Education
Below you will find a listing of Education Agencies
in the Athens-Clarke County area, along with relevant and
helpful statistics, resources, and service-learning reflection questions.
Athens-Clarke County Library
Volunteers are needed at The Library Store.
Contact: Amy Miller at 706-613-3650 ext. 342 or
amiller@athenslibrary.org
Athens Tutorial Program
This is a charitable, non-profit organization that is
dedicated to providing academic assistance, improving learning
skills, and providing personal growth and cultural enrichment
opportunities to the students from K-12 grade.
Contact: Barbara Archibald at 706-354-1653 or tutorial@bellsouth.net
Classic City High School
You can volunteer as a tutor for high school students
in various school subjects. For more information on this volunteer
opportunity please call.
Contact: Mimi Middendorm at 706-353-2323 ext. 18404
or middendorm@clarke.ga.us
Even Start Family Literacy Program
This is a government funded program that provides GED
prep classes and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for
families in need. They need tutors to help the adults in the GED and
ESL classes. The following days and times are available on Monday -
Friday:
*2 GED prep classes and intermediate ESL class from
8:15am to 11:15am
*1 GED prep class, an advanced ESL class, and a
beginner ESL class from 12:15pm to 3:15pm.
Contact: Suzanne Kennedy 706-357-5315
kennedys@clarke.k12.ga.us
Multicultural College Club
This is a college access program for high school
students at Clarke Central High School. Volunteers are need to help
students explore the college application process from researching
institutions to critiquing admission essays.
Contact: Kenyae Reese at 678-478-4178 or kreese1@uga.edu
Oasis Catolico Santa Rafaela
OASIS is dedicated to helping the Hispanic Community of Athens through education.
Volunteers are needed to help students in all subjects, especially the language barrier. Tutors do not need to be bilingual as long as they are patient and willing to give the children encouragement. Volunteers are needed Monday through Thursday, from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Contact: Sister Margarita Martin at acjoasis@gmail.com
Please check us out and join the "Oasis Tutors" Facebook group.
Partnership for Community Learning Centers
This is a collaborative effort of the Athens-Clarke
County School District, the University of Georgia, and the
Athens-Clarke County community working together to meet the
intellectual, social, and cultural needs of all students. Volunteers
are needed to work in elementary schools and after school programs
as homework helpers and reading tutors.
Contact: Bridget Williams at 678-886-4994 or
bridgetwilliams50@msn.com
Students Helping Teachers (also on UGA Student Organization Sheet)
Volunteers spend a minimum of two hours per week in
an area school providing assistance to a teacher throughout the
year. There are possibilities for placements in an area elementary
school, middle school, or high school.
Contact: helpingt@uga.edu
Tutoring Our Tomorrows (also on Children and UGA Student Organization Sheets)
Tutoring concentrates two hours per week strictly on
helping children who are behind on their schoolwork, whether they
are developmentally challenged or just need a little bit of extra
attention.
Contact: tots@uga.edu
Athens-Clarke Demographic Information (data
from 2000 Census & Family Connection Partnership)
Total population – 101,489
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64.9% White ; 27.3% African-American; 6.3% Hispanic or Latino;
3.1% Asian
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14,677 children over the age of 3 enrolled in elementary and
secondary school in Clarke County
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In 2003 – 52.9% of the high school-age students in Clarke County
completed high school
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11.8% of the population speak a language other than English ;
6.4% of the population speak Spanish
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14.8% of the families in Athens-Clarke were below poverty level
in 1999
Resources
Literacy.org
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National LINCS
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Mentoring Tool Kit from The Mentoring Partnership
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The Mentoring Center
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Where We Stand: Class Matters By: bell hooks
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Common Fire: Leading Lives of Commitment in a Complex World By: Larent A. Parks Daloz, et al.
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On Day, All Children…: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America
and What I Learning Along the Way By: Wendy Kopp
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Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope By:
Jonathan Kozol
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Savage Inequailities: Children in America’s Schools By:
Jonathan Kozol
Pre-Service Activities: Enhance your service experience.
If you would like to get the most out of your service experience,
please consider the following questions:
Why are you interested in working with education issues?
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What have your experiences been so far with these issues?
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What do you think your service experience will be like?
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Are you interested in learning about these facts at the service
site? If so, what are some ways that you might be able to do
that?
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What are your goals in participating in service?
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What issues do you think will be present as you begin
volunteering?
Post-Service Reflection Questions: To understand your service experience
In order to understand your experiences please reflect on the
following questions:
WHAT:
SO WHAT:
What did your experience(s) mean to you?
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What did you learn from your experience(s)?
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What do you feel is your main contribution to the agency or the
people you worked with?
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What did you learn about yourself?
NOW WHAT:
In what ways can you apply what you are learning to other areas
of your life?
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The most important thing you will take with you from this
experience is…
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Has your community service sparked an interest in service or in
the issue that you worked with?
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If so, how do you plan to continue pursuing that interest?
(Reference: Florida State University’s Literacy
Sheets)
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