Middle School Girls need Summer 2017 Program Assistants!

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Inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold this summer as a Program Assistant Volunteer in Middle School Progrmas at Girls Inc. of Metro Denver! Principal Responsibilities:

• Assist with fun, interactive, pro-girl summer activities!
• Help instructors prep class materials (create flip charts, get handouts ready, collect and organize paperwork, etc.)
• Lead occasional warm up and ice breaker activities.
• Work as a team with Girls Inc. instructors and other volunteers.
• Attend field trips in the Denver community on our shuttles/vans. (Volunteers are occasionally asked to drive their own vehicles if they have one and meet at the field trip location. Mileage reimbursement is available.)
• Engage with girls during unstructured time, initiate conversations and attend to emotional/social needs as they come up.
• Manager behavior and classroom side conversations.
• Help cultivate a safe environment for girls by addressing relational aggression and inspiring a culture of sisterhood.
• Maintain a positive environment for all girls through discipline, classroom management and inclusiveness.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills and Abilities:

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Proactive, outgoing, enthusiastic and dependable.
• Flexibility with leadership roles and down time, supportive help.
• Willingness to jump in and take on leadership roles as needed.
• Prepared to facilitate various activities in front of 6th and 7th graders.  Preferred but not required: o Experience working with Middle School aged girls o Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Able to regularly communicate by e-mail.
• Able to interact positively with a variety of people with various cultural backgrounds and economic experiences.
• Committed to our mission.

Time Commitment: A variety of options are available but we ask for a minimum of 

• 1 full day per week or
• 2 half days a week

Volunteers can choose from the following shifts options:

• Morning Shift... 8:00am-1:30pm (5.5 hours)
• Afternoon Shift... 12:00pm-5:30pm (5.5 hours)
• All-Day Shift... 8:00am-5:30pm with a 1.5 hour break (8 hours)

Shifts are the same 1 or 2 days each week for all 7 weeks of summer programs. Programs run from Monday-Thursday. Applicants should be able to commit to the entire duration of summer programs from June 5 - July 13, 2017. We ask that if applicants are expecting more than 3 days of absences, or similarly cannot commit to the end of summer, to consider school-year volunteering instead. Orientation and Training: One full day of training is required prior to working with girls:

• New Volunteer Orientation and Training + Inclusiveness Workshop: Saturday, June 3 rd from 8:45am-5pm
• A light breakfast and full lunch will be provided; lunch is on site.
• Thank you for understanding that we do not make exceptions to this being a required training. It is offered only three times a year (January, June and August), so be sure not to miss it!

To Apply: Submit an online volunteer application: http://www.girlsincdenver.org/volunteer-application.html and indicate that you are applying for the 'Middle School Program Assistant’ position in the dropdown menu.