Volunteer Orientation

Raising Expectations mission is to support youth by providing which of the following? *

Recreational Activities
Mentoring Support
Healthy Eating
Academic Support

Raising Expectations specifically serves students within Atlanta Public Schools’ _______________ cluster schools. *

Carver High School
Mays High School
Washington High School
Douglass High School

Our organization goals are to provide youth with the opportunity to do which of the following (select all that apply): *

Achieve higher academic gains
Graduate from high school
Create post-secondary plans
Enroll in the Armed Services
Obtain a job after high school
Increase ACT/SAT scores
Increase GA Milestone scores

RE volunteers should have an understanding that the challenges our students content with before they walk through the doors of our site and that they should not take any of those __________ personally. *

steps
behaviors
consequences

The behaviors of our youth are an outward reflection on their experiences but, despite this, they continue to _____________ each year because they want a better life. *

repeat bad decisions
attend programming
complete their homework

While volunteering with RE in the afternoons, you will work with the same family. Which of the following comprise a family? (Select all that apply) *

Volunteers
Parents
Teachers
RE students
STEM Academic Leader
Community Members

___________ are the learning blocks that comprise Raising Expectations’ Academic Tutorial Academy. *

Teamwork, Homework & Fitness
Mentoring, STEM Lesson, Homework
Homework, STEM Lesson, Learning Lab
Learning Lab, Teambuilding, Recreation

One of RE’s fundamental beliefs is that effective tutoring stems from __________. *

Trusting relationships
Strong content knowledge
Students doing what they want
Giving student's answers

Raising Expectations' programs, serving 3rd - 12th graders, take place Monday through Thursday as follows:

Elementary or Middle School: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday (2:30 - 5:30PM)**
Middle School: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday (4:30 - 6:30PM)
High School: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (4:00 - 6:30PM)
Saturday Field Trips for all groups are scheduled throughout the year and are opportunities to volunteer and bond with students

**Tuesday volunteer opportunities for specialized enrichment activities (such as gardening, sewing, cooking, etc.) with Elementary or Middle School students (2:30 - 5:30) are available on a case by case basis. Please reach out if you are interested.

Raising Expectations' programs, serving 3rd - 12th graders, take place Monday through Thursday as follows:

Elementary or Middle School: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday (2:30 - 5:30PM)**

Middle School: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday (4:30 - 6:30PM)

High School: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (4:00 - 6:30PM)

Saturday Field Trips for all groups are scheduled throughout the year and are opportunities to volunteer and bond with students

**Tuesday volunteer opportunities for specialized enrichment activities (such as gardening, sewing, cooking, etc.) with Elementary or Middle School students (2:30 - 5:30) are available on a case by case basis. Please reach out if you are interested.

Please be sure to check your answers for those questions in the first section. Your score should be 80% or greater.