups, and lead whole group activities.

Additional Resources

This presentation establishes how much volunteering at an elementary school positively affects the teachers and the students.

Keywords

volunteering, school, children, Elementary School

Volunteering at an Elementary School


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