- Commit to work with a volunteer to create a meaningful, mutually
beneficial collaboration
- Work with the volunteer to determine how
he can best participate each time he comes to the classroom
- Periodically
communicate with the volunteer outside of classroom to prepare
for weekly activities
- Communicate honestly, and as often as necessary,
with the volunteer and project administrators to help achieve project
goals
- Participate in meetings to exchange ideas and improve the
project
- A partner with new energy, ideas and enthusiasm
- New ideas and
support from the larger group (through group meetings, brainstorming,
and watching the experiences of other pairs)
- Access to Caltech's
Educational Outreach office and the ability to inquire about other
campus resources
- Possibility of funds for classroom projects
- Their skills and experience as educators
- Their relationship with
and knowledge of their students
- Classroom management skills
- Knowledge of pedagogy and its applications
- Regularly volunteer in one or two classrooms for at least
15 weeks, beginning with the pairing meeting in November and
continuing until the end of the Pasadena academic year in June.
- Show up at appointed times - dependability
is critical to allowing educators to include volunteers in their
plans
- Commit to work with an educator to create a meaningful, mutually
beneficial collaboration
- Initiate periodic communication with the
educator outside of the classroom to prepare for weekly activities
- Communicate
honestly, and as often as necessary, with the educator and project
administrators to help achieve project goals
- Participate in meetings
to exchange ideas and improve the project
- Interacting with precollege students is fun!
- Make a difference
in students' lives
- Classroom experience
- Work with an effective science educator and
understand what challenges educators face
- Act as a role model
- Deep content knowledge in a particular field, as well as a broad
science education
- Experience of what it is to be a scientist
- Energy and fresh ideas
- Connections to other Caltech resources
via the Educational Outreach office
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