Heritage Classical Study Center is a small, accredited Independent Learning Center in Georgia. It is a university-model academy which meets one class day per week for lectures, group interaction, debate, tests, and more. Most of the students have been educated at-home and are looking for the addition of classroom time and structure, without going to a public or private school.
Founded in 1999, Heritage CSC offers group tutorials in the classical liberal arts curriculum. Students and their families are involved in the study of the classical languages (Latin and Greek), history, literature, logic, philosophy, government, economics, and rhetoric (speaking and writing). Through the course of their studies, students are exposed to the great books (usually in their entirety) as well as the art, music, people and culture of Western Civilization.
Today our spotlight shines on Janene Meents, Center Administrator, who uses VolunteerSpot's online signup sheets to organize volunteers across three campuses.
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Please tell us about your organization and your volunteer needs.
We have a small teaching staff with one per classroom. We prefer to have at least two extra adults in each building at all times for several reasons. First, it increases the safety of both the teacher and the students. Secondly, it is a big benefit for our parents to see and enjoy what goes on in their child’s classroom. We ask for 1-2 volunteers per class day. Since we have 3 campuses, each meeting one day per week, our needs are 3-6 adults per week. These parents are asked to observe, enjoy and be “on-call” in case of emergency.
Explain how you use VolunteerSpot to coordinate these volunteers.
At the beginning of the school year, I add all the class dates into VolunteerSpot. Because the three campuses are totally separate (different families) and they meet on different days of the week, I use three separate Volunteer Spot pages. The newly-introduced GROUP PAGE is my favorite thing about VolunteerSpot at the moment. I can send ALL my families to one page, and they can choose their campus/day.
What’s one piece of advice you have for volunteers or their leaders out there?
Because our organization is so small and our specific needs are not great, I’m not sure I have a piece of advice other than “TRY VOLUNTEERSPOT regardless of your size or needs.” The benefit of hands-free maintenance of volunteers is incredible. Once I set the weeks up, and alert the parents, I just sit back and watch…and cheer!
Why did you decide to use VolunteerSpot?
Previously I used another online sign-up website. It got the job done, but when I heard that Volunteer Spot sent out reminders, I was thrilled. I’ve never looked back…
Anything else you’d like our readers to know about your organization or volunteering?
The parents seem to really like the use-friendliness of VolunteerSpot. I send them the url for signing up and they have found it easy to do so. The monthly calendar allows the volunteers to easily see what is needed and when. The reminders are wonderful for the parents, and the heads-up emails that I receive regarding upcoming volunteers is a bonus.
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To learn more about the Heritage Classical Study Center, please visit http://heritageclassical.com/.
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