Parent Services Project
Contact:
Kerry Bacho
Email:
kbacho@parentservices.org
Phone:
415-246-4048
Parent Services Project engages and strengthens families to take leadership for the well-being of their children, families, and communities.
Mission Statement:
Describe the Tutoring or Mentoring Opportunity
Raising a Reader Ambassador program, reading to young children in home daycares and playgroups throughout Marin County. The volunteer would be trained on how to choose an age appropriate book, how to share it in an engaging manner and then how to expand the idea of the story through an activity.
Where does the interaction take place?
The interactions would take place most likely in the AM’s at home daycares and/or playgroups, mainly in San Rafael, Terra Linda, Novato and maybe in Marin City and West Marin (Point Reyes, San Geronimo)
Volunteer Parameters
1. Are there any special requirements regarding age, health, mobility of volunteers?
N/A
a. Fingerprints: No
b. TB Test: No
c. Background check: No
d. Interview: No
e. Other: Just a training about 1.5 to 2 hours
2. Does your vetting of volunteers include:
3. Do your volunteers need to be bilingual? How helpful would it be if they were?
They do not have to be bilingual, but it is always welcomed. Some sites are mostly Spanish speaking, but not all.
4. Is the volunteer opportunity episodic or continuous?
N/A
5. What is the time commitment?
This would depend on the home daycare provider, play group coordinator and the volunteer. It is very flexible.
6. When does the opportunity begin and when does it end, i.e. is it tied to the academic school calendar?
It is tied to the academic school year and it would be best to do the training no later than October
7. Do you provide training for your volunteers?
Yes, see above
8. Do you utilize teen volunteers? Would you if they were available?
Yes, but they are usually in school when the home daycares would need them to come.
How many volunteers does your organization currently utilize?
~20+
How many more would you need to have full capacity?
Since I am thinking of a new way to implement this program, I will take all that are interested and find a spot for them.
Would you increase your volunteer offerings programmatically if you had more volunteers?
Yes, see the above response, but it also depends on the providers and coordinators, if they would want a volunteer reader to come on a regular basis.
What would you like potential volunteers to know in addition to the above?
That their goal is to bring books to life and create and positive connection with books for the children. We want it to be fun for all because if something is fun, there is a natural motivation to want to continue to do it.