Albion College

Position: Albion College AmeriCorps
Albion College Ameri Corps

The Albion College Ameri Corps 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 Ameri Corps 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. Members are placed with community partners based on their personal and professional interests, skills and goals. Members receive intensive support and specialized training. 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. Further help on this page can be found by clicking here.

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. Ameri Corps 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 :
Education award upon successful completion of service , Living Allowance , Training .

Terms :

Permits working at another job during off hours .

Service Areas :

Children/Youth , Community Outreach .

Skills :

General Skills , Team Work .