All volunteers serve at the request of principals and classroom teachers.
Volunteers work as classroom assistants, tutors, mentors, and library and computer lab assistants in grades K-12. The majority are recruited from the University undergraduate student body. Some students arrange to use placements to meet practicum or course requirements or as part of course work. Kindergarten Corps The Center for Field Services and Studies was asked to work with the city of Lowell to develop a pilot kindergarten support program. Since February 1990, SVL recruits and trains Kindermentors to serve in standard classrooms with the highest rates of failure in Kindergarten screening.