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2. Development of Organized School Volunteerism
2. Development of Organized School Volunteerism
Pages 6-11
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They also knew that principals in some elementary schools in New York City welcomed volunteers usually parents or interested neighbors-on an informal basis, with no recruiting or training involved. What the New York City citizens had in mind was a more structured and accountable volunteer activity that would recruit volunteers, provide training, and consult teachers about whether they wished to have volunteers in their classrooms.
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In 1964, it asked for and received another 3-year grant from the Ford Foundation to aeate a National School Volunteer Program under the PEA umbrella. Under the grant, the PEA agreed to assist citizen groups in about 20 large cities to train school volunteers, using the methods that had been successful in New York City.
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Also present were the vice-president for education of the National Association of Manufacturers and representatives of several community colleges, the American Red Cross, and the National Center for Voluntary Action in Washington, D.C. Seminar attendees confined themselves to discussing volunteers as direct participants in the education process.
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During the 1970s and continuing in the 198Os, school volunteer programs sprang up in many towns and cities around the country, often spontaneously, sparked by interest and enthusiasm on the part of an individual parent, teacher, or school principal. The national organization provided support to the emerging programs in the form of conferences, newsletters, and training manuals and other materials.
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Local junior leagues have autonomy to develop volunteer activities responsive to the needs of their local schools. The Association of Junior Leagues provides technical support and assistance to local leagues and has developed national programs that use volunteers to address a range of education-related problems, including drug abuse and teenage pregnancy.
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such as the enactment of federal education legislation, or increased acceptance by teacher unions of paid auxiliary aides in classrooms. Nor does it attempt to look at school volunteerism in the context of other major developments, such as the pressures on educators in recent years to welcome community involvement in schools as a means of school improvement or public relations.
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