Updated 02/13/24

ASDE is currently working on a variety of projects to build a bigger presence in the SDE community through community engagements, tangible resources and a future opportunity to join us at an in-person conference in 2025! We are looking for volunteers to support our growing team. Please also take a look at our values and make sure they align well for you before filling out our volunteer form.

Our needs at present are as follows, and we would love to know if you would be interested in joining us. The minimum we ask is that all volunteers join our Slack workspace and participate in monthly working group meetings.

Volunteer needs and ways you can support ASDE on the regular:

• Join the Resource Directory Team. Passionate about finding and maintaining Self-Directed Education-related resource, possible monthly meetings.
• Join the Tipping Points Magazine Team (especially looking for youth volunteers) – We are looking for people who are excited to join our team, even if grammar and writing skills aren’t your strengths. We ask volunteers to join monthly team meetings. Some other volunteer opportunities could include discussing article topic ideas, content creation, editing/proofreading, contacting possible contributors, and more.
• Tech Volunteers. Key skills/experience: Familiarity with WordPress and PHP, comfortable using GIT.
• Record Readings for Substack (reading scripts out loud to build in audio accessibility)
• Online Space Facilitators and Notetakers for Events
• Join the Marketing Team – Monthly Zoom meetings, Graphic design, Social media