Shows you how to have outstanding volunteer programs and make your volunteers feel useful and committed. Reproducible forms and ready-to-use activities in each section help make working with volunteers easy.

This practical book addresses one of the most difficult problems teachers have to face, that of making use of the community and parent volunteers in their classroom. Without a detailed plan of action, these volunteers can be more of a hindrance than a help. This book clearly shows teachers how to identify tasks for volunteers and how to recruit and train them for the rights tasks.

Uh-Oh! Thinking About Volunteers in a New Way Setting Priorities Recruiting Your Volunteer Staff Training Volunteers Maintaining a Smoothly Running Program Showing Appreciation for Volunteers Deciding Where To Go From Here