Service Opportunities for Majors in
EDUCATION
Community service involves applying your energy, enthusiasm,
skills, and desire to make a difference to social issues that
concern you. It is an excellent way to gain hands-on experience,
enhance job-related skills, explore career options, and make
a difference in social issues that concern you and meet real
community needs.
· EARLY CHILDHOOD/ELEMENTARY EDUCATION:
Volunteer to be a teacher's aid in elementary schools and
day care centers; tutor children of any levels; work in the
children's section of a local library; volunteer with a children's
museum or learning center; help out at an after school program;
work at a summer camp for "at-risk" children; volunteer
to play with children in hospitals or at a the Ronald McDonald
House; volunteer at a community center in an impoverished
area and offer free drama, arts and crafts, and music classes
for children; be a mentor/big brother/big sister to a child;
encourage children to become teachers; work with your church
or synagogue's teen program; join Teach for America, a national
teaching program that sends specially trained teachers to
impoverished rural and urban areas.
· SECONDARY EDUCATION:
Tutor high school students in subjects they are having difficulty
with; be a teacher's aid; volunteer at a local community center;
work with your church or synagogue's teen program; volunteer
in a home for teenagers who have run away from home; work
in a drug rehabilitation center for teenagers; encourage careers
in education; offer free SAT preparatory workshops in high
schools in impoverished areas; visit schools in lower income
areas and give presentations on college life, financial aid
options, and career planning.
· SPECIAL EDUCATION:
Work with the Special Olympics; volunteer to be a teacher's
aid in a school for children with learning disabilities; volunteer
at a day camp for children with special needs; give workshops
at a school for students with special needs presenting career
options and college information; volunteer in an after-school
program helping students with learning disabilities; serve
on campus with Disability Support Services, Best Buddies,
or volunteer with the Children's Developmental Clinic.
Broad Acres Elementary School
Silver Spring, MD (301)431-7616
Contact: Mrs. Fuller
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/broadacreses/
Volunteers are needed to tutor 1st-5th grade students in reading,
writing, and math on Saturdays from 10am-12pm.
Calvary Bilingual Multicultural Learning Center
Washington, DC (202) 332-4200
Contact: Nina Lattermore, info@cbmlc.org
http://www.cbmlc.org
Provides child and family services to low-income residents
of DC. Programs include early childhood education and a school-aged
program.
Cedar Lane School
Columbia, MD (410) 313-6977
Contact: Marybeth Yelen
www.howard.k12.md.us
A Howard County public school which provides a structured
learning environment for students, age 3 through 20, whose
needs are so complex that they require placement in a special
school (Intensity 5 special education program). Classes are
provided for preschool and school aged students who are developmentally
delayed, and who are intellectually limited, and have multiple
disabilities.
Children’s Studio School
Washington, DC (202) 387-6148
Contact: intake@studioschool.org
http://www.studioschool.org/
A community-based non-profit arts organization and full-day
school of the arts and architecture. A full day school for
children ages 3-11, where artists - visual, performing, writers
and architects - are complete teachers.
D.C. Schools Project
Washington, DC (202) 687-3703
http://www.georgetown.edu/outreach/vps
Focuses on mentoring and tutoring of immigrant youth in DC
public schools. Tutors work with English acquisition and providing
positive role models for youth at risk.
High Point High School
Beltsville, MD (301) 572-6400
Contact: Gloria Coliton, volunteerhp@hotmail.com
www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/~hpoint
Volunteer tutoring program during and after school. Help high
school students prepare for the Maryland Functional Test and
the high school assessments. Reading, writing, math, English,
& science are needed.
Higher Achievement Program
Washington, DC (202) 842-5116 ext. 118
Contact: Liz Dunning ldunning@higheracheivement.org
http://www.higherachievement.org
Offers a year-round educational enrichment program for talented
5th through 8th grade students from DC. Provides accelerated
tutoring and cultural activities at each of its 8 learning
centers.
Lee Learning Center
Silver Spring, MD (301) 649-8252
Contact: Margaret Browning, Margaret_k_Browning@fc.mcps.k12.md.us
Serves severely learning and physically disabled students
in small special education classes in a regular middle school.
Art and computers are utilized. Also operated gifted and talented
learning-disabled program.
New Community
Washington, DC (202) 232-0457
http://www.ncasap.org
Contact: Ncasap@erols.com
Offers a community-based educational enrichment program serving
children and youth in the Shaw neighborhood.
Northwestern High School: Collaborative Project
Hyattsville, MD (301) 985-1820 ext. 2235
Contact: Donna Bettcher, dbettche@pgcps.org
http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/~nwest/index.html
Volunteers can serve in the school or be involved in research
projects.
Paint Branch Elementary School
College Park, MD (301) 513-5300
Contact: Kathy Vick, Kathy.Vick@pgcps.org
http://www.pgcps.org
Volunteers are needed to provide individual tutoring and mentoring,
as well as classroom assistance.
Pathways Schools
Silver Spring, MD (301) 649-0778
Contact: Lindsay Mclaughlin lmclaughlin@pathwayschools.org
http://www.pathwayschools.org
Operates four therapeutic educational programs in Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties for students ages 9 to 21 who
have emotional and behavioral disabilities.
Parkmont School
Washington, DC (202) 726-0740
Contact: Ron McClain
Diverse student body, grades 6-12 with children who have struggled
in traditional learning environments. Focuses on hands on
and individual learning methods.
Rosemary Hills Primary School
Silver Spring, MD (301) 650-6405
Contact: Sophie Ryder
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/rosemaryhillses/
Rosemary Hills is a primary school serving children in pre-K
through second grade. Because students attending Rosemary
Hills come from a multitude of culturally diverse backgrounds,
it is often called "The Rainbow School." ESOL programs
take place one night a week.
SED Center
Washington, DC (202) 462-8848
Contact: Doris Ruano, dorisruano@sedcenter.com
http://www.sedcenter.com
Bilingual program, which offers opportunities for aides to
work with both children and adults in educational programs.
Stephen Knolls School
Kensington, MD (301) 929-2151
Serves students with severe disabilities and retardation.
Developmental ages range from newborn to preschool.
Community Service-Learning
1120 Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland, College
Park 20742
301-314-CARE—http://www.csl.umd.edu—terpservice@umd.edu
Please Note: Inclusion in Community Service-Learning (CSL)
resources is not to be interpreted as an endorsement for any
agency or organization listed here. As with any off-campus
opportunity, the University is not responsible for any personal
injury or loss that might result from your participation.
Participants are strongly encouraged to read and implement
the Good Questions to Ask and PARE handouts available through
CSL. Lastly, be aware of any special requirements or skills
necessary to perform the service requested (i.e. construction,
carpentry, landscaping) and do not feel compelled to execute
tasks which are beyond your capabilities.
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