Volunteering in ESOL: Framework for Good Practice in Working with Volunteers in ESOL

Volunteering in ESOL

Framework for Good Practice in Working with Volunteers in ESOL

The Framework for Good Practice in Working with Volunteers in ESOL is designed to support work with volunteers in ESOL around Scotland. We hope that this framework will be useful for volunteers and ESOL and volunteer coordinators as well as organisations that are planning to work with volunteers in the future.

These templates are editable PDF documents and can be filled in to reflect your own organisation.

The following templates can be used for planning within your organisation as a whole:

Action Plan Discussion Template: to be used in a team discussion to decide which good practice goals need to be addressed
Action Plan Template: To decide which actions to take forward from the discussion
Impact/effort Matrix: To assess how effective discussed actions will be whilst considering the level of work that would be required to implement them

The following templates are divided into themes. Consider the good practice goals and challenge questions and give your organisation a score in each of these areas. These will form the basis of the discussions mentioned in the previous sections:

Theme 1: Volunteer Roles
Theme 2: Volunteer Recruitment and Selection
Theme 3: Induction and Initial Training
Theme 4: Professional Learning and Development
Theme 5: Coordination Support and Management
Theme 6: Making a Difference to Learners
Theme 7: Making a Difference to Volunteers

You can find examples of how these templates can be used in organisations in the Worked Examples folder.

- Action Plan Discussion Template
  - Volunteer ESOL Framework A8 Action Planning Discussion Template.pdf
- Action Plan Template
  - Volunteer ESOL Framework A10 Action Plan Template.pdf
- Full Framework
  - Framework Working with Volunteers in ESOL.pdf
  - Full Framework EDITABLE.pdf
- Impacteffort Matrix
  - Volunteer ESOL Framework A9 Impact-Effort Matrix.pdf
- Theme 1 Volunteer Roles
  - Volunteer ESOL Framework Theme 1.pdf
- Theme 2 Volunteer Recruitment and Selection
  - Volunteer ESOL Framework Theme 2 (2).pdf
- Theme 3 Induction and Initial Training
  - Volunteer ESOL Framework Theme 3.pdf
- Theme 4 Professional Learning and Development
  - Volunteer ESOL Framework Theme 4.pdf
- Theme 5 Coordination Support and Management
  - Volunteer ESOL Framework Theme 5.pdf
- Theme 6 Making a Difference to Learners
  - Volunteer ESOL Framework Theme 6.pdf
- Theme 7 Making a Difference to Volunteers
  - Volunteer ESOL Framework Theme 7.pdf
- Worked Examples
  - Worked Example Action Plan Template Vol Roles 3.pdf
  - Worked example Action Planning Discussion Vol Roles 3.pdf

Volunteering in ESOLFramework for Good Practice in Working with Volunteers in ESOL

Volunteering in ESOL
Framework for Good Practice in Working with Volunteers in ESOL