Disability Awareness Week Volunteers

Disability Awareness Week (week of 1/27) is presented by Educating Outside the Lines. This week will teach about building a more inclusive world and present age-appropriate scenarios for students to understand and accept disability.

 

EOTL relies on the help of parent volunteers to execute the grade level breakout activities. All students will participate in activities, but volunteers are only needed for grades K-4.

 

Each slot is 30 minutes in length. You may sign up for multiple time slots.

 

Volunteer Notes:

  • Please arrive 15 minutes earlier than the session starts to insure time to check-in with the office and receive brief training. These sessions are very tightly scheduled and volunteers must arrive on time in order to ensure we are on schedule with EOTL.
  • Please bring an ID for office check-in.
  • This is not the appropriate time to meet/talk to your child's teacher or other parents in the classroom.
  • Volunteers are there to work with every child in the classroom during the session and not only their individual child and their friends.
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Monday, January 27
Kindergarten
We will be reading the book "We Are All Alike, We Are All Different", then playing a game where the volunteers will stand in separate corners of the room holding signs. Students will also be making puppets and volunteers will assist with stapling popsicle sticks.
Barker 12:45-1:15pm
4 out of 4 filled.
Signed Up: Andrea Aguirre, Carly Catalano, Jessie Draper, Allison Tick
full
Hettich 12:45-1:15pm
1 out of 4 filled.
Signed Up: Stephanie Atella
Dickman 1:15-1:45pm
2 out of 4 filled.
Signed Up: Laura Crandall, Jessica Ruby
Tuesday, January 28
1st Grade
Volunteers will be at one of the following rotations: 1) Students will learn about communication boards and will have SONO Flex Lite on their IPADs to try it 2) Students will touch and try out prosthetic legs and arms and see animal prosthetics 3) Students will go into the hallway and try out wheelchairs and handcycles.
Orloff 9:15-9:45am
2 out of 4 filled.
Signed Up: Kyle Fiocchi, Amy Park
Singer 9:45-10:15am
0 out of 4 filled.
Woods 10:15-10:45am
2 out of 4 filled.
Signed Up: Justin Block, Alex Versage
Sprowls 10:45-11:15am
0 out of 4 filled.
Wednesday, January 29
2nd Grade - Session 1
Volunteers will act as puppeteers. They will need to hold the puppets and read from the script with 2-3 puppets who have different disabilities. It is an easy and fun job!
Elman 10:45-11:15am
1 out of 3 filled.
Signed Up: Laura Crandall
Edelson 11:15-11:45am
0 out of 3 filled.
McDonald 12:45-1:15pm
2 out of 3 filled.
Signed Up: Andrea Aguirre, Jill Soltan
Thursday, January 30
4th Grade
The students will learn about sports for athletes with physical disabilities and games using chairs. The role of the volunteers is to help kids with the chairs and they can jump in a wheelchair and join their kids in the fun.
Hoffman 8:45-9:15am
0 out of 2 filled.
Bogie 9:15-9:45am
2 out of 2 filled.
Signed Up: Laura Crandall, Kim Dennis
full
Imyak 9:45-10:15am
1 out of 2 filled.
Signed Up: Domenic Poeta
3rd Grade
We will be showing students tools that people with vision and hearing disabilities use in their everyday life. Volunteers will assist with the following stations 1) Use Perkins Brailler to write their initials and a braille handout 2) Sign language in English and Spanish. Students will learn simple phrases and try to sign their names. 3) Students will explore a trunk full of games, books and equipment that blind people may use as well as goggles that simulate blindness.
Kenar 10:15-10:45am
0 out of 4 filled.
Knotek 10:45-11:15am
0 out of 4 filled.
Summers 11:15-11:45am
1 out of 4 filled.
Signed Up: Sean Wesslund
Friday, January 31
2nd Grade - Session 2
Students will be seeing a presentation and then will be making their own puppets and doing small skits around how we can all play together.
McDonald 12:45-1:15pm
0 out of 2 filled.
Edelson 1:15-1:45pm
0 out of 2 filled.
Elman 1:45-2:15pm
1 out of 2 filled.
Signed Up: Laura Crandall