Job description
The Albion College AmeriCorps program is funded through the Michigan Community Service Commission, which utilizes service as a strategy to address the state's most pressing issues and empowers volunteers to strengthen communities. The Albion College AmeriCorps program seeks to allow its students to help their fellow citizens, serve their local and campus communities, and benefit from the growth and development provided through National Service. Members will serve alongside their peers, collaborating to address barriers and gaps in services within the areas of Youth Development, Sustainability and the Environment, Food Security, Health and Wellness and Economic Opportunity and Development. Members are placed with community partners based on their personal and professional interests, skills and goals. Members receive intensive support and specialized training. Albion is a high-need community whose citizens have long experienced pervasive problems that affect health, well-being, and quality of life, including systemic poverty, health outcomes, educational attainment, racial justice issues, and unemployment/underemployment. Placement sites will receive Member assistance to build permanent capacity and increase volunteer engagement. Activities in this area may include creating volunteer recruitment campaigns, building a volunteer screening process for the host site, producing volunteer training and development curricula including videos or written materials, building volunteer tracking systems, designing volunteer recognition programs, and/or writing volunteer training manuals. Members may also engage in direct service for the sake of informing capacity building efforts. This opportunity is available to Albion College undergraduate students only.
Please note:
This listing is currently not accepting applications.
This listing is currently not accepting applications.
Member Duties : Members will increase capacity for local nonprofits and increase services being provided, expand offerings or increase the number of individuals being served in our community. Activities will include development of volunteer recruitment campaigns, screening processes, training and development curricula, tracking systems, and recognition programs. Additionally, members will formulate plans to support new program development, marketing and assessment. AmeriCorps members will serve students K-12 who attend educational institutions in the Marshall Public School District or who participate in extracurriculars in Albion. Activities will include tutoring, mentoring, coaching, service-learning, summer learning, mentoring, after school programming to provide social-emotional support, STEM, athletics, creative and expressive arts and life skills development. Members will support program and curriculum development as well as program delivery.
Program Benefits : Training , Living Allowance , Education award upon successful completion of service .
Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours .
Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours .
Service Areas :
Community Outreach , Children/Youth .
Community Outreach , Children/Youth .
Skills :
Team Work , General Skills .
Team Work , General Skills .
SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps State / National
Program
Albion College AmeriCorps
Program Start/End Date
05/15/2023 - 08/15/2023
Work Schedule
Summer
Education level
Some college
Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None
Program Locations
MICHIGAN
Languages
English
Accepting Applications
From 03/01/2023 To 05/20/2023
Contact
Lindsey Knowlden
611 E Porter St
Albion MI 49224
3158545452
lknowlden@albion.edu
Listing ID
102400
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