Project MOVE 2024
Information for Teams Leads
Participating as a Team Lead on Project MOVE 2024 will allow you to enhance your leadership skills through a community engagement experience. As a Team Lead, you serve as the point of contact between the community partner and the volunteers in your team. You will also assist in organizing team members before and during the day of the project.
Chose to be a Team Lead to have a more engaged serving experience! Aside from participating as a volunteer on the day of the event, you will also have added responsibilities that include the following:
Before the event:
- Complete the Team Lead survey
- Attend training and receive a Project MOVE packet.
- Connect with the community partner
- Contact the registered project team members via email to introduce yourself to the volunteers and provide your contact information
- Verify that all students, staff, and faculty have completed the online Release and Indemnification Agreement Form
- Review the map /driving directions and agree to meet at the site between 8:00 and 8:15 a.m.
- Encourage your team to carpool
We encourage you to sign up for Project MOVE 2024 as soon as possible. The application to sign up for a project will close on Friday, March 29, 2024. If you have any questions regarding the application or the event itself, contact us at projectmove@utep.edu.
Upon arrival at the project site:
- Introduce yourself as the Team Lead/ “go-to person” with the community partner contact
- Record Attendance - Use the roster in your packet and check the column for onsite volunteer attendance
- Distribute commemorative t-shirts too and provide any last-minute instructions
- Review a few “Do’s and Don’ts” and answer questions
- No photos unless approved by community partner
- Practice safe work practices (ventilation for paint, lifting, bending, drinking water, etc.)
- Be respectful of the site personnel and property
- Plan to remain at the site until the end of the work time
- Begin volunteer experience as instructed by the project site contact
- Ensure all volunteers follow the community partner contact’s instructions
We encourage you to participate as a Team Lead for Project MOVE 2024. The application to register will close on Friday, March 29th, 2024.
If you have any questions regarding the application or the event itself, please feel free to contact us at projectmove@utep.edu.
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