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Volunteer Opportunities

This event depends on the generosity of parent and community volunteers to make it successful  We greatly appreciate your interest in volunteering your time and help make this happen. We will do our best to place you in the areas that you request but please be flexible if we need your expertise in other areas.

If you are interested in volunteering during the BVSD Battle of the Books district competition, please fill out this sign up form.

Volunteer roles

Setup - move and set up the check in table, tape up directional signs, move classroom desks to team hubs, set up the prize table (medals, books).

  • Friday evening, 5:00-7:00 TBD

Check In Table - greet volunteers, competitors, and families, direct them to their assigned area. 45 minutes.

  • Saturday, TBD

    • Session 1, 8:45-9:30

    • Session 2, 11:15-12:00

    • Session 3, 1:45-2:30

    • Session 4, 4:15-5:00

Traffic control or technical runner - direct students and families to the correct locations, monitor classrooms for technical difficulties and communicate technical issues with IT/Rae. 2 hours.

  • Saturday, TBD

    • Session 1,  9:00-11:00

    • Session 2, 11:30-1:30

    • Session 3, 2:00-4:00

    • Session 4,  4:30-6:30

Teardown - take down and return tables, remove directional signs, move classroom desks back to original setting, pack BoB materials, carry to cars. 30ish minutes

  • Saturday evening, 6:30-7:00pm TBD

 

*NEW*

Rather than one presentation with one moderator over the intercom across all the rooms as in past years, each  room will have 3-4 adults in the following three roles. Team managers will fill most of these roles, but we would like to have backup volunteers. 

  • one Proctor, 
  • one Timekeeper, 
  • the remaining adults will be Room Monitors. 

Proctor

  • Be familiar with all of the books on the list for the level of your competition.

  • You will have time to review the questions. Read the questions beforehand so misreading will not be a problem. Be prepared for tiebreaker questions. 

  • This person is the one who “runs” the Battle , asking questions and prompting the Team Captain to advance to the next question.

Timekeeper

  • Will use a stopwatch/digital timer to start time after each question is read and indicate when the 30 second time period has expired for each question.

Room monitors

  • Monitor all teams during the Battle, making sure team members are demonstrating good sportsmanship. 

  • Ensure each team works on answers to the questions without outside help,

  • Verify that the Team Captain submits answers when directed after the 30 second time limit is announced by the timekeeper.

  • Troubleshoot technical issues and communicate with the Battle of the Books coordinator if the schedule needs to shift to accommodate issues.

I so appreciate your energy and enthusiasm in volunteering for this event!

There will be a Virtual Volunteer Meeting in March to discuss roles and asked questions. If you have thoughts or ideas in the meantime, feel free to email me.