FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS about volunteering
 What is Streetside Stories?
Streetside Stories is a non-profit literacy arts program that works in San Francisco public middle schools. Through the power of storytelling, Streetside values and cultivates young people's voices, fostering educational equity and building community, literacy and arts skills.
Some of our programs:
» Storytelling Exchange
An in-school autobiographical writing program for sixth graders.
» Tech Tales
An in-school autobiographical digital storytelling program for seventh graders.
» Digital Teachers
An in-school partnership with KIPP schools that brings digital storytelling to 5th-8th grade students and their teachers.
» Streetside Stories After School
An autobiographical writing, theater and poetry program held after school.
» Student Anthologies
At the end of the Tech Tales and Storytelling Exchange each student receives an anthology from the program. The book and DVD are professional compilations of the students’ writing and digital stories.
How do Streetside volunteers get involved?
Storytelling Exchange, Digital Teachers and Tech Tales volunteers work one-on-one with students helping them to write their stories. They facilitate sharing stories in small groups and peer-editing groups. Digital Teachers and Tech Tales volunteers also help students create digital stories from their written stories. Tech Tales volunteers help with storyboarding, scanning images, typing scripts and editing with iMovie.
Streetside After School volunteers work one-on-one with students helping them to write autobiographical stories and poems. Volunteers also help students prepare to present their stories at the end of each 8-week session.
Student Anthology volunteers edit student stories from home. Volunteer opportunities require training and are competitive.
Student DVD Anthology volunteers scan images, type scripts and edit.
Where and when would I be volunteering?
The Storytelling Exchange and Tech Tales work in public schools, mostly middle schools, throughout San Francisco. Digital Teachers will also be working in some schools in the East Bay. We begin our in-school programs in mid-September and finish in early May. Workshop lengths vary from one to two hours long and take place throughout the school day (8:30 am-3:30 pm). Times vary with each school.
Streetside After School programs are at several schools and community centers throughout San Francisco. We begin our after school programs in mid-October and finish in late May. Workshops are between 1.5 and 2 hours long and happen between 3:30 and 6 pm. Each summer, we also offer a few summer programs, which offer occasional volunteer opportunities.
What is the time commitment?
We ask that you come in for a minimum of one class a week during the semester. You do not need to sign up for a specific day each week (i.e. every Tuesday).
How do I sign up?
Storytelling Exchange and Tech Tales volunteers must complete the following before going into the classroom:
» a volunteer application
» a TB test (submit Tuberculosis Examination Report -- valid for 4 years)
» a volunteer orientation
» an interview with the Streetside Stories Outreach Coordinator
» a background check (we will check your name and address against the State's sex offenders database.)
Streetside After School volunteers must complete the following before going into the classroom:
» a volunteer application
» a TB test (submit Tuberculosis Examination Report -- valid for 4 years)
» a volunteer orientation
» an interview with the Streetside Stories Outreach Coordinator
» livescan (More information about fingerprinting will be provided at the orientation.)
For more information, please call (415) 864-5221.
"When our waiter came, I ordered a hamburger and french fries. I couldn't wait to sink my teeth into the burger. Then, ring! It was my cell phone, and my mom was calling me. When I answered the phone, my mom sounded so mad..."
Lucas Long, Claire Lilienthal School |
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