Volunteer for High School Quiz Show's Super Sunday
| Hours: | 8:30am-5pm, Sunday, November 4 |
| Ages: | Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Volunteer |
We’re looking for 70 WGBH volunteers to help moderate and score the quiz, as well as to get teams to their testing rooms.
Teams will arrive in three shifts throughout the day and each team takes an oral quiz. Volunteers are asked to make a full-day commitment (8:30am to 5pm). Training takes place in the early morning and lunch is provided.
Please review the Super Sunday volunteer position descriptions listed below and email jaime_reese@wgbh.org if you'd like to help. Please make sure to include the following information in your email response:
- Your full name
- Preferred position
- Prior education and/or test giving experience (for Moderator position)
Moderator (must be 25+ years)
• Enforces all rules in a fair and judicious manner
• Reads all questions and determines if the given answer is correct or incorrect
• Spells difficult or foreign words
• Keeps informal time count for responses
• Ensures materials and results remain confidential
• Position requirement: Moderators must have a clear voice and strong command of the English language. Prior education experience is also a plus.
Scorekeeper (must be 20+ years)
• Notes correct and incorrect answers on a score sheet while quiz is being administered
• Ensures score is consistent with the team coach’s score sheet after each section of the quiz is completed
• Adds up categories to determine the official score of the quiz
• Secures the signature of the coach, thereby signifying agreement on total point count
• Position requirement: Scorekeeper must be competent in math, organized and accurate.
Registration
• Greets teams and coaches as they arrive
• Checks schools off a printed registration list
• Answers general questions about the day’s events
• Position requirement: Registration volunteers must be friendly, organized and outgoing.
Floater
• Keeps guests out of Yawkey until its time for them to be matched up with Moderators and Scorekeepers
• Runs the elevator to testing room floors
• Checks testing rooms and signs on their floors; takes down signs at the end of the day
• Provides schools with directions to testing rooms, bathrooms, etc.
• Position requirement: Floaters must be friendly, outgoing and eager to provide assistance to guests.
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