Volunteers In Education  

Tallwood Elementary School, Virginia Beach, VA

The Volunteers In Education (VIE) program is a part of the PTA program. At the start of the school year and throughout the year, needs are identified and the VIE coordinator helps match volunteers with teachers. In the classrooms, our volunteers help teachers in many ways. These include tutoring students, helping students with the Accelerated Reader program, assisting with computer lab activities, chaperoning field trips, reproducing class materials, decorating/arranging bulletin boards, providing special cultural and careers day glimpses, acting as room mothers/fathers, coordinating classroom parties, and helping during physical education field day. The also help first graders adjust from the half-day kindergarten program to the longer school day and cafeteria lunch procedures.

Every day VIEs serve an important roll in helping Tallwood students receive a positive educational experience.

Typical volunteer assignments consist of a few hours or less a day, one day a week. Some tasks have flexible hours and time frames. Volunteers do not handle money, nor are they privy to students' person information. The specifics of this is spelled out in the The Guidelines for School Volunteers pamphlet, which is available in the school's office.

Teachers , staff, and students count on the commitment of VIEs. Tallwood VIEs are reliable and dependable. We are very proud of them!

Volunteers also participate in many other programs and school activities that are not directly classroom related Theseprograms and activities include working the Library Media Center, editing, reproducing, and distributing the school newsletter, assisting the school nurse in the Clinic, maintaining the entrance (front desk) security, monitoring hallways during standardized testing such as the Standards of Learning (SOL) and Stanford Achievement Test 9 (SAT 9) testing.

VIEs make a differernce at Tallwood!

The VIE coordinator also contacts and matches volunteers with various periodic school activities throughout the school year. These activities include, but are not limited to after school IPAS classes, Breakfast with Santa, book fairs, fundraisers, and special programs. There are numerous other areas in which VIEs make a difference at Tallwood. Anyone interested in becoming a VIE may contact the school at (757) 474-8465.

Invest in our future.

Become personally involved in your child's education.

Be a volunteer and help make all Tallwood students' experiences all it can be!

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