WIT VOLUNTEER RESOURCES

Through the WIT + Savvy Cyber Kids Volunteer Program, you can help children learn how to remain safe and be empowered to make appropriate decisions in the online world.

How to be a successful Volunteer:

Are you friends with a teacher or administrator at a local school? Great, reach out to them and offer to be a volunteer mystery reader in their pre-K or Kindergarten classroom (sample email wording below).

Don’t know a teacher or administrator? Use our elementary school finder to locate schools closest to you where you work or live. Most schools provide contact information for their teachers and administrators on their websites (usually listed under Quick Links, Staff or similar). Search for Pre-K and Kindergarten staff if available as an option. Elementary school finder: https://savvycyberkids.netlify.app/.

Send an email to the Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers using the following draft wording (feel free to edit and make it your own!):

Hi (school contact name here),

My name is [your name here] and I am excited to share that I am a volunteer for the Women in Technology (WIT) and Savvy Cyber Kids cyber safety educational initiative for Pre-K and Kindergarten students.

Kids are put in front of screens at home at the youngest ages and we teach them in a fun way about personal internet safety, bully response, and technology balance.

How do we teach seemingly complex topics to young children? We read (and then donate to your classroom!) a book specifically designed for young learners called The Savvy Cyber Kids at Home: Three Book Collection (details here: https://amzn.to/4fJwQ2V)

Are there a few days and times you have designated for mystery readers that would work for me to read to your students and lead them through a fun interactive activity?

I look forward to hearing from you and reading to your students!

Thanks,
(Your name)
(Your email)

Learn more about WIT: (enter your WIT website)
Learn more about Savvy Cyber Kids: https://savvycyberkids.org/

Notes on scheduling:

• Make sure you book dates that are at least 3 weeks in the future so we have time to mail you the book to bring with you (and leave at the school).
• Teachers are busy! If you don’t hear back in a week, send a follow-up message.

Once you have secured the school, date, and time to volunteer, complete the shipping form (we have partnered with Thryft Ship) so we can ship you your book. Please complete this form 2 weeks prior to your visit to allow for mail delays. Fill out one form for each school where you will volunteer. 

Here are the lesson plans and activity sheets for each book in the series. If this is your first visit at a school, use book one (The Family Gets a Computer) resources with students. If you go back to volunteer in the same classroom you can use the other books in the series.

Please post pictures of your volunteering activities so we can share your amazing work and tag us:    

Thank you for your partnership in helping to educate a generation.