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The Positive Educational Effects of Well-Trained Volunteers in the Kindergarten Classroom.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bailey, Linda S. |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Abstract | This practicum report describes a 12-week intervention designed to help parent volunteers in six kindergarten classrooms better perform their volunteer work, which included such tasks as grading papers, decorating bulletin boards, and listening to children read. Objectives of the intervention were that: (1) a total of 90 percent of volunteers would feel better prepared to do volunteer work; (2) a total of 90 percent of teachers would feel that the volunteers were better prepared; and (3) volunteers would use critical thinking skills to devise ways to improve their performance of volunteer duties. The intervention involved a series of in-service training sessions for volunteers; discussions about volunteer issues involving teachers at faculty meetings and parents at meetings of the Parent-Teacher Organization; and individual interviews with teachers and volunteers. Postintervention surveys indicated that there was unanimous support from parents for the program and its benefits, and that teachers felt volunteers were better prepared for their volunteer work as a result of the intervention. Participants in training sessions were able to use critical thinking skills to devise ways of improving their volunteer work. Appendixes include copies of teacher and volunteer surveys, and various materials relating to the volunteer program. (BC) ************************i***;*::*********************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from Lhe original document. *********************************************************************** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) )(Thus document has been reproduced as received from the person or orgarnzatton orogoalong ot C Mmor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality PointS Ot roes., or oponoonS staledoninos document do not necessarily represent orficoal 0E111 posotoon or oolocy THE POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS OF WELL-TRAINED VOLUNTEERS IN THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED351132.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
