Community Circle
Help Children Build Skills for Life.
Volunteer with Maple Counseling’s flagship Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) program.
Years of Impact
For more than 50 years, Community Circle has helped elementary school students develop emotional and social skills for success at school and in life.
Why It Matters
A Meaningful Role. A Lasting Impact.
Trained volunteers lead weekly 25-minute classroom lessons through active learning and group participation.
Communication and problem-solving
Identifying, expressing and managing feelings
Empathy and positive relationships
Skills that help prevent bullying
Volunteer Information
A Commitment That Makes a Difference.
Lead weekly 25-minute classroom lessons for elementary school students. Through active learning and group participation, help children communicate, solve problems, identify, express and manage feelings, build empathy and develop skills that help prevent bullying.
A minimum of one school year.
Attendance is required.
Tuesdays, 12:15–1:30 p.m.
Join via Zoom or in person at Maple Counseling.
Training and ongoing support are provided. Training takes place during weekly supervision meetings. New volunteers must also observe several current leaders conducting sessions in classrooms at different schools.
Volunteers include retired teachers, therapists, doctors, dentists and people interested in pursuing advanced psychology degrees. Many have served with the program for at least 10 years.
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