GoodHealth Works - UMaine NorthStar -H Tanglewood

The UMaine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Tanglewood is in Lincolnville, Maine. Our mission is to teach youth to be effective and caring citizens of the Earth through affordable environmental education and nature-based experiences. You will serve the broad mission of helping Maine youth improve their lives through research-based information and education. We carry out these missions through immersive youth development programs utilizing best practices in outdoor education, positive youth development, and mentorship.

Our Ameri Corps members support the North Star 4-H Mentoring program based in Belfast, Maine. As a mentor, you'll foster healthy relationships with mentees, providing them the support they need to thrive. Members will directly support youth academic and social-emotional success and provide in-school, after-school, and weekend experiences around adventure and leadership, community engagement, and student sparks. These relationships are key to their ability to thrive beyond school, fostering their whole-life development.

Students are rural and suburban youth who encompass many different demographics. Students are upper‑elementary/middle school‑aged. School guidance counselors, principals, teachers, community members, and other Ameri Corps members serve as support. You'll also be part of a larger network within the Aspirations Incubator Project, an initiative of the Rural Youth Institute. As part of the Maine 4-H network, you'll learn more about Positive Youth Development, Youth Thriving, and Beyond Ready programming that aligns perfectly with your work with the North Star 4-H Mentees/students.

Good Health Works Ameri Corps places members with community organizations in Maine to address CDC-determined public health needs for the most underserved populations. As the North Star 4-H Mentor at Tanglewood, you'll serve in three elementary schools, building relationships with 5th graders before they move to middle school. You'll lead weekly in‑school activities like group building, ecology, communication, and serve to meet the students' needs.

You'll also serve with two 15‑20 member cohorts of students who are identified by the school as youth who could use extra support to get through grades 6‑12. Cohorts can meet weekly at school, join together for after‑school programs, and take longer adventures together on weekends and school breaks. You will be part of a team that builds lasting, long‑term relationships between students, their families, the school, and the surrounding community.

Start and end date may be flexible. This role requires a 900‑hour commitment.

• Training
• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Education award upon successful completion of service
• Living Allowance
• Health Coverage
• Stipend

• Car recommended.

• Community Outreach
• Children/Youth
• Public Health Ameri Corps
• Education

• Youth Development
• Communications
• Leadership
• Community Organization
• Team Work
• Conflict Resolution
• Teaching/Tutoring