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Policies Names of agency clients are to be held in strict confidence by volunteers. Inappropriate use of confidential material or information is sufficient grounds for termination of your volunteer service. Client records are not to be reviewed by volunteers/field experience/internship except with permission from supervisor. Ongoing training meetings at the volunteer site are part of the volunteer's job. Attendance is required unless you are excused by the immediate supervisor. If you are going to be absent from your volunteer site or field experience/internship, please give your supervisor advance notice. Volunteers should accept assignments given to them by staff at work site. If you cannot accept or finish an assignment, talk it over with your supervisor. If you are unable to continue your volunteer service, please give a two-week notice to the AAMU Service-Learning Network office, your site manager/coordinator, and your immediate supervisor at the agency. Please be sensitive to the needs of other staff for a quiet workplace and uninterrupted work time. Please do not use the telephone to make personal phone calls. If you must make a telephone call, ask permission from your supervisor. Always sign in and out when you report to the work site. Weekly contact/hourly sheets should be completed and initialed by your supervisor and turned in bi-weekly to the site manager/coordinator, director, or department. Feel free to ask your supervisor or a staff member for any information you need to perform your job more efficiently, If you are not sure how to handle a situation, talk it over with your supervisor. Volunteers' service performance will be formally evaluated by their supervisor at the volunteer site. The volunteers may be asked to evaluate the collaborating agency in which they are performing volunteer service. Volunteers are entitled to references, awards, and incentives. Volunteers requiring a verification letter for community service hours must submit a request to the Service-Learning Network Coordinator, the site director, or departmental advisor or teacher. Home | Mission | Goals | Agencies | Policies | Guidelines Copyright © 2009 by Alabama Cooperative Extension System. All rights reserved in all media.   To contact us: Alabama Cooperative Extension System Urban Affairs & New Nontraditional Programs Service-Learning Network Patricia S. Henderson Alabama A&M University P.O. Box 967 Normal, AL 35762 Phone: 256-372-4101 Fax: 256-372-5433 E-mail: patricia.henderson@aamu.edu