New ASPIRE Volunteer Training Process, Toolkit and Calendar

We’re excited to now offer the Volunteer Training in three video segments so you can either conduct volunteer trainings at your site or simply have new volunteers view the training videos at home. Each of these short videos has a very basic quiz following the presentation that volunteers will need to complete, and the Coordinator Toolkit now contains a spreadsheet that will automatically update with the name of your volunteers after they have completed the videos and quizzes.  Please see more below and don’t hesitate tocontact me with any questions that you may have J

Volunteer Training Updates:

We have replaced our onboarding process for training new high school ASPIRE volunteers! Our hope is that this will make the process easier and faster for both you and your volunteers.

Here is the new process:

1.       Ensure that your volunteers have completed their volunteer applications and background checks (same as before): https://sites.google.com/a/aspireoregon.org/aspire-coordinator-toolkit/volunteer-management/application-process

2.       Ensure your volunteers watch the three mandatory training videos and take the quizzes for each video (which are links at the end of each video). The videos are available in both the Coordinator and Volunteer Toolkits, or you can email the link directly to your volunteers if they would like to do the trainings at home.  You can find the Volunteer Training videos here in the Volunteer Toolkit:  https://sites.google.com/a/aspireoregon.org/aspire-volunteer-toolkit/home/mentor-handbook/required-trainings .

3.       You will now be able to confirm that your volunteers have completed their training by viewing the “Volunteer Trainings – Record of Participants” spreadsheet found in the Coordinator Toolkit under “Training New Volunteers”.  There is a tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet for each of the three video trainings.:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-iz_XQzFoPTiBqachSSAFMWCZ9U4wK7mVsrdumcUOY8/edit#gid=0

4.       Suggested activity for coordinators and veteran volunteers – watch the new videos and take the quizzes to become familiar with them! J

Volunteer Toolkit:

The ASPIRE Volunteer Toolkit has been updated to make it easier for our volunteers to find what they are looking for when working with students. Please share the link to the toolkit with your volunteers, encourage them to use it, and contact us with suggested improvements: https://sites.google.com/a/aspireoregon.org/aspire-volunteer-toolkit/

Volunteer Calendar:

The hard copy of the old ASPIRE Volunteer Handbooks have been reduced to just the calendar section (the Volunteer Calendar – which was sent to you). All the web resources and information that were listed in the old Volunteer Handbook is now in our newly remodeled Volunteer Toolkit: https://sites.google.com/a/aspireoregon.org/aspire-volunteer-toolkit/  Here is a link directly to the Calendar: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7FsJTYXZw0JV0h2OERObkxUcjQ/view