Family Engagement Capacity Builder – AmeriCorps VISTA

AmeriCorps; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 13,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare assistance

Health Coverage

Living Allowance

Training

Education Award

Job summary

Reading Partners, a national nonprofit, seeks a Family Engagement Capacity Building VISTA to strengthen how families access literacy resources and engage with schools and community partners. You will develop scalable tools, workshops, and a training model to empower families to share literacy strategies in their communities.

Responsibilities include researching best practices, creating planning tools, and building a central resource repository for regional teams, with a national reach beyond the

Qualifications

• Excellent communication, project management, research, and analytical skills.
• Interest in education, literacy, family engagement, or community development.
• Experience developing training materials, facilitating groups, or creating resources is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Research and document evidence-based family engagement and parent leadership practices.
• Develop a scalable family engagement framework and planning tools for regional teams.
• Co-create a family learning series, including workshops, facilitator guides, presentations, and family resources.
• Curate educational resources and build a centralized family engagement resource repository.
• Develop a parent leadership and train-the-trainer model to equip families to share literacy strategies with their communities.
• Create surveys, data collection systems, and reporting tools to evaluate family engagement efforts.
• Analyze feedback and participation data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Develop a family engagement toolkit, implementation guide, and sustainability resources.

Skills

Communications

Community Organization

Computers/Technology

Job description

Reading Partners, a national nonprofit, seeks a Family Engagement Capacity Building VISTA to strengthen how families access literacy resources and engage with schools and community partners. You will develop scalable tools, workshops, and a training model to empower families to share literacy strategies in their communities.

Responsibilities include researching best practices, creating planning tools, and building a central resource repository for regional teams, with a national reach beyond the