Opportunities From: Get Connected - Drexel University

Distribution volunteers are consistent and welcoming supports at our Lunch & Literacy distribution sites. They meet all guests’ needs with no questions asked, enforce social distancing and other safety measures, and share program information. Shifts are approximately three hours/day.  

Qualifications

High school diploma or current high school student (with approval by site staff);

Basic people skills and a consistent, positive approach to community members;

Sincere desire to serve the community;

Ability to communicate with youth, teenagers, other volunteers, and adult clients openly and non-judgmentally;

Ability to establish relationships based on mutual responsibility and respect;

Practical problem-solving skills and the ability to suggest options and alternatives; and

Ability to maintain clear professional boundaries when providing social or emotional support.

Responsibilities

Attend an orientation and interview with site staff;

Accept deliveries and unload trucks;

Prepare and distribute material for programs;

Attend distribution debrief meetings as needed;

Organize, pack and distribute food, diapers, books, and other items efficiently;

Reinforce safety and distribution guidelines with assertiveness

Administrative tasks including data entry, managing contact lists, providing daily guest count;

Support site staff in daily reporting;

Communicate with people of different backgrounds in a friendly and professional manner;

Connect families to our educational programs and resources;

Support on-site programming and educational activities that run during distribution;

Maintain a minimum three-month commitment to one site, volunteering at least once weekly;

Submit documentation as requested by MW staff;

Sign in every time you enter Mighty Writers and sign out when you leave; and

Maintain open and timely communication with staff, other volunteers, youth workers, and clients at distribution sites.

 

Tutors and mentors form a supportive, writing-based, one-on-one relationship with a Mighty Writers participant in grades four through twelve. Mentorships meet for 60-90 minutes one evening a week for at least six months.

Qualifications

High school diploma, four-year college degree highly preferred;

Basic editorial skills and understanding of the writing process;

Sincere desire to create a relationship with a young person to help them accomplish their personal, creative, and academic goals;

Ability to communicate with youth and teenagers openly and non-judgmentally;

Ability to establish a relationship based on mutual responsibility and respect;

Practical problem-solving skills and the ability to suggest options and alternatives; and

Ability to maintain clear professional boundaries when providing social and emotional support.

Responsibilities

Attend a mentor orientation and interview with site staff before meeting mentee;

Participate in group mentoring mixer events, site-specific and organization-wide;  

Maintain a minimum six-month commitment to one student, meeting weekly;

Submit monthly mentor reports and other documentation as requested by MW staff;

Sign in every time you enter Mighty Writers and sign out when you leave. When meeting off-site, dates and locations must be documented and pre-approved by parent/guardian;

Establish a relationship that helps your mentee set and accomplish personal goals, with a focus on developing the mentee’s writing skills and personal voice;

Praise your mentee’s progress at every meeting, and offer constructive criticism when appropriate and beneficial to student’s goals;

Support mentee in solving school-related problems that may interfere with mentee’s success at Mighty Writers or in other important areas of life;

Integrate at least one short-term writing project per month in line with clear monthly goals, OR complete two longer assignments per year to submit for publishing (personalized prompts and publishing sources available upon request).

Save all mentee writing, take and share photos often; and

Maintain open and timely communication with the mentee and guardians regarding contact info and schedule changes.

MW West is looking for some after-school teaching assistants to help with instruction and general class management for our Toddler, Academy, and Teen programs for the 2021-22 school year. Teaching assistants would help students during both homework time and instruction time up to 4 afternoons a week, beginning in late September.

Age groups:

Toddlers - Ages 2-4 (Saturdays) Elementary - Grades 3-5 (Mondays-Fridays) Middle - Grades 6-8 (Mondays-Fridays) Teens - Grades 9-12 (Tuesdays)

TAs will serve at either our Mantua location (3520 Fairmount Avenue, 19104) or at a partner location, the Lucien E. Blackwell Center (N. 47th Street and Aspen Street, 19131).