Position Overview and Impact: The Orange Public Library is looking for a volunteer who can read books to small groups of children in both English and Spanish.
Key Responsibilities:
- Volunteer will be responsible for picking a book to read to children in both English and Spanish during 30 minute storytimes.
- Volunteers can incorporate music, arts and crafts or other teaching methods into their storytime if prefered
- Volunteers create their own schedule, but typically need to do a storytime when children are present in the library (10am-6pm)
Qualifications:
- Some experience working with children, desired.
- Ability to bring a story to life through creativity and imagination
- Desire to help the library and members of the Orange community.
- Ideal volunteer will have good customer service and communication skills, patience, enthusiasm for working with others, and be willing and able to follow directions.
- Able to commit to and keep scheduled hours.
- Willingness and compassion for working with library patrons that come from diverse backgrounds and various walks of life.
Training and Support Provided: Orientation to the library and its children's library.
Benefits of Volunteering:
- Opportunity to inspire young children to use their imaginations and bring stories to life for them.
- Learn about the workings of a Library and the opportunity to develop working relationships with library staff.
- The library staff would be happy to write letters of recommendation for exceptional volunteer service.
Time Commitment: One 30 minute storytime per week. The Orange Public Library is open M – W from 10am-9pm and Th - Sat from 10am-6pm. The El Modena Branch is open M-W from 2-7pm and Th-Sat from 1-6pm.
Length of Commitment: Minimum 3 month commitment and 30 hours is requested
Requirements: All volunteers 16 and older are required to be drug screened and fingerprinted before they can volunteer at the Orange Public Library. This process is paid for by the City of Orange. Please note that City policy does not allow the library to accept court-referred volunteers.
Responsible To: Children's Librarian
