Quiz: Volunteer Recruitment and Coaching

Select one source of volunteers that is not appropriate for OMA:

According to the Volunteer Recruitment video, it is important to:

In the video, we recommend rewarding volunteers with printed photographs of the volunteers and their partners taken during an OMA session.

Some examples of high school teachers to contact are:

Select the item that was not mentioned by the six student volunteers as one of the benefits gained from volunteering with OMA:

Situation 1: “Specific Guidance”

An OMA artist is unsure of her ability. She repeatedly asks her volunteer partner questions such as, “What do you think? What color should I use? Where should I paint?” The volunteer responds with her opinion by answering the questions directly, i.e., “I think you should use blue” and “Put some more color here” while pointing.

Select the best coaching response you would say to the volunteer:

Situation 2: “Non-specific Guidance”

An OMA artist appears unsure of how to proceed. She says to her volunteer partner “I don’t know what to do”. You hear the partner responds “You can do whatever you want.” The artist doesn’t respond.

Select the best coaching response you would say to the volunteer:

Situation 3: “Refusal to Do the Project”

You overhear an artist say to her volunteer partner, “I don’t want to do this art.” The volunteer responds, “I’m going to look bad if you don’t do it. Come on- it’ll be great!”

Select the best coaching response you would say to the volunteer:

Situation 4: “Rushing”

You have observed that a volunteer speaks rapidly, provides directions quickly, attempts to direct her partner to move quickly from one step to the next step of the project, and then pulls her cell phone from her pocket and looks at the time. 

Select the best coaching response you would say to the volunteer: