CONFERENCE VOLUNTEERS
The Homeschool Iowa Conference would not be possible
without our tremendous volunteers.
If you have willing hands and a servant’s heart,
we want you to join our team!
We have 3 volunteer options
for teens & adults:
• Onsite Full-or-Part-Time Conference Volunteers
• Offsite KIDS TREK Program Volunteers
• Year-Round Conference Team Volunteers
If you'd like to experience the incredible blessing
of serving on our year-round conference team, email us now at [email protected].
Security Team Members will be responsible to watch various conference entrances for unregistered persons. Conference attendees will be issued a wristband to be worn for the duration of the event. Your job will be to check each person entering the exhibit hall for wristbands, direct persons who have no wristbands – or have removed their wristbands – to the registration area, and give general directions and information.
Veteran & Short Shift Security Team Members may be responsible to watch various conference entrances and assigned areas for suspicious activity. You will be directed by our Security Team Leader about the proper response to inappropriate or suspicious activity.
Our Used Curriculum Sale Team Members will be responsible for working with the Used Curriculum Sale Team Leader to facilitate proper set-up, tear down, attendee admission and navigation. You must have experience handling money, providing proper change, and have good communication skills.
Snack Room Team Members will assist coordinators with setup, tear-down, and sales in the snack room area.
Parking/Traffic Team Members assist our attendees in finding parking in our facility lots and help attendees safely move between the church and the community center.
Homeschool Iowa Conference Children’s Program volunteers participate on leadership teams, with each volunteer expected to decorate classrooms, teach lessons, help lead activities, and enjoy an amazing experience at our offsite Children's Program. In addition, positions are available on the drama team.
Attendance is required at the children's program site for setup and training sessions on THURSDAY, May 31, 2018 from 9:30am – 4:30pm (lunch provided).
Children’s Program team members must be available to work ALL day, BOTH days, FRIDAY & SATURDAY. during the children's program.
Want to get more involved? Interested in volunteering with the Homeschool Iowa Conference throughout the year? Are you skilled with computers, proficient in editing, gifted in hospitality, or just have a few hours to spare?
We'd love to have you join our amazing conference team works on various tasks all year round.
Email us now!
[email protected]
Recording Team Members are assigned to assist our conference-taping vendor, Rhino Technologies, with the recording and duplicating duties during the conference. This will include operating the recording equipment during speaker workshops and keynote sessions and helping with duplicating and labeling tapes/CDs. The crew from Rhino Technologies will give you further instructions on their taping operation and what they expect from you.
A/V and IT Technicians meet the needs of our speakers, staff and attendees as they work with our media equipment. You must be familiar with Mac and/or PC computers and their ability to connect with a variety of display options. You must be able to troubleshoot connection difficulties and make the necessary corrections. You may be called on to directly assist speakers in their presentations by manually operating the computers and displays. You may also be called upon to aid in response to technical difficulties of audio or recording equipment within your assigned area.
Exhibit Hall Assistants will assist our Exhibit Hall Coordinator or designee with conference exhibitors and related activities. It is very important to us that our exhibitors are well cared for before, during, and after the conference. The Exhibit Hall Coordinator or their designee will direct you to specific tasks during the conference. These responsibilities may include: running errands, helping at exhibit booths as needed, assisting attendees with purchases, assisting with exhibitor registration and other related tasks.
Click on the volunteer handbooks below for complete details
“Volunteers are love in motion.”
~Author Unknown
Open the Conference Volunteer Handbook
Questions?
Use our Contact Us form
and direct your message to our
Conference Volunteer Coordinator.
Now closed for 2024.
Open the KIDS TREK Volunteer Handbook
Questions?
Use our Contact Us form
and direct your message to our
KIDS TREK Volunteer Coordinator.
Volunteer REQUIREMENTS
ALL Homeschool Iowa Conference volunteers must:
• Be 18 or older and either a current Homeschool Iowa member, a homeschool graduate, or an adult who has demonstrated dedication toward homeschooling
OR
• Be at least 14 years old by June 1, 2021, with at least one parent who is a current Homeschool Iowa member and will attend the 2021 Homeschool Iowa Conference.
CONFERENCE ON-SITE
VOLUNTEERS
Additionally, on-site Conference volunteers must:
• Serve all-day, both days, Friday & Saturday, June 18-19 (admission, lunches, & t-shirt provided)
OR
• Serve at least a 4-hour shift on a day in which conference registration has been paid (t-shirt provided).
• Complete a volunteer application on or before June 1.
KIDS TREK OFF-SITE
VOLUNTEERS
Additionally, off-site KIDS TREK volunteers must:
• Attend training and assist with KIDS TREK setup on THURSDAY, June 17, from 11:00am-5:00pm (lunch provided).
• Serve at the KIDS TREK Program ALL day, BOTH days, FRIDAY & SATURDAY, June 18-19 (lunch & t-shirt provided).
• Be able to stay for at least hour past the end of the last session on Saturday for tear-down and clean-up
• Complete the volunteer application and background check application on or before June 1.
For the safety and security purposes, all Homeschool Iowa KIDS TREK volunteers 16 years of age and older will be required to undergo a third party background check.
Due to the nature of the world we live in, those who refuse to comply will not be allowed to participate as KIDS TREK volunteers.
Previous volunteers are required to submit a new background check each year.
Homeschool Iowa utilizes a secure Christian organization to perform these background checks.
