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Volunteers

Our volunteers work with students with special needs who are ranging in age from 5 to 20+ years old. Students are typically on the autism spectrum, although some have other disabilities. Each volunteer is responsible for 1 class (5 students)

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Volunteer Requirements:

- Anyone who is in grade 9 or higher
- Onboarding: Complete the volunteer onboarding process (including the interview).
- Time Commitment: Volunteers must be able to serve a minimum of 30 minutes each week.
- Volunteers are responsible for preparing their materials for recreation, art, and culinary art.

Onboarding Process:

Fill out the volunteer sign-up form below.
Schedule for a virtual interview - The actual interview will take 15 minutes. Please feel free to ask any questions to our team.
You will receive a follow-up email detailing your status (Accept / Waitlist / Decline)
You will need to complete 2 weeks of training before starting your volunteer work. The training includes participating in a total of 2 classes.
After 2 weeks of training, the student will be assigned to a class or classes.

Class Rules for Volunteers

Every volunteer is needed. If you are absent more than 5 times a year, you will be withdrawn from the program. If you are going to be absent, you must notify AAO by emailing aao.program2020@gmail.com.
Be on time
Dress appropriately
Must not leave the meet unless it is an emergency
Follow leaders' instructions
No phone calls or texting during classes (unless it is an emergency)
If you encounter an emergency, you should immediately contact your leader.
If you are found not complying with your responsibilities and presenting inappropriate behaviors, you will immediately be removed from the program.
Art and Culinary Art Volunteers: You must make the art pieces prior to the classes to learn the making processes before and to show the products to the students as an example.
Volunteers should ask the students for the photos of the artworks to be sent to aao.program2020@gmail.com at the end of every class.
Each volunteer will get 30 minutes of volunteering hours in every class they attend (If the volunteer participates in 1 class every week, he/she will get a total of 43 hours a year).
When a student applies to be a volunteer, he/she can’t withdraw from the program until one semester. If this happens, he/she won’t get the hours they have been working.
*If volunteers want to earn more volunteering hours, they can participate in weekly classes as well.

Volunteers

Volunteer Requirements:

Onboarding Process:

Fill out the volunteer sign-up form below.

Schedule for a virtual interview - The actual interview will take 15 minutes. Please feel free to ask any questions to our team.

You will receive a follow-up email detailing your status (Accept / Waitlist / Decline)

You will need to complete 2 weeks of training before starting your volunteer work. The training includes participating in a total of 2 classes.

After 2 weeks of training, the student will be assigned to a class or classes.

Class Rules for Volunteers

Every volunteer is needed. If you are absent more than 5 times a year, you will be withdrawn from the program. If you are going to be absent, you must notify AAO by emailing aao.program2020@gmail.com.

Be on time

Dress appropriately

Must not leave the meet unless it is an emergency

Follow leaders' instructions

No phone calls or texting during classes (unless it is an emergency)

If you encounter an emergency, you should immediately contact your leader.

If you are found not complying with your responsibilities and presenting inappropriate behaviors, you will immediately be removed from the program.

Art and Culinary Art Volunteers: You must make the art pieces prior to the classes to learn the making processes before and to show the products to the students as an example.

Volunteers should ask the students for the photos of the artworks to be sent to aao.program2020@gmail.com at the end of every class.

Each volunteer will get 30 minutes of volunteering hours in every class they attend (If the volunteer participates in 1 class every week, he/she will get a total of 43 hours a year).

When a student applies to be a volunteer, he/she can’t withdraw from the program until one semester. If this happens, he/she won’t get the hours they have been working.

*If volunteers want to earn more volunteering hours, they can participate in weekly classes as well.

Volunteer Sign-Up Form

To register, please take the time to fill out the information below.