The more older adults we can engage in our schools -- as mentors, after-school helpers and tutors -- the more our young people can benefit from the one-on-one attention.
Ahead of him, the lawyer-blacksmith saw many years of therapists, of special schools, of helpers.
A five-minute ride on the Bx4 bus takes her to her job as a school lunch helper at South Bronx High School, where she earns $11.25 an hour.
Adrienne Knox, a 55-year-old school lunch helper, echoed the feeling of many residents — not to mention hundreds of comments on local blogs and newspaper Web sites — when she said that Mr. Augusto's actions might give some criminals pause.
Gatekeeper programmes have been implemented and studied in many populations, including military personnel, clergy, public school staff, peer helpers and clinicians [ 9, 19, 20].
He started when he was 16, a dropout from school, as a helper on construction sites.
Schools often assign helpers to kids with problems such as Asperger's syndrome, ADHD or autism, so if you have any of these conditions, let the school know.
The commitments made by school visitors and reading helpers cannot be a flash in the pan.
In addition, younger babysitters can volunteer as mother's helpers after school and on weekends and take care of a child while their mother is present.
I know this for certain after spending my life as an education correspondent, visiting schools all over the world, sitting in on hundreds of lessons and talking to thousands of school students, teachers, principals, helpers and mentors.
