Opportunities From: Florida State College at Jacksonville

Throughout the school year, girls participate in our research based programming focused on our core values of strong, smart and bold. Girls also receive structured programming to increase reading literacy and daily homework assistance.

Volunteers should commit at least one hour at a time at any of our after school locations. Keep time under 10 hours a month in order to stay at a level 1 background screening. You can “adopt” one class or rotate sites/classes at one site. We ask that if you are teaching a skill or speaking on a topic that you rotate sites quarterly.

Needs:

*EDIT: DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY OFFERING DIRECT-SERVICE VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES*

(In-person sessions tentative start in mid-Oct due to COVID)

Build a relationship with one of our students by meeting with them once a week, Monday- Thursday, for one hour. This program has a duel focus on academic achievement and social development. Spend sessions getting to know your student and assisting them with their homework. After a portion of academic work is completed, you and your mentee can enjoy educational games and activities that help affirm the importance of academic achievement and build positive relationship skills. Full school year commitment required. 

See Professor Hall's Instrctions if you are in her class. 

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If you are a student in another class, please refer to the instructions below.

SCOTUS NOTES ACADEMIC SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT – 10 service hours

Title: SCOTUS  NOTES ACADEMIC SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECT  10 service hours

Transcribe the handwritten conference notes left by Supreme Court justices. Your transcriptions will provide unprecedented access to the justices' conversations in thousands of Court decisions.

The transcription will contribute to key research about law and politics as each participant will become a citizen archivist and transcriber, creating materials that will be of use and openly available to scholars interested in law, policy, and decision making in the nation's highest court. Perhaps the most meaningful outcome is that the collaborative will provide public access to documents that will open up the Court in ways not possible to those who cannot access the Library of Congress or travel to law schools around the country. In so doing, they will also provide these insights in a format that will lead to a better understanding of the justices' decision making process on a wide variety of important cases over the past half century.

The purpose of the project is three-fold:

Unlock Who Said What and When! Our goal is to generate a searchable archive of everything written in hundreds of meetings where the Supreme Court decided thousands of cases.            Identify A Line of Notes Use your cursor to underline a full line of text. Then you will be prompted to transcribe the text you have underlined

Transcribing Tips: Transcribe the handwritten words exactly as they appear. This includes abbreviations, shortened words, symbols, etc.  Sometimes you will come across notations that are very difficult to decipher. In fact, some words (or letters) may not be legible. This is completely normal so do not fret! If there are letters you cannot transcribe, please replace each unclear letter with an asterisk (*).   Read Background information, About section, and FAQ sections.   https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/scotus-notes-behind-the-scenes-at-supreme-court-conferenc

Click the  “transcribe full record”  button and follow tutorial and directions on the page.                  Underline a piece of text. A piece of text is defined as one line of text within the conference notation sections.   To learn more about the document, click the information icon below the image

Submit a reflection to capture what you learned in this project.                                                  

What did you learn about SCOTUS through this experience?   

What did you find most intriguing about transcribing SCOTUS NOTES?   

Describe how you saw the importance of this work to the work of the Supreme Court?   

As a result of this assignment, how can you use this experience to help others?

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Interns needed for part-time student contact tracers with the Florida Department of Health. Students will be provided with real life public health experience during a pandemic performing contact tracing while providing valuable assistance to the Department.

Students will act exclusively as contact tracers for FSCJ under the guidance of the Department of Health epidemiologists and staff. Students will receive the training and resources needed to learn the skills needed to perform contact visits.

The Department will also offer 1 or 2 paid contact tracing positions for a 6-month period. Students must be available to work a minimum of 30-40 hours/week, including nights and weekends.

Students must be highly motivated with excellent customer service skills.

Interested students should apply through https://peoplefirst.myflorida.com/peoplefirst

To see specific opportunities for assignments, please refer to the LibGuide to access the following 2 guides from:  https://guides.fscj.edu/FYE/service

1. Alternative Forms of Service-Learning During Challenging Times

2. Fall 2020 Monthly Themed Academic Service Learning Guide

If you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact Dr. Jametoria Burton servicelearning@fscj.edu or jburton@fscj.edu

1. Register as an American Red Cross volunteer. You can sign up online by visiting RedCross.org/Volunteer/.

2. Pick your Opportunity! During intake, you will have the opportunity to search for a position or complete the interactive role finder to find other opportunities you may find to be a good fit.

3. Take training. Once you are approved into a volunteer position, you will have access to EDGE to take this and additional training (which will vary according to regional needs and current skillset). Take the Social Basics course found in the EDGE learning hub.

Thank you for your interest in becoming a Digital Volunteer for the American Red Cross! Please read through the description and requirements carefully before applying for this volunteer role.

When disaster strikes, Digital Volunteers assist the Social Engagement team by:

Digital Volunteers sign up to monitor, engage, and report in four-hour shifts. While this work is done remotely, our Digital Volunteers report directly to the National Headquarters Social Engagement team in coordination with their local chapter communicators.

Due to the time commitment and technical tools involved in this role, there are a few requirements that you must meet before you can get trained to be a Digital Volunteer.

We are looking for volunteers that would like to assist with transporting patients / visitors via wheelchair. If you are looking for a volunteer opportunity in a hospital setting and would like to have patient / visitor interactions then this is a great fit for you! We require 4 hours/week and training is provided. Please submit your application through our quick link. ( http:www.ascension.org/RiversideVolunteer )