2024-2025 Student Placement Document (blank) (updated Sep 5, 2024)
Volunteer Opportunities
ESL School Welcome Desk
Ministry area
ESL Welcome Team
Gifts / interests
Care, English language, Hosting, Social, Talking
Time investment
3-4 hours / week; weekly or monthly, ideally for at least a semester
Purpose statement
To welcome people as Christ and make sure new students are not missed.
Summary of goals
- Creatively pray for the people you’ll connect with.
- Prepare your area and make sure you know who is already placed.
- Stay at the desk.
- Welcome those who come in.
- Give unplaced students a checklist.
To learn how to do each of these things, see the “details” below…
Details
We can help you understand the different aspects of the ESL School you’re in so you are as equipped as possible. We can also help you learn how to use Google Translate if you’d like.
Prerequisites
Fill out volunteer application form (see "apply" in the main menu), Be approved as an in-person volunteer, Be an active participant of a local church
Others you would serve with
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Related Equippings
Purchase temp name tags supplies.(with Link money) with Reimbursement form 💡Ideas: Primary: we have a permanent (hang around the neck or clip) name tag for each student that they picked up at the Welcome Desk As backup: we use stickers and sharpies for temp name...
ESL Welcome Desk Starting 15 minutes before students arrive
ESL Welcome Desk Starting 15 minutes before students arrive
➡️Stay at Desk If you’re helping another role (like scoring a reading assessment), they can bring their work to you. Be friendly & greet students. You are the face of Jesus 😊. Try to give everyone eye contact and a warm smile. Be ready to use Google Translate,...
ESL Welcome Desk On day of, before students arrive
ESL Welcome Desk On day of, before students arrive
Compare permanent name tags with lists of students placed in class to check for discrepancies. This is important because we do not want to give a student a name tag unless they’ve been placed in class this year. If it is during the normal part of the year (not...
ESL Welcome Desk Prepare (for both launch & regular class days)
ESL Welcome Desk Prepare (for both launch & regular class days)
NOTE: If panhandlers approach at Nat’l Hills, give them a Care package (which includes a list of where to go for help), and apologize that we do not work for the church. If they insist on going inside, tell them they will have to wait till 12pm. Know as much as you...
Have a printed copy of “Please write your complete name” in a different language translation for yourself to show people. 💡Ideas: Prayer Minimum: you have prayed for those who will come into the building in some way this week. Additional examples of how you could...