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Module 5: Family and Community Partnerships

Working with Volunteers

Page 18
Recommended Optional Video:  TFP Early Childhood Education Volunteer
Source:  TheFamilyPlaceDC's
1.5 minutes
Click here to view this video on Youtube. 
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Information for the following worksheet can be found in the Child Care Center Licensing Guidebook (2nd ed., DEL 2006) 26
Topics related to volunteers can be found on the following pages of the Child Care Licensing Guidebook:
  1. RCW170-295-0070-- What personal characteristics do my volunteers, staff and I need in order to provide care to children? - Page 15
  2. RCW170-295-1050--Who can be a volunteer in a child care center? - Page 26
Additional topics that address volunteers:
  • Protecting Children - Page 16
  • What topics must my new staff/volunteer orientation include? - Page 32
  • What are the TB testing requirements for the staff/volunteers? - Page 39
  • Transportation - Page 87
  • Staff-to-Child Ratio on Field Trips - Page 88
  • Who is allowed to have unsupervised access to children in care? - Page 220
  • What personnel records and policies must I have? - Page 226

    Working with Volunteers

    Volunteers can be a wonderful way to both connect with the community and enhance your child care program.  Almost half of the adult American population does volunteer work, or as Marian Wright Edelman (founder of the Children’s Defense Fund) stated: "Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time."
    Answer the following questions True or False.
    According to Washington State law, child care center volunteers can:
 




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Alternate links for pop-ups:
Child Care Center Licensing Guidebook (2nd ed., DEL 2006) 
Handout 6: Volunteering in Washington State Child Care Center