Volunteers In Education
(VIE)

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, sometimes once a day and/or once a week. Some tasks have flexible hours and time frames. Volunteers do not handle money, nor are they privy to students' personal information. The specifics of this are spelled out in the Guidelines for School Volunteers pamphlet, which is available in the Volunteer sign-in book in the school foyer.

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 These programs and activities include working the Library Media Center, assisting the school nurse in the Clinic, and monitoring hallways during standardized testing such as the Standards of Learning (SOL) and Stanford Achievement Test 10 (SAT 10) testing.

VIEs make a difference 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, 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) 648-3840.

Invest in our future.

Become personally involved in your child's education.

Remember :
You don't have to be a parent to be a volunteer, just someone who cares !