• VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES - ACADEMIC

     Volunteer Chair: Gabriela Hemmerde-Vecco - mgabriela@bellsouth.net

    YOU ARE NEEDED!

    PTSA continues to partner with  Miami Beach Senior High School to provide much needed volunteer services. Our involvement is vital as our schools are struggling with budget cuts.

    Based on YOUR schedule, there are opportunities to help in the following areas:

    • Reading : Assist teachers with individuals and/or group reading assignments in the classroom. 
    • Math : Provide Math homework help and/or Math FSA, SAT, or ACT preparation assistance in the classroom.
    • Media Center: Assist our Librarian by helping with aiding and monitoring students and with general library duties.
    • Chaperone: Attend field trips with the students.

    Benefits:

    • The personal satisfaction of helping students
    • Make a positive contribution to your community
    • Gain valuable interpersonal skills and work experience
    • The chuckle you get when your own child refuses to acknowledge you

     Please see below the available positions and if you have a special talent and want to help in some way not listed here, please let us know as well.

     You, or someone you know, can make a difference!

    Please contact our Volunteer Coordinator: Gabriela Hemmerde-Vecco at mgabriela@bellsouth.net

    Position Title: MBSH Media Center Volunteer

     

    Accountable to: Librarian -  Volunteer Chair- Gabriela Hemmerde-Vecco

    Objective: To work with students for a minimum of two hours per week. To help motivate and guide students to utilize media center resources.

    Training: Informal orientation/tutor training is provided

    Additional Info:  Days and times are flexible

    Duties:

    • Commit to a regular and consistent schedule of at least two hour one day a week.   
    • Help students identify and find level appropriate books
    • Assist the Head Librarian with shelving and monitoring other students in the Library.
    • Be a role model. Help motivate students to improve reading skills, self-esteem, and goal attainment.
    • Communicate with teachers and Volunteer Coordinator regarding student needs and progress.

     Qualifications:

    • Reliable, patient, and flexible
    • Have a desire to motive students to read
    • Basic knowledge of reading and writing skills and dewey decimal system
    • Effective communication skills
    • Ability to maintain confidentiality
    • Complete a background check

      

    Position Title: MBSH Volunteer Classroom Reading Tutor

     

    Accountable to: Reading Teacher- MJ Uchtmann, Volunteer Chair- Gabriela Hemmerde-Vecco

    Objective: To work with students for a minimum of one class per week. To help motivate and guide students, challenging them to increase their reading skills and academic success.

    Training: Informal orientation/tutor training is provided

    Additional Info: Time commitment is a minimum of one period (1 ½ hours) per week but due to block scheduling the class will be on one day one week and an alternate day the following week.

    Duties:

    • Commit to a regular and consistent schedule of the length of the class.
    • Assist individual students or small groups with reading assignments and reading needs in the classroom.
    • Be a role model. Help motivate students to improve reading skills, self-esteem, and goal attainment.
    • Communicate with teachers regarding student needs, progress, and tutoring strategies.

     Qualifications:

    • Reliable, patient, and flexible
    • Have a desire to motive students to learn
    • Good knowledge of reading and writing skills
    • Effective communication skills
    • Ability to maintain confidentiality -
    • Complete a background check

     

    Position Title: MBSH Volunteer After School Math/Chemistry Tutor

     

    Objective: To work with students for a minimum of one session per week. To help motivate and guide students, challenging them to increase their math skills and academic success.

    Training: Informal orientation/tutor training is provided

    Additional Info: Time commitment is a minimum of one day per week (more is great if you are available) from 2:30pm to 3:30pm

    Duties:

    • Commit to a regular and consistent schedule of the length of the tutoring session.
    • Assist individual students or small groups with math needs. Tutor and mentor students who seek homework help, or help with FSA, ACT, and SAT. 
    • Be a role model. Help motivate students to improve study skills, self-esteem, and goal attainment.
    • Communicate with teachers regarding student needs, progress, and tutoring strategies.

    Qualifications:            

    • Reliable, patient, and flexible
    • Have a desire to motive students to learn
    • Strong knowledge of math/chemistry skills
    • Effective communication skills
    • Ability to maintain confidentiality
    • Complete a background check

    Be a Listener/Oyente Volunteer

    Listener is a supportive special adult, not a fixer, rescuer or advisor.  The goal of the Listener is to join the student’s world without judgment.  Listeners are not expected to solve the student’s problems.  The Listener is there to help build a student’s positive self-esteem and empower the student to develop their own excellent problem-solving skills.

    Listeners listen once a week for thirty minutes per student.  Listeners are greatly needed at Miami Beach Senior High as we no longer  have the staff position of Trust Counselor.

    All Listeners have the opportunity to participate in an intensive training session offered at various locations throughout the school year and monthly workshops to sharpen their listening skills.  For more information about the Listeners/Oyentes Program please visit- http://www.listenersprogram.org/index.htm