AmeriCorps YOUth Serve Member

Overview

Description

We are now accepting applications for the Y.O.U. Ameri Corps Y.O.U.th Serve  program. Ameri Corps is an opportunity to make a big difference in your life and in the lives of those around you. It’s a chance to apply your skills and ideals toward helping others and meeting critical needs in the community. Whether your service makes a community safer, gives a child a second chance, or helps protect the environment, you’ll be getting things done through Ameri Corps!

How to Apply [REQUIRED]

There are two applications to complete separately.

About Y.O.U’s Ameri Corps Y.O.U.th Serve

Y.O.U.’s Ameri Corps program is called Y.O.U.th Serve. Its goals are

• To increase academic performance, social and emotional development, and gang resilience in youth.
• To increase levels of parental engagement in youths’ lives and Y.O.U. programming.
• To leverage volunteers as a result of our program.

What You’ll Do

Y.O.U.th Serve Members support youth by serving in Y.O.U.'s after school and summer programs. Y.O.U.th Serve Members will provide youth with crucial academic support and help lead workshops on social and emotional enrichment and life skills. Y.O.U.th Serve Members will also assist the program in building relationships with families, community members and school administration.

Ameri Corps Time Commitment

• Full-Time members must work a minimum of 30 hours per week.
• Part-Time members will work between 5 and 29 hours per week

Your Supervisors

All Y.O.U.th Serve Members will report to Y.O.U.’s Ameri Corps Manager and an After-School Program Site Manager.

Roles

Primary Responsibilities

Direct Service (70%)

• Assist with a variety of enrichment activities on a daily basis including but not limited to social justice, anti- racist, cultural, artistic, physical fitness, STEM, adolescent identity and self-exploration, and other academic enrichment activities on a daily basis.
• Integrate and adapt educational best practices learned and curriculum during programs.
• Assist instructors and service providers with small group instruction and facilitate homework help in a safe and structured environment including but not limited to one on one academic support for students.
• Provide individual and small group tutoring sessions in partnering schools.
• Incorporate feedback in daily tasks from Y.O.U. out-of-school time leadership and school district administrators.
• Set classroom management expectations and agreements based on Y.O.U. guidelines and standards.
• Engage youth in meaningful service learning projects.
• Cultivate positive relationships with youth that support their success and well-being in and out of school time.
• Assist in planning, coordinating, and hosting periodic family nights.
• Assist in planning, coordinating and transporting youth on field trips.
• Coordinate and implement Y.O.U. summer learning camps.
• Participates in community and organizational events as volunteers as guided by the organization.

Administrative (10%)

• Facilitates youth surveys.
• Create monthly newsletters and calendars to send out to program families.
• Attend weekly site-based team meetings, bi-weekly grade level team meetings and monthly direct service team meetings.
• Complete assessments as needed in support of OST data and evaluation efforts.
• Assist with daily snack prep for the program.
• Inventory and supply shop for educational program supplies on an on-going basis.
• Participates either as volunteers or paid attendees at organizational fundraisers.

Training & Other (20%)

• Participate in, lead, and attend all required volunteer activities.
• Attend all Ameri Corps cohort meetings and training as scheduled.
• Attend all in-house OST department professional development training.
• Work with the After-School Program Manager to align individual goals with OST department goals.
• Strategize and collaborate with After School Program Managers to identify and attend external training opportunities.
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