Volunteership at Sadhana

Initial Dialog
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Any expected volunteer must send a written note of couple of

pages on
- How would you like to describe yourself? Your real interests
etc... (CV isnt enough)
- Why you want to volunteer at Sadhana?

Time limit is essential, I agree with that, and can be customized

with every volunteer, based on initial dialog, may be offer a week to
explore and make final decisions.

What we expect
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At Sadhana School, we expect volunteers to understand a list of

things to engage more actively with their own self and
environment. For example
- nature of being/childness
- how a child learns
- how learning takes place
- how our own learning and environment shapes us
- nature of questions that Sadhana school wants to address

Means to understand are unlearning, questioning, observation,

participation, going through Sadhana material, seminar videos,
talking actively with mentors, teachers etc.

Activities at school
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Few research based enquiries must be taken up by the volunteer in

context of Sadhana School. Volunteer can decide based on her/his
interest. There is a possibility that volunteer may not have skills for
doing the same, in that case, simple data gathering activity can be
assigned around some of these ideas or volunteers can work
together. We can share a list of examples or they can initiate some
ideas. Few examples could be
- studying drawing behaviors
- studying linguistic behaviors
- how musicality or sounds translate in child's world
- what is the meaning of space for a child
- impact of cameras/mobiles
- village v/s urban environment in context of child
- redefining idea of waste etc.
- nature of Sadhana curriculum etc.

Activities of craft-nature must be taken up by volunteers. S(he) can

offer to conduct the same in school space or can also learn one or
multiple activities in school space like farming, cooking, tailoring,
pottery, painting etc.

If these activities are considered as projects then there must be

deliverables of some significance. Nature of that deliverable, at
least, should not just be a written report or power point we can
brainstorm on its nature..

Aforementioned activities are expected from the volunteers not as

separate tasks. Any combination of any sort is possible; a research
theme can be approached through your engagement with the craft
or vice versa.

This is great idea of learning local language but school must offer
to take responsibility of teaching the language through whatever
means and needs to be effective and time bound.

Please add your suggestions, make changes, delete etc

Ideas to add
- A every day diary
- Devising alternative patterns to current systems of school
- Describe yourself as a child
- What is your idea of a school