Welcome to BSV’s digital toolbox.
From logistical info and important forms to inspiring articles that will push your learning, we’ve got what Berkeley Schools Volunteers need!
JOIN BSV!
- BSV Distance Learning Volunteer Application, 2020-21
- College aged? Apply to become a Zoom Mentor for a struggling middle schoolers for 2020-21!
- Join BSV’s COVID-response volunteer email list (one-time and ongoing volunteer events)
- BUSD Teachers: Request a BSV Volunteer!
- Returning BSV Volunteers ONLY: RE-apply to become a Distance Learning Volunteer for 2020-21!
Volunteers – Program Tools
- First Meeting Checklist for Distance Learning, 2020-21
- BSV Volunteer Contract, 2020-21
- BSV Minor Volunteer Permission Form
- Cal LiveScan Fingerprinting & DOJ/FBI Background Check INSTRUCTIONS & FORM, 2020-21
- Reimbursement Form for Fingerprinting
- 7 Online Learning Timefillers (for when you’re in a pinch!)
- BUSD’s Distance Learning Plan (including grade-level sample schedules)
- BUSD’s 2020-21 School Calendar
- BUSD Elementary School Attendance Zones
Volunteers – Tech Tools
- BUSD’s How to log into Clever Portal
- Creating and accessing your BUSD Zoom Account
- BUSD Password Change Instructions
- Google Classroom ‘How To’ Videos
- Zoom 1-pager Cheat sheet
- Need Tech Support? Email bsvtechsupport@berkeley.net
Host Teacher Resources
- BSV Distance Learning Volunteer Notification to Parents & Guardians, 2020-21 ENGLISH
- BSV Distance Learning Volunteer Notification to Parents & Guardians, 2020-21 SPANISH
- First Meeting Checklist for Distance Learning, 2020-21
- BSV Volunteer Contract, 2020-21
- BUSD Teachers: Request a BSV Volunteer!
Ongoing Learning: Equity in Education
- Building rapport with students: a Questions List from the National Equity Project
- Beyond the Buses (The Past and Present of Berkeley’s Desegregation Efforts), a three-part series in Berkeleyside
- The College Town Achievement Gap (An article highlighting a comprehensive Stanford study that shows that race, not income, is the discrepant factor in determining students success. The Atlantic, June 1st, 2017
- The Geography of Racial/Ethnic Test Score Gaps. (Updated analysis of the data set referenced in the College Town Achievement Gap above). By Sean Reardon, Demetra Kalogrides, Kenneth Shores of the Center for Education Policy Analysis, Stanford University. March 2018.
- Redlining: The History of Berkeley’s Segregated Neighborhoods. By Jessie Barber. Berkeleyside, Sept. 20, 2018.
Zoom Mentor Tools
Ongoing Learning: Racial Equity & Whiteness
- Nice White Parents, a Serial podcast about segregation inequities in New York public schools.
- The 1619 Project, a series of articles commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves on US soil. Produced by Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times Magazine. Stories turned into Podcast Episodes by the New York Times.
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh, 1988.
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo, 2018
- Scene on Radio’s Seeing White Series, a podcast series by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University