New Canvasser Orientation
We make this to set shifts up to 2 weeks in advance
What is a schedule?
The location where the canvass team will do VR
What is the site?
When you act out registering a community member before a shift starts.
What is rap practice or role play?
You should ensure canvassers are doing this to attract potential registrants
What is smile/being friendly/eye contact
At this point of quality control, you look over each form in front of the canvasser and ask them about missing information.
What is Visual Inspection/Quality Control?
Canvassers can share their best practices to overcome this; the most common word canvassers will hear.
What is the no?
Canvassers should do this Before every shift
What is Sign in, heath and saftey check, rap practice/roleplay, review goals, get assignement/site and/or check that tablet is working and fully charged?
The Approach, The Ask and The Form
What are the the steps of a rap?
You should do this if the site is slow
What is change sites?
This document should be submitted during shift check out. which includes canvasser id, # of voter registrations, shift hours, shift goal, and notes
What is a cover sheet?
The process by which we determine a fraudulent form
What is Quality Control?
These should be set for canvassers before each shift
What are goals?
As a shift leader you can observe and give this to canvassers as they practice, in the field, and at the end of a shift.
What is feedback?
In field training, is usually handled by this staff person.
Who is the canvass lead or office field director? (We’ll accept either response here)
You take the time to address any flags that emerge from visual inspection as quality control in order to set them up for success before the next shift. canvasser is struggling, take the time to set them up for success.
What is Re-training?
Ideally all voter registrations will be submitted with both of these identification numbers.
What are penndot id and ssn?
Canvassers should be prepared to do this after their shift
What is debrief, Charge tablets, and/or confirm schedule?
This type of Site will have 10-100 people every 5 minutes.
What is a waterfall?
A best practice to use to make sure a form is completed in it's entirety
what is to review form as they fill out, all the way to signature and date
During your check out, you’d get canvassers perspective on foot traffic, stops per hour, and quality of the site.
What is Site Review?
The type of VR that we do is non-partisan
What is C3?
How to calculate how many volunteers you will have for your shift/event
What is rule of halves?
May 5th, 2025
When is the last day to register to vote for the primary?
This type of check-in allows to see how many forms have been collected, how many have phone #'s and how many people they have come into contact with
What is mid-shift check in
How many registrations are collected in an allotted amount of time
What is VR rate per hour?