STEM

Not found for 'AmeriCorps; Whiteriver (AZ); On-site; USD 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Education award

Living Allowance

Job summary

The ABHS AmeriCorps Program engages members in service roles that strengthen community wellness and cultural continuity across the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Members support STEM, language preservation, and youth development through hands-on workshops and measurable program impact.

Positions are part-time with an education award and living allowance, serving in ARIZONA locations. Applications open 09/15/2026 and close 12/31/2026. Contact Anna Olson for details.

Qualifications

• Must have a high school diploma or GED.
• Age 17 or older.
• Able to commit to a part-time AmeriCorps term.

Responsibilities

• Robotics Coaching/STEM: Facilitate youth robotics coding lessons and assist in planning/managing a robotics tournament.
• Tech Workshops (3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Digital Tools): Lead workshops, ensure safe equipment use, assist on project completion.
• Apache Language & Cultural Tech: Co-develop digital tools for Apache language/cultural preservation, collect and organize language assets.

Skills

Team Work

Education

High school diploma/GED

Job description

The ABHS AmeriCorps Program engages members in service roles that strengthen community wellness, cultural continuity, environmental stewardship, and youth development across the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Members support culturally grounded, evidence-informed activities aligned with AmeriCorps priority areas. Youth STEM members expand access to culturally grounded robotics, coding, and technology-based learning while supporting Apache language revitalization. Through hands-on workshops and outcome tracking, they build academic confidence, cultural identity, and measurable program impact. These roles build local capacity and support long-term, culturally rooted solutions for community well-being.

Member Duties

• Robotics Coaching/STEM: Facilitate youth robotics coding lessons. Support youth in designing, building, testing robotics projects. Assist in planning/managing youth robotics tournament, including set-up and event logistics.
• Tech Workshops (3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Digital Tools): Facilitate workshops for youth, demonstrate safe equipment use, project-based learning. Support youth in completing technology-based project (printed model, engraved item, robotic component). Maintain equipment logs and ensure tools are used safely.
• Apache Language & Cultural Tech: co-develop digital tools that support Apache language and cultural preservation. Collect, organize, record Apache words, phrases, songs, stories in collaboration with fluent speakers, elders, cultural advisors. Help design interactive digital materials (language-learning mini-games, app-based activities, short films, animations, digital stories, robotics/coding activities that incorporate Apache vocabulary).

Program Benefits

• Education award upon successful completion of service
• Living Allowance

Terms

• Permits attendance at school during off hours
• Permits working at another job during off hours
• Uniforms provided and required

Service Areas

• Community and Economic Development
• Children/Youth
• Education
• Tribal

Skills

• Team Work

Program Type

• AmeriCorps State / National

Program

• STEM

Program Start/End Date

• 01/08/2027 - 01/08/2028

Work Schedule

• Part Time

Education level

• High school diploma/GED

Age Requirement

• Minimum: 17 Maximum: None

Program Locations

• ARIZONA

Accepting Applications

• From 09/15/2026 To 12/31/2026

Contact

Anna Olson

PO Box 1089

Whiteriver AZ 85941

9289883289

[e-mail]