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Five Good Reasons…
Why You Should Volunteer for Project: Quality Time
1. You will have the opportunity to see your students and meet their families in a different environment and make them feel welcome at the museum.
2. You will also have the opportunity to see and collaborate with other MCPS art teachers, plus, you can go shopping in the gift shop for teaching resources.
3. You can bring your friends and family and make it a one-day vacation. After you volunteer at P:QT, take some time from your busy schedule; get out and see some of the latest art exhibits in the area. Once you are done, you have the rest of the day to explore the arts in Washington, D.C.
4. You can earn *Professional Development “FLEX” time.
5. And because…. We REALLY Need YOU!
If you have not participated in Project: Quality Time in the past, now is the time. Please sign up to volunteer for a segment of the Saturday event. Your job will be to greet MCPS students and their families and direct them as they begin their self-guided adventure. To volunteer email Terry Lawrence (P:QT volunteer coordinator). Please include your home and cellular telephone numbers. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
*As an added incentive, I am proposing that you plan to use this opportunity to fulfill part of your MCPS contractual 16 hours of Individual Professional Development Time. This can be achieved by promoting this event at your school and volunteering. If you volunteer, you will receive documentation from the P:QT committee that verifies your hours. Note: Please confirm this with your staff development teacher.
Volunteer Guidelines 2007/2008
Preparing for the Event:
1 Month before the event
- Submit a "Save the Date" paragraph to your school's PTA newseltter or make copies of the flyers to send home to students (English and Spanish provided) as a save the date. Consider using the Copy Plus service for the county (usually takes 2 days)
- Advertise in newsletters,
bulletin boards, class, PTA meetings, etc.
2 weeks before the event
- Make copies and send home the flyer. Consider using the Copy Plus service for the county.
- Encourage your students to attend the event (ideas: tell them you will be there, offer an incentive for participation)
- Teach a lesson about a work of art at the featured museum and encourage students to go see that work of art.
- Talk to your students about art museums and museum etiquette.
- If you have the video available, show How To Visit An Art Museum, available through Crystal Art productions
- Show a power point to your classes to encourage them to attend the
event. Click here
for the 2007-2008 sample power point to use today!
1 week before the event
- If you are interested, volunteer for the event by contacting Terri
Lawrence.
Day of the event
- If you are interested, attend the event. Attendance is NOT required
of the art teacher from participating schools.