Volunteer

Description

Volunteers will assist in the collection of data from students in Junior Infants, Senior Infants, and 1st Class at six DEIS schools in Limerick city. The data comes from a series of skill based games and cover five areas of development.  

• Volunteers will receive training in the implementation of the games and the scoring criteria and then assist in the recording of data from the pupils.  
• Data collection will take place over an approximate 3 hour period at each of the six schools in early October and mid May.  
• There will be other research related activities at various points during the academic year.

Is training provided?:Yes

Please note that Garda Vetting is required for this position which will be processed with you after you apply.

Tasks that the volunteer(s) will be expected to undertake:

There are two main parts of the volunteer experience. The first part is the data collection which takes place during the school day for approximately a three hour period at each of the six schools.  This is a required time commitment.  The second part is very flexible and involves other aspects of research including data management, production of reports, etc.

Benefits of Volunteering:

This is a unique opportunity to work within the educational setting and should appear to people interested in education, social care, or social research.

Minimum time commitment per week:
Flexible/Varies

Additional screening required for this role::
Potential volunteers need to be Garda vetted and to submit a CV with their application.

Sustainable Development Goal:

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ATU - DONEGAL, ATU - GALWAY, ATU - MAYO, ATU - SLIGO, ATU - ST ANGELA'S, DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY, TU DUBLIN, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK