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Super Sunday Volunteers
ORGANIZATION: WGBH
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6 people are interested
Subject: Volunteers needed for Super Sunday
Sunday, November 5, is High School Quiz Show’s Super Sunday, and we need you!
Nearly 500 students representing 120+ public and private schools from across Massachusetts will fill WGBH on that day to take a qualifying quiz. The incentive? The top-scoring teams will compete in Season 9 of High School Quiz Show.
We’re looking for 80 volunteers to help moderate and score the quiz, as well as to get teams to their testing rooms. Teams will arrive in 4 staggered shifts throughout the day and each team takes an oral quiz.
Volunteers are asked to make a full-day commitment, from 8am-5pm (lunch will be provided).**Please note, all Super Sunday volunteers will receive training on Sunday, November 5 from 8-9am before schools start to arrive.
Please review the Super Sunday volunteer position descriptions listed below and email me at jaime_reese@wgbh.org if you'd like to help. Please make sure to include the following information in your email response:
- Your full name
- Preferred position
- Prior education and/or test giving experience (for Moderator position)
Moderator (must be 25+ years)
- Enforces all rules in a fair and judicious manner
- Reads all questions and determines if the given answer is correct or incorrect
- Spells difficult or foreign words
- Keeps informal time count for responses
- Ensures materials and results remain confidential
- Position requirements: Moderators must have a clear voice and strong command of the English language. Prior education experience is also a plus.
Scorekeeper (must be 20+ years)
- Notes correct and incorrect answers on a score sheet while quiz is being administered
- Ensures score is consistent with the team coach’s score sheet after each section of the quiz is completed
- Adds up categories to determine the official score of the quiz
- Secures the signature of the coach on scorecard
- Position requirements: Scorekeeper must be competent in math, organized and accurate.
Check out Volunteer (must be 25+ years of age)
- Assist with checking schools out after the quiz is finished
- Calmly and diplomatically record any disputes about questions or scores, from team coach
- Ability to stay calm, focused, friendly and keep accurate notes about the nature of the dispute
- Checkout sheet and advance copy of the quiz content will be provided
- Position requirements: Check out volunteers must have a clear voice and strong command of the English language. Prior education/test giving experience is also a plus.
Registration
- Greets teams and coaches as they arrive to 'GBH
- Checks schools off a printed registration list
- Answers general questions about the day’s events
- Distributes gift bags (one per team) as teams depart
- Position requirement: Registration volunteers must be friendly, organized and outgoing.
Floater
- Keeps guests out of the Yawkey Theater until its time for them to be matched up with Moderators and Scorekeepers
- Runs the elevator to testing room floors
- Checks testing rooms and signs on their floors; takes down signs at the end of the day
- Provides schools with directions to testing rooms, bathrooms, etc.
- Position requirements: Floaters must be friendly, outgoing and eager to provide assistance to guests.
I hope to hear from you soon! And, stay tuned for more opportunities to volunteer during High School Quiz Show taping days in January - Sat, 1/20 and Sun, 1/21 (Qualifying Matches); Sat, 1/27 (Quarterfinals); Sun, 1/28 (Semifinals and State Championship); and Mon, 1/29 (Interstate Matches).
Best,
Jaime
Volunteer & Marketing Manager, WGBH
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GBH informs, inspires and entertains millions through GBH 2, GBH 44 and GBH 89.7 in Boston; WCAI 90.1 and WNAN 91.1, serving Cape Cod and the Islands; WGBY 57 in Springfield; and wgbh.org. GBH is the leading producer of PBS prime-time programs and Web content, a major producer for public radio, and a pioneer in educational multimedia and in technologies and services that make media accessible to people with disabilities.
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October 4, 2017
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