High Rocks - Patch 21

AmeriCorps & Senior Corps

West Virginia

On-site

USD 15,000 - 19,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Education award

Living Allowance

Health Coverage

Training

Job summary

AmeriCorps PATCH program in West Virginia seeks a dedicated member to support K-12 education and community service initiatives. You will run weekly workshops for students and parents, recruit and organize volunteers, and lead Character Development sessions across three sites, each lasting one hour for 26 weeks.

Ideal applicants are energetic, able to engage youth, and comfortable speaking to groups. Car recommended; duties include community outreach and teamwork with local partners.

Qualifications

Run weekly educational workshops for K-12 students and parent workshops.
Recruit and coordinate volunteers.
Lead Character Development sessions weekly across three sites for 1 hour each, for 26 weeks.

Responsibilities

Run weekly educational workshops for K-12 students and parent workshops.
Recruit and coordinate volunteers.
Lead Character Development sessions across three sites for 1 hour weekly for 26 weeks.

Skills

Community Organization

Leadership

Youth Development

Teaching/Tutoring

Recruitment

Public Speaking

Team Work

Conflict Resolution

General Skills

Job description

The PATCH staff endeavor each year to offer programs that children are excited to participate in, and this maintains interest and involvement.Our program components are designed to help students and their families engage in healthy lifestyles through prevention activities, fitness, education, recreation, increased academic performance in basic skills, and increased emotional well-being for students and their families. Students will also participate in exciting enrichment activities in a peer group and become actively involved in their community through leadership, service learning, and community service projects. From entrepreneurial and job skill courses to heritage and traditional instruction (fiddle, guitar, quilting/crocheting, fly tying, etc) to science and technology, the courses offered through the PATCH program continue to offer students a choice of unique programs that “are intentional, involve choice, and develop the use of new and exciting opportunities for learning” which are key components to successful academic achievement as cited by research presented in the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP, Feb. 2008). PATCH offers a variety of 94 different educational enrichment programs across the counties for grades Pre K-12 and their families and plans to keep the same success record at the schools, for the students, and for families that we serve.

Member Duties

Member will run weekly educational workshops for K-12 students as well as parent workshops. Member will recruit and coordinate volunteers. Member will also lead Character Development sessions each week for 3 different sites that run 1 hour long for 26 weeks.

Program Benefits