APPLES SERVICE-LEARNING
COURSES
Spring 2012 Placement
List (WIP)
Instructor: Bill Maisch (maisch@unc.edu) / Sevilla
Primaria y Corresponsales: Britt Newman
Course: SPAN 255.003 APPLES / SPAN 293 (Spanish
Service Learning)
CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCHOOLS
VOLUNTEERS & PARTNERS
750 S. Merritt Mill Road
Lincoln
Center
Chapel
Hill, NC 27516-0000
919-967-8211
Ext.281
http://www.chccs.k12.nc.us
Transportation: Car / Bus
The goal of the VPE program is to effectively mobilize Chapel Hill's community (parents, UNC students, retirees and other community members) in public education, K-12, to benefit the children. This goal is accomplished through training volunteers and providing them with the support they need to be effective in their chosen roles; School Reading Partners, ESL, Coach Write, & Classroom Volunteers.
Required Information Session: We are on UNC campus: Jan. 11, 12 & 17 in Student Union Rm
#2510 between 10am-3:30pm for sign up. Open house format; you must come by during one of these
days.
Agency Contact: George Ann McCay 967-8211
gmccay@chccs.k12.nc.us
Volunteer position: ESL
Volunteers
Number of volunteers accepted: 10
Volunteer Description
English as a Second language volunteers
work one-on-one or in small groups with students who are beginning to learn
English. At the elementary level,
volunteers engage students in simple interactions using English by looking at
books, reading, playing games with students, and by assisting teachers with
classroom activities and assignments.
At the middle school and high school levels, volunteers help ESL
students with reading, writing, and vocabulary in core subject areas, and with
developing academic skills in English.
ESL volunteers are required to attend a 3-hour training session. (Apples students should plan to volunteer
twice a week for 1 1/2 hrs. for 10 weeks)
Volunteers needed Monday-Friday, anytime between 8am-3:30pm, some
afterschool times.
Special
Requirements Hours
for Volunteer Position
application Days Time
Monday-Friday 7:50am-3:30pm
Volunteer position: Spanish
School Reading Partners
Susan Pearce
<spearce@chccs.k12.nc.us>
Number of volunteers accepted: 10
Volunteer Description
The Spanish-School Reading Partners
program of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools pairs bilingual volunteers
one-on-one with beginning readers whose first language is Spanish to help them
learn to read and write in English. Each volunteer works with two students
individually during a one-hour session twice a week. Volunteers must be able to
speak both Spanish and English well. Volunteers will be matched with students
at times that are convenient for both the volunteer and the students. A
one-time required training session teaches volunteers how to reinforce emergent
reading skills by engaging students in simple interactions such as reading,
playing word games and writing in Spanish and English.
Special
Requirements Hours
for Volunteer Position
application Days Time
Monday-Friday 8:00am-2:30pm
MI
ESCUELITA SPANISH IMMERSION PRESCHOOL (n.b. Spanish-speaking teachers speaking
Spanish with mostly non-Hispanic children; language learning in young children,
cultural assimilation of young Hispanic women)
405 Smith Level Road
Chapel
Hill, NC 27516
(919)
969-7949
http://www.miescuelitanc.us
Transportation: Walk
Car
Bus
Mi Escuelita provides quality
daycare and preschool for Spanish and English speaking children ages 1 –5. Their bilingual staff promotes dual language
development in children to build a sound basis for academic success, benefiting
learners of all racial and ethnic backgrounds. There is major emphasis on the
Spanish language in all classes.
Agency Contact: Claudia Ladino 919-969-7949
miescuelita@intrex.net
Volunteer position: Class
Assistant
Number of volunteers accepted: 5
Volunteer Description
Volunteers are needed as class
assistants. Volunteer hours are flexible on weekdays, from 7:30am to 5:30pm.
Special
Requirements Hours
for Volunteer Position
Spanish skills Days Time
interview Monday
thru Friday 7:30 AM - 5:30
application
TB test
background
check
NORTH CHATHAM SCHOOL ?
3380
Lystra Rd
Chapel Hill, nc 27517-0000
919-967-3094
Transportation:
car
K-8 public
school located in Chatham County just across the Orange County line.
Agency
Contact: Charles Aiken 967-3094 caiken@chatham.k12.nc.us
Volunteer position: ELL (English Language Learners) Tutor
Number of volunteers accepted: 8
Volunteer Description
Seeking college students who
could serve as tutors or mentors for ELL students in grades 3 through 5.
Teachers would provide tutors with specific skills that students need help with
and the tutor could also serve as a role model to the students. Tutors are
needed during school hours and/or after school. School hours are from 8 am to
2:45pm.
Special Requirements Hours for Volunteer Position
Spanish skills
Spanish proficiency
background check
ORANGE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUNG CHILDREN (extra hours)?
120
Providence Rd Suite 101
Providence Place II
Chapel Hill, NC 27515-0000
(919) 967-9091
http://www.orangesmartstart.org
Transportation:
carpool
The
Partnership is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that every child in
Orange
County arrives at school healthy and ready to
succeed. We focus on the early years of a child's life—from birth to age
five—which is the most critical time in a child's development.
The Partnership works collaboratively with the
community to identify issues and create solutions to the concerns facing young
children and families. We design and fund model programs to ensure children and
their families have the resources they need to get off to a smart start. Our
programs focus on early childhood education, child health care, early
intervention, parenting education and
Agency
Contact: María Hitt mailto:mkhitt@bellsouth.net
Cate Graziani
(?) (919) 967-9091 cgraziani@orangesmartstart.org
Volunteer position: Spanish-Speaking Garden Mentor
Number of volunteers accepted: 10
Volunteer Description
Garden mentors will be paired
with one of our Spanish-speaking families during workdays to promote one-on-one
interaction. Mentors will assist families with garden activities, planting,
harvesting, plot maintenance, and any paper work families must fill out for the
program. Mentors should be available two weekends per month to work with
families either on Saturday or Sunday, but not both, in addition to other
garden events to be announced.
Mentors
will have the opportunity to converse in Spanish with native speakers on a
range of topics, but specifically gardening, nutrition and physical activity
due to the nature of the program. Mentors should be willing to engage in
conversation with immigrant populations, enjoy working outside and with
children.
EVENING HISPANIC PARENTS/CHILDREN
PROGRAM (extra hours?)
Transportation:
Bus / carpool
Agency
Contact: Makani Dollinger: mdollin@email.unc.edu
Becca
Messinger rmessing@live.unc.edu
Volunteer
position: Volunteer ESL tutor for adults
Number
of volunteers accepted: 5
Volunteer
Description:
Volunteers
are needed: 1) to help Hispanic parents to improve their English, particularly
on issues related to their children’s progress in the elementary school; and,
2) to provide care, learning activities, and help with homework for their
children. Chapel Hill public elementary
schools: Ephesus Elementary
Special
Requirements Hours
for Volunteer Position
Tuesdays
& Thursdays 6:00 pm – 7:00
pm
SALUDAMOS of SUSTAIN
FOUNDATION
Sustain Foundation
P.O. Box 1195
Carrboro, NC 27510
Contact: Lauren Kennedy (919) 619-0726 saludamos@gmail.com
Volunteer position: Saludomos
Community Wellness Volunteer (various opportunities)
Number of volunteers accepted: ~10
Volunteer Description
Depending on personal interests,
Saludamos volunteers have several opportunities. Saludamos answers the need for a social approach to nurturing the
health and wellbeing of Latina women in Chapel Hill- Carrboro. Our activities include: group walks in Carrboro’s Wilson Park, yoga
and zumba classes, bilingual cooking and nutrition classes held in the Human
Rights Center at Abbey Court, and helping to maintain a plot at HOPE gardens in
Chapel Hill. We need dedicated, flexible
volunteers who are Spanish proficient to help facilitate and provide childcare
during these weekly activities. The opportunity to build lasting and
meaningful relationships is a key aspect of all Saludamos activities.
Special
Requirements Hours
for Volunteer Position
Spanish
proficient Days Time
Depends
on activity
(lower proficiency needed for
childcare) walks:
Friday 5-7:30*
cooking:
every other Wednesday 5-7pm
yoga/zumba:
every other Wednesday 6-7pm
gardening: Saturday mornings **
childcare: needed at all
activities
*walk time subject to change
based on participant availability and time of year
**garden plot currently inactive;
we need a passionate volunteer to jumpstart our fall garden plot)