SOURCE Service Scholars Program Information & Projects 2018-2019

SOURCE is excited to announce the seventh year of the SOURCE Service Scholars (SSS) Program. SSS is a unique opportunity for students to make a long-term commitment to a Baltimore community-based organization (CBO) or a service-based student group that is a SOURCE partner while receiving a $1,500 stipend. Scholars will receive training and guidance from SOURCE staff covering the following: service-learning theories and practices, project management, volunteer recruitment and management, and delivering and reporting on outcomes. Additionally, Scholars will engage in reflective practice throughout the program. These trainings will be delivered through the SOURCE Service Academy as well as one-on-one consultations with SOURCE staff. This opportunity is open to any student enrolled full-time in the Johns Hopkins University Schools of Public Health, Nursing, and Medicine during the 2018-2019 academic year who has an interest in long-term service and community-based professional development.

SOURCE is now accepting applications for the 2018-2019 SSS cohort! Applications are due by Sun, Mar 11 at 11:59pm. How to Apply: SSS Projects have already been identified with SOURCE community partners and service-based student groups. Applicants should review all projects online (listed below) and rank up to 5 top choices of interest. Applications will be reviewed, and top candidates for each project will be invited to interview. To access the online application form, click HERE.

SSS Commitments:

Service Hour Requirement: Commitment to at least 150 service hours with partner organization over the course of the academic year, as well as regular check-in meeting with their CBO or student group contact

Summer Assignments: Scholars will be assigned readings and reflections throughout the summer leading up to their direct placement with community partners. Scholars are required to complete all readings and reflections by dates indicated throughout the summer.

SOURCE Staff Advisor Meetings: Scholars must meet with their assigned SOURCE Advisor on a regular basis to discuss personal reflections, progress on their project and general experiences related to the service experience (the first meeting will take place at the completion of summer assignments).

Scholar Reports: Scholars will be required to complete several written progress reports throughout the course of their service year.

SOURCE Service Academy: Through a series of seminars and trainings, the SOURCE Service Academy will train Scholars in service project management, including: successful recruitment, retention and management of volunteers, principles of academic-community partnership, service-learning pedagogy and leadership for social change. Scholars will also be required to complete a variety of assignments and readings as part of the service academy. All Academy session dates are mandatory. Academy dates:

o Summer 2018: Remote online sessions o Wed, Sept 12th, 2018: SOURCE Service Academy training #1 o Wed, Oct 17th, 2018: SOURCE Service Academy training #2 o Wed, Nov 28th, 2018: SOURCE Service Academy training #3 o Wed, Feb 20st, 2019: SOURCE Service Academy training #4 o Wed, April 24th, 2019: SOURCE Service Scholars Celebration and Final Academy Session

Volunteer Recruitment: Each Scholar will be required to recruit at least four additional JHU health professional students to work on the designated project throughout the year. The Scholar will act as the team leader and will implement volunteer management skills and service-learning pedagogy knowledge gained during Service Academy sessions.

Final Presentations: Scholars will be required to present their projects and progress through a poster at the Year-End Celebration (Wed, Apr 24th, 2019).

SSS Benefits:

$1,500 stipend

Practical experience in service-learning theory and practice, project management, volunteer recruitment and management, fundraising, and program assessment and evaluation.

Valuable professional development experience through the SOURCE Service Academy and mentorship with SOURCE staff.

Community-based practical experience in the health field.

SSS Application:

Open to all students from the Johns Hopkins University Schools of Public Health, Nursing, and Medicine who will be enrolled full-time for the duration of the 2018- 2019 academic year.

Applications must be completed by Sun, Mar 11th at 11:59 pm. Applicants will complete an online application form and attach their resume to the form. To access the application form, click HERE.

Applicants should thoroughly review projects (listed below) and rank their top 5 projects within the applications.

An internal admissions team will review applications and will select the top 3-4 students to interview per project. Applicants will be notified by Mon, March 12 regarding the status of their potential interview(s).

Student who are selected to interview will participate in an in-person or online pre-interview information session on either Tues, Mar 13, Wed, Mar 14 or Fri, Mar 16 from 12:30 – 1:30pm. Individuals who are not on campus or unable to attend an in-person session will be given the opportunity to attend an online session.

Interviews will take place between Mon, Mar 19 – Wed, Apr 4.

Final matching of projects will be completed by Mon, April 19.

SOURCE Service Scholars Projects

2018-2019 1. Living Classrooms Foundation, Patterson Park House 2. Soccer Without Borders

3. Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition

4. Public Justice Center 5. Action in Maturity

6. IBR/REACH Health Services 7. Jubilee Arts (Intersection of Change)

8. Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Education Fund, Inc.

9. House of Ruth Maryland 10. City Springs Elementary Middle

11. Banner Neighborhoods Community Corporation 12. Clay Pots

13. Student National Medical Association 14. Hopkins Volunteers at Commodore

Living Classrooms Foundation, Patterson Park House Healthy Cities Outreach & Expansion

200 S. Linwood Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224 www.livingclassrooms.org Organization Mission: The Living Classrooms Foundation mission is to strengthen communities through hands-on learning in education, work force development and urban gardening in the East Baltimore Target Investment Zone.The Patterson Park House mission is to create a safe space in Patterson Park where youth and community members can connect, play sports, explore nature and learn how to make healthy choices. Project Title & Description: Healthy Cities Outreach & Expansion Healthy Cities is a program that Living Classrooms coordinates across their community hubs: the Under Armour House, the Patterson Park House and the P.O.W.E.R. House. On days that schools are closed in Baltimore City, they provide programming focused on health and wellness to Baltimore City youth. A SOURCE Service Scholar is needed to expand the program to all three LCF community hubs; increase student turnout with an intentional social media strategy and supporting the run of show on days that these camps are being held. Student Leader Responsibilities:

Collaborate with LCF staff at all community hubs to develop a day of programming on days that schools are closed. In the 2017-2018 school year, LCF will have established these events at both the Under Armour House and Patterson Park House. The 2018-2019 school year will focus on sustaining these two and adding one more camp at the POWER House.

Develop marketing strategy to increase student turnout at all three sites. Additional Volunteer Opportunities:

Volunteers needed on the 18 days that Baltimore City Schools are closed, including teacher professional development days.

While it will be encouraged for the Scholar to attend as many of these days as possible, it is also understood that the Scholar will likely be away during various breaks and unable to attend all.

Soccer Without Borders SocioEmotional Learning (SEL) Toolkit: A Resource for

Middle Grade Newcomers 3700 Eastern Ave www.soccerwithoutborders.org Organization Mission: The mission of Soccer Without Borders (SWB) is to use soccer as a vehicle for positive change, providing newcomer (refugee, asylee, and immigrant) students with a toolkit to overcome obstacles to growth, inclusion, and personal success. SWB provides year-round soccer programming, academic enrichment, mentoring, and leadership development opportunities for participants. SWB’s after-school programming is site-based at Vanguard Collegiate Middle School and John Ruhrah Elementary/Middle School. Additionally, SWB works with high school students from multiple Baltimore-area schools. Project Title & Description: SocioEmotional Learning (SEL) Toolkit: A Resource for Middle Grade Newcomers SWB has been working with newcomer students in Baltimore since 2009, helping participants hone their skills not only on the soccer field but off the field as well through offering academic enrichment and leadership opportunities. As SWB continues to grow, there is an increased need to enhance current enrichment curriculum for students. SWB has focused on expanding ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)-integrated academic resources and now is seeking to develop a SEL toolkit, which targets the social and emotional skills that are important for youth to gain in order to become healthy and well-adjusted individuals. Since 100% of SWB participants are English Language Learners (ELLs), this toolkit would be developed in a way that is culturally sensitive and incorporates elements of scaffolding and differentiated learning into the curriculum to ensure that the ideas developed can be accessed by multiple participants. Student Leader Responsibilities:

Develop a toolkit that would complement existing ESOL lesson plans for OST (Out of School Time) programming

Develop curriculum that targets the social and emotional learning skills students need to acquire, including empathy, emotional regulation, conflict resolution techniques, problem solving strategies, etc.

Research evidence-based best practices for what has been done in this field and work with program staff to create a toolkit that can be used going forward to help students address these behaviors

Conduct a needs assessment with community stakeholders (teachers, paraeducators, SWB staff, school administration, etc.) to help prioritize what should be going into such a curriculum that is designed for the specific needs of English Language Learners in Baltimore

Additional Volunteer Opportunities:

Conducting research and helping to design the curriculum

Facilitate workshops for students around their expertise, such as conflict resolution workshop, an intentional meditation session, a facilitated discussion around bullying, etc.

Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition Strategic Communications for Social Change

1601 Guilford Avenue www.baltimoreharmreduction.org Organization Mission: BHRC is comprised of a diverse group of students, health professionals, and community members who are committed to harm reduction principles and who engage in education, advocacy, and service in the Baltimore area and statewide. Project Title & Description: Volunteer Training Development BHRC currently engages a number of volunteers to conduct naloxone trainings and connects volunteers with other opportunities in the community. By September 2018 BHRC will have more programs in house to recruit volunteers for. However, BHRC does not have a comprehensive volunteer orientation training. SSS will be engaged to develop, trouble shoot, and implement new training curriculum to ensure that all volunteers have a shared base knowledge. Student Leader Responsibilities:

Work with current staff to develop draft training curriculum, present that curriculum to incoming volunteers, and tweak/update the curriculum as needed from the first round of trainings. The volunteer training will be broken up into various topics that will each have a corresponding presentation and activities for participants to learn from.

Coordinate the curriculum development with a team made up of volunteers, advisory board members, and staff, as well as generate content for some of the topics herself/himself/themselves

Schedule and present at the first BHRC volunteer orientation training

Conduct an evaluation of the first training and make necessary updates and changes to the curriculum based on that feedback

Additional Volunteer Opportunities:

The student leader will engage at least 4 volunteers from our existing pool of BHRC members to collaboratively come up with content and lead the training.

Public Justice Center Strategic Communications for Social Change

One N. Charles St., Suite 200 www.publicjustice.org Organization Mission: The Public Justice Center (PJC) pursues systemic change to build a just society. Founded in Maryland in 1985, the PJC uses legal advocacy tools to pursue social justice, economic and race equity, and fundamental human rights for people who are struggling to provide for their basic needs. The PJC is a civil legal aid office that provides advice and representation to low-income clients, advocates before legislatures and government agencies, and collaborates with community and advocacy organizations. The PJC chooses projects and cases that will make a significant impact on systems, laws, and policies. Current projects include bringing actions on behalf of low-income tenants, low-wage workers, immigrants, homeless and foster students, and families needing health care and benefits; using appellate cases to establish good law in poverty and civil rights cases; and coordinating a national coalition that works to establish a right to counsel for indigent persons in basic human needs civil cases. Project Title & Description: Strategic Communications for Social Change The Public Justice Center is looking for support in expanding the reach of our social media and other communications efforts. The student working with with PJC in this area would work within the parameters of the PJC's communications policy and also partner with PJC's development and project staff. They want this person to help PJC find opportunities to expand the conversation about the issues that concern the Public Justice Center and the solutions PJC brings to bear with a wider audience. Some of the work will be around building long-range communications content but other might be reactive based on real-time project needs. PJC is a nonprofit law firm that believes that their work is relevant in a public health sphere and interesting to people besides lawyers. The successful student scholar will help PJC frame their messages for a variety of audiences, drawing links between the PJC mission and current ideas in multiple fields. Student Leader Responsibilities:

Work within a team that manages the communications and fundraising efforts for PJC

Work with project staff interested in employing strategic communications campaigns as part of their effort to effect systemic change

Create long-range communications strategy and materials for project teams focused on social change in areas of housing, education, health care, workers' rights, and more.

Find content relevant to mission and link or translate for social media channels, linking to PJC's goals.

Build buzz on social media and other communications channels, expanding our reach to new audiences.

Organize other students to help expand online dialogue about specific issues and/or solutions relevant to PJC's mission

Additional Volunteer Opportunities:

Organizing and hosting group discussions such as twitter storms, google hangouts and other such group events.

Organize more volunteers to spread know-your-rights information through a variety communication platforms. This might include spreading information to low-income workers or students threatened with expulsion through text campaigns or appropriate social media channels.

Tap into PJC's existing volunteer networks including professionals and law students

Action in Maturity Health Outcomes Comparison Between Members and Non-

members 700 W. 40th St. www.actioninmaturity.org Organization Mission: Action In Maturity (AIM) helps vulnerable older adults in the Baltimore metropolitan area maintain their independence by connecting them to services and resources. Project Title & Description: Health Outcomes Comparison Between Members and Non-members AIM intends to use the SOURCE student to gather the data necessary to analyze and demonstrate answers to three questions.

1) Do AIM members realize better health outcomes than non-members who use AIM's services? 2) Which factors lead people to join AIM versus those who use the services but do not choose to join? 3) What type of outreach and programming would encourage men to join and/or participate in AIM's programs?

Student Leader Responsibilities:

Help design the survey questions necessary to understand the current demographic, attitudinal and general health status of approximately 500 AIM members and 500 non-members who participate in AIM's programs but are not AIM members;

Research AIM records to recruit survey participants from both groups;

Conduct outreach for both groups to secure participants willing to give informed consent;

Gather and analyze data from both groups;

Prepare written final report detailing results and answering the 3 questions Additional Volunteer Opportunities:

Collect a large amount of information

Help with designing the survey, planning the outreach, and analyzing the results

IBR/REACH Health Services Program Retention in a Community Based Opioid Treatment

Program 2104 Maryland Ave www.ibrinc.org Organization Mission: To improve the quality of life in our community by providing comprehensive services that promote patient dignity, well-being, and recovery. Project Title & Description: Program Retention in a Community Based Opioid Treatment Program Students will perform data collection to assist the opioid treatment program in discovering the reasons why patients are leaving the program before or after achieving sustained recovery. Student Leader Responsibilities:

Conduct an electronic chart audit to discover patient's reasons for leaving this treatment program (quitting, transferring, incarceration) by analyzing date of admission, date of discharge, and length of stay

Work with preceptors to determine a proper methodology for analyzing data collected

Deliverables will include a graph showing results and trends, a summary by reason for discharge, and a write up of results and recommendations

Additional Volunteer Opportunities:

Assist in data collection and analysis

Conduct staff interviews to obtain opinions regarding discharge reasoning

Research evidenced-based practices for program retention to offer suggestions on how to improve patient satisfaction and recovery outcomes

Jubilee Arts (Intersection of Change) Improving Donation Flow for an IPV Shelter

1947 Pennsylvania Ave http://jubileearts.wixsite.com/youthinbusiness

Organization Mission: Youth in Business (YiB) is a program at Jubilee Arts that cultivates the entrepreneurial leadership skills of high school aged youth by providing hands on experience operating an art-based business. Through the Youth in Business design collective, youth learn how to run a successful business as a team, selling high quality art products to achieve cooperative financial sustainability for youth owners. Youth are supported in leadership development within the program in addition to career and higher education planning.

Project Title & Description: College and Career Access The Youth in Business program works with high school students in West Baltimore, a majority from the Sandtown-Winchester, Druid Heights and Upton neighborhoods. While the program is successful in providing economic opportunities to the youth while they are currently enrolled in programming, one of YiB’s gaps that they continue to experience is being able to support youth as they transition out of high school. Youth in Business is looking to develop a component to their existing program that support their youth's post-high school goals, including college access and career options.

Student Leader Responsibilities: Developing a curriculum and leading the fulfillment of it's goals around:

College campus tours

FAFSA support with students and parents

College Essay writing

SAT Prep

Bringing guest representatives from vocational programs such as YearUp, YoBaltimore, FoodWorks, etc

Connecting program participants to health and wellness services such as grief counseling, prenatal programs, etc. (when necessary)

Additional Volunteer Opportunities: Leading FAFSA workshops

Supervising campus tours

Tutoring

SAT prep

Supervising sales at community events where youth are selling their products

Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Education Fund, Inc. Improving Donation Flow for an IPV Shelter

2600 St. Paul St www.healthcareforall.com Organization Mission: Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Education Fund, Inc. is a small nonprofit advocacy organization that was founded in 2000 to expand access to quality affordable health care for all Marylanders. Project Title & Description: Maryland Faith Health Network The Maryland Faith Health Network was a pilot project of 70 area congregations and 3 local hospitals to build an infrastructure to best leverage the unique assets in faith and health institutions to promote population health. MCHI recruits congregations and provides training and resources to faith-based vounteers to build the capacity of health ministries. Now in the post-pilot phase, MCHI is interested in creating a sustainable peer to peer support network for congregations geared toward reducing avoidable hospitalizations, preventing/managing diabetes and substance use disorder. These specific areas have been identified by congregations and state health officials as top priorities for improving health outcomes and disparities in our state. This project will involve building relationships with local faith leaders, learning about their health ministries, promoting existing curricula within those structures and recruiting other members of the Hopkins community to facilitate educational events with congregations in the Network. We will also research grant opportunities/in-kind resources to support sustained efforts in participating congregations. Student Leader Responsibilities:

Meet with leaders from at least 20 congregations in the MCHI Network and capture a profile of their health ministry

Become familiar with MCHI educational resources and research other opportunities

Work with congregations to tailor educational efforts to their unique needs and capacity

Recruit members of the Hopkins community to assist with health promotion events/activities in the congregations as needed. An example would be working with a congregation to use the 8 week Food&Faith curriculum developed by JHSPH’s Center for a Liveable Future to promote health dietary habits as a part of a broader effort to help congregants prevent/better manage diabetes.

Document activities and evaluate impact on health attitudes and behaviors.

Participate in monthly calls Additional Volunteer Opportunities:

Assist in facilitating programming at congregations.

Participate in the sessions to respond to questions

Collecting and analyzing surveys

House of Ruth Maryland Improving Donation Flow for an IPV Shelter

2201 Argonne Drive www.hruth.org Organization Mission: The House of Ruth Maryland leads the fight to end violence against women and their children by confronting the attitudes, behaviors and systems that perpetuate it, and by providing victims with the services necessary to rebuild their lives safely and free of fear. Project Title & Description: Improving Donation Flow for an IPV Shelter This is an exciting opportunity for a Service Scholar to help establish the donation flow and inventory process for Maryland's largest non-profit intimate partner violence shelter. This coming Spring, the receiving of donations will move off-site from the Shelter. This change, which will better protect the confidential nature of the shelter, requires a new way of thinking about how donations will be inventoried, obtained, organized and distributed. New volunteer positions need to be developed. Although some structure will need to be in place prior to the Service Scholar starting, it is expected that the scholar will have a significant amount of input into the final procedures; will have opportunities to create systems and volunteer opportunities; and oversee/evaluate how those changes work. Student Leader Responsibilities:

Evaluate current system in place for inventory, acquisition, organization and distribution of donations.

Make recommendations and implement changes to this system that enhance the flow of the donation process.

Create and document procedures for this work.

Make recommendations and implement volunteer positions that intersect and enhance the Shelter handling of donations.

Additional Volunteer Opportunities:

Volunteer positions already exist to assist in organizing incoming donations and in the on-site Clothes Closet, a room where residents can shop for donated outfits.

New positions will need to be created and could include inventory, transport, and distribution of donations. The scholar can help House of Ruth think beyond basic volunteer tasks and create meaningful opportunities for volunteers that better enhance the overall donation flow process.

City Springs Elementary Middle City Springs Middle School Tutoring Lab

100 South Caroline St http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/8 Organization Mission: City Springs Elementary Middle’s vision is to be an exemplary, model school where students are meeting or exceeding academic standards in reading and math, students feel the joy of learning, parents are involved, and the entire community nurtures a solid partnership. With this vision, they promise an education for life. Project Title & Description: City Springs Middle School Tutoring Lab The City Springs Middle School Lab project will offer City Springs middle school students the opportunity to go to a tutoring lab located on school premises. The lab will be open 2-3 days a week for students in need of tutoring. The program will run after-school and students can come to the lab with signed parent permission. The lab will cover topics such as writing, reading and math (if tutors are available). By supporting students in middle school, especially 6th and 7th graders, the hope is that the students will perform better in the classroom and during testing periods. Student Leader Responsibilities:

Develop the logistics for the tutoring lab

Develop a protocol and recruiting volunteers

Work will be done in collaboration with the Community School Coordinator Additional Volunteer Opportunities:

Volunteers will be needed to serve as tutors.

Banner Neighborhoods Community Corporation Helping Seniors

2911 Pulaski Highway www.bannerneighborhoods.org Organization Mission: The mission of Banner Neighborhoods is to promote resident-based leadership, neighborhood pride and stability, and provide direct services that contribute to the overall viability of parts of East and Southeast communities in Baltimore City. Project Title & Description: Helping Seniors Banner is looking into expanding programming for participants in our Senior Home Maintenance program and other senior residents within the Banner Neighborhoods footprint in east and southeast Baltimore. Banner is currently working with Johns Hopkins students through SOURCE who will conduct focus groups with seniors in our program and seniors not in our program to determine additional services and activities that Banner should be offering. Additional services could be offering quarterly lunch and learn; aerobics/zumba in the park; and monthly trips to Social Security. Student Leader Responsibilities:

Assist in expanding programming opportunities for seniors (lunches workshops, and other enrichment programs)

Promote programs

Support planning and coordination of a program and its activities

Ensure implementation of policies and practices

Manage communications through media relations, social media etc.

Prepare paperwork and order material and support growth and program development Additional Volunteer Opportunities:

Assist in promoting the program

Clay Pots – Increasing Healthy Choices: A Wellness and Social Media

Campaign 1635 West Pratt Street www.claypotsbaltimore.org Organization Mission: Clay Pots... A Place to Grow is a non-profit (501c3) organization located in Southwest Baltimore. Formed in 2000 to provide a safe space for the community and a center that fosters spiritual and personal growth, Clay Pots has assisted hundreds of permanent and transient residents in accessing the tools to expand their horizons, tap into their potential, and succeed. Project Title & Description: Increasing Healthy Choices: A Wellness and Social Media Campaign Clay Pots has several programs which help give its guests concrete skills to succeed. Clay Pots is very interested, however, in nurturing the inner life of its guests as well. To this end, Clay Pots is excited to have a student initiate a Wellness Campaign at Clay Pots. Clay Pots envisions this campaign taking place in four stages: Neighborhood and Guest Assessment, Program Design, Program Implementation and Program Communications.

Neighborhood and Guest Assessment: Student will survey the community and our guest to determine the wellness programs that would most suit their needs.

Program Design: Based on data gathered in Phase 2, students will design a wellness program that directly speaks to the needs of our community. This can include but is no limited to programs in Nutrition Education, Movement-Based Modalities (Like yoga or Qi Gong), etc.

Program Implementation: Facilitating Programs, as appropriate.

Program Communications: Maintaining clear communications about the wellness program. Student Leader Responsibilities:

Maintaining visibility of the wellness program on social media and website

Deisgning Program Assessment Tools

Implementing at least 4-6 week wellness sessions

Building a strategic plan to integrate wellness more fully into Clay Pots programming

Facilitating or finding volunteers to facilitate wellness programs Additional Volunteer Opportunities:

Helping to survey guests for program relevancy

Teaching elements of the program

Maintaining public awarenss of wellness programs at Clay Pots through a consistent social media campaign

Finding volunteers to facilitate the wellness program

Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine – Student Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1073958939287675/?ref=group_header Organization Mission: Eliminating disparities in health care delivery, disease morbidity, and disease mortality are among SNMA's highest priorities. The chapter is also dedicated to the local community. SNMA participates in monthly service projects in the East Baltimore community and holds reproductive health/STD prevention education workshops at local high schools. SNMA members have worked with youth from elementary school to college to introduce them to the sciences and to serve as mentors. In this way, the SNMA strengthens the educational pipeline that leads from elementary school to medical school. Members organize a mentoring program with several of the high schools in East Baltimore and work closely with the minority pre-health organization at the undergraduate campus. Project Title & Description: Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) The Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) is targeted for minority freshman high school students who are interested in pursuing a career in a healthcare profession or the biomedical sciences. This program will be directed at recruiting high - achieving Baltimore 9th graders into a pipeline that will prepare them for the MERIT Health Leadership Academy. SNMA believes that this project will better prepare students for the rigorous nature of MERIT and for success on their path to medicine and beyond. Student Leader Responsibilities:

Coordination of the events involved with HPREP.

Spearhead the application process by screening and selecting the students who will be accepted into the program.

Coordinate between four (4) and six (6) three-hour sessions on weekends in the month of April, where SNMA will expose the students to different health professions, have academic preparation sessions, and work on a longitudinal project. The longitudinal project will aim to culminate in a presentation that explains why each student wants to go into his/her chosen profession and the steps he/she will need to take to reach that goal which may include graduating high school with achievements and matriculating at a university.

Recruit volunteers who will be willing and able to work with the students towards their goals and who will be able to provide instruction during the workshop days.

Coordinate presenters for theworkshop days through the month of May

Additional Volunteer Opportunities:

Teach students how to perform CPR on mannequins in the Simulation Center

Assist with workshop days

Collaborate with the scholars to ensure an elaborate presentation for the longitudinal project

Hopkins Volunteers at Commodore 100 N Chester St http://www.thecjrschool.org/ Organization Mission: The Commodore John Rodgers School aims to equip all students with the skills, experiences, and the mindset to make good choices in life. Together, CJR students stick to their 5 Promises and give 100% because anything is possible. The Newcomer Student Support Team (NeSST) is a SOURCE partnering student group that serves the needs of CJR students who have recently immigrated from Latin America and receive support from ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) programming. NeSST volunteers work with ESOL students in small groups in math or science classes. Healthy Minds is a SOURCE partnering student group that provides one-on-one supplemental instruction and academic support in math for students at Commodore. Healthy Minds are paired with students who are below grade level in math. Project Title & Description: Hopkins Volunteers at Commodore This project seeks to create a coordinated system and student group that will assist in the recruitment and oversight of Hopkins volunteers at Commodore. Although individual groups (e.g., NeSST and Healthy Minds) will remain separate, this project will establish an umbrella structure where students involved in any program affiliated with Hopkins Volunteers at Commodore can go for guided support, training and facilitated reflection. Other volunteer programs available to Hopkins students include a reading compainion program and serving as college rediness coaches. Student Leader Responsibilities:

Develop volunteer recruitment and training materials Facilitate recruitment events and info sessions for potential volunteers Provide trainings for volunteers in collaboration with Commodore faculty and staff Develop retention strategies for volunteers Become officially recognized student group on campus Improve communication and camaraderie among Hopkins Volunteers at CJR. Recruit additional volunteer leaders to oversee programs Plan and facilitate reflections Plan and execute one-time service projects

Additional Volunteer Opportunities:

Volunteers will serve as tutors in the programs at Commodore

Volunteers will take on leadership roles within the student groups

Volunteers will assist with developing trainings and reflections for other volunteers