The Willows SeniorNet Learning Center needs volunteer staff members to maintain the resources required to bring quality services to our senior membership. If you are interested in volunteering, please email Bill at BSouza6280@aol.com. Thanks for your help.

Your San Jose SeniorNet Learning Center is staffed entirely by volunteers. Some volunteer opportunities require a bit of technical know-how but many do not. Listed below are several that anyone can help with.

Registration

We need volunteers to help register the new classes - tell people where to stand, help fill out the forms - you know the drill.

No technical skill required.

It's for three hours every 10 weeks.

Why not? You have to come for your own registration anyway.

Mailing

Of course, each class starts with a class announcement mailing. Each mailing has to be collated, stapled, mailing labels affixed, etc.

No technical skill required.

It's only for two or three hours every 10 weeks.

Telephoning

After the registration, often times there is a need to call students - find out why they didn't attend, see if they want to fill a vacancy, etc, etc.

No technical skill required.

A few hours on the telephone every 10 weeks - piece of cake.

Beginning Coaching

Now you may think of coaching as requiring deep subject knowledge and, in fact, some subject knowledge would be helpful. But there are also coaching functions that do NOT require subject knowledge, eg. signing in students, making handout copies, distributing and collecting handouts, etc.

Technical skill useful but not required.

Assist during each 2 hour class - 2, 4, or 8 days per session depending on the course.

Besides being fun and rewarding, you will be surprised how much you will learn.

And to show appreciation for continuing assistance

All volunteers can request priority enrollment for courses.

Volunteer Coaches/Instructors pay no fee for courses or manuals on a space available basis.

With priority enrollment, Coaches/Instructors pay the course fee but receive a free manual - (course fee refundable if the course is not otherwise filled).

Coaches/Instructors receive free manuals and may audit courses (with instructor's permission). Coaches/Instructors may obtain priority enrollment for "significant others".

After extended and significant service, volunteers may apply for free SeniorNet membership.

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