About ReSET

Volunteer opportunities in Washington, DC, Maryland,and Virginia

ReSET volunteers are retired scientists, engineers and technicians who give their time, energy, and expertise to schoolchildren in the D.C. metro area. The diversity and depth of experience reflected in our volunteers is impressive, from a geologist who helped plan the first landing on the moon to a biochemist who was laboratory chief at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Because our volunteers have had successful careers in their respective professions, they are living, breathing vocational guides who can make a dry curriculum come alive.

ReSET's hands-on, inquiry-based approach gives students direct, intuitive, dynamic encounters with science and math—improving their literacy and awareness, and promoting a positive attitude towards once "scary" subjects.

• ReSET offers informal educational experiences both in and outside the classroom.
• ReSET focuses on improving attitude and interest for lifelong learning.
• ReSET partners with a high percentage of economically disadvantaged schools and schools with predominately minority student populations.
• ReSET volunteers are the "genuine article"—real scientists, engineers, and technicians with practical, first hand experience.
• ReSET is intergenerational. Volunteers are the same age as the students' grandparents.