Sign Up!
We are always looking for enthusiastic volunteers to work with students in the classroom. UC Davis (undergraduate or graduate) students and postdocs interested in volunteering should read the following information, check out the volunteer calendar. Sign-up forms are emailed out at the beginning and end of each quarter. If you don't receive the sign-up email, free free to email our volunteer coordinator, Forrest Li (frrli [at] ucdavis.edu) to ask for the link to the sign-up forms.
Who can volunteer?
What is the structure of the after school program?
What are the requirements to volunteer?
What if I have other questions?
Who can volunteer?
- Current UC Davis undergraduate or graduate students or postdocs
- Any major or field of study (you don't have be in science, technology, engineering, or math)
- No teaching experience necessary, but we want people who are passionate about STEM and working with middle school students
What is the structure of the after school program?
- The club meets twice a month at each school
- Tuesdays 3–4pm at Holy Rosary Catholic School in the Science Lab (with travel time: 2:30-4:30pm)
- Thursdays 3–4pm at Winters Middle School in Room 1 (with travel time 2:30-4:30pm)
- Each meeting volunteers lead the middle school students in a hands-on STEM activity (designed by us!)
- The goal is to feature as many different branches of STEM (e.g. chemistry, ecology, engineering, etc.) as possible
What are the requirements to volunteer?
- Fill out the sign-up form
- Volunteers are NOT required to attend every after school meeting, they can choose which meetings they attend
- Volunteers MUST attend the specific preparation session (approximately one hour) the week before each after school meeting that they plan to attend
- Preparation sessions will cover the schedule, activity, etc. for each school meeting
What if I have other questions?
- Email our volunteer coordinator, Forrest Li (frrli [at] ucdavis.edu)
