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Welcome to the Community Connection training library! This growing collection of online training modules was designed to help volunteers prepare for service experiences in the community.

If you are a teacher or Community Organization and would like to have your own materials added to this page please sent them to:  slearning@osu.edu or contact Kylie Opelt at (614) 292-7176.

 

Click on the following links to jump to a specific training document, or scroll down to see them all!

     The Service-Learning Initiative: Orientation
     Respect Diversity: A Guide for Neighborhood-based Service-Learning
     The Youth Connection: Preparing to Work with Children and Teens
     Policies for Volunteering
     Teacher Guide for Volunteers in the Classroom
     Becoming a Volunteer Tutor: Literacy

 

 


The Service-Learning Connection: An Orientation to Service-Learning - This module covers the basic principles and benefits of service-learning, and provides answers to common questions regarding course-based service-learning.
 
Student Orientation to Service-Learning
 



The Diversity Connection: A Guide for Neighborhood-Based Service-Learning - This module challenges users to examine their own culturally diverse experiences and their attitudes toward diversity using a series of questions and demographic information.
 

Respect Diversity: A Guide for Neighborhood-based Service-Learning
 



The Youth Connection: Preparing to Work with Children and Teens - Illustrated with video clips and interactive scenarios, this module covers important communication, motivation, behavior guidance, and relationship information useful for preparing to work with children.
 

The Youth Connection: Preparing to work with children & teens
 

 

 

Relevant volunteer policies for schools and community agencies. View various policies relevant to volunteers, volunteer coordinators, and expectations for involvement.

 

 

 

 

Policies for Volunteering

 


Teachers Guide for Volunteers in the Classroom - This guide is useful for having more effective and productive experiences working with the volunteers in your classroom on a daily basis and for improving the OSU volunteers' transition to your classroom.

 

 

 

 

 

A Guide to Tutoring: Literacy

 

 

 


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