Take the time to match the volunteer s skills with the task assigned. Listen You may wonder why we ve suggested that you start looking for volunteers before you do the final design for your education project. There are two reasons for this. The volunteers will have useful ideas to contribute to the design. For example, a retired teacher may know which schools in the district are most likely to have important artifacts tucked away behind the furnace.
People are often more willing to participate if they ve been part of the decision-making process.
This is it you ve got your goals, you ve got a little funding, and you ve got some eager volunteers. Now you re ready to design a project. This will most likely mean adding education history to existing collections Each of these types of projects requires different procedures and different skills on the part of the volunteers. You might use the skills available in your community and in your volunteers as a guide to the best type of project. In most cases, volunteers will have to learn how to handle historical materials.