Benefits of Summer AmeriCorps Members include:

• Opportunity to gain experience providing small group reading and math intervention to IES students

• Monday-Friday hours (no weekend responsibilities)

• Monthly living allowance stipend (noted below)

• Education grants/awards of either $1,459.26 or $1,824.07 depending on term of service

• Resume booster-AmeriCorps is a branch of the Peace Corps 

 

If you know of anyone interested, or would like more information, reach out! 

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AmeriCorps Member

Location:  Iroquois Elementary School

Immediate need for an AmeriCorps Member at our elementary school. 

Responsibilities include:

• Provide academic assistance and/or service-learning activities to students with grades K-6.

• Provide intensive progress monitoring to help inform and refine instruction and intervention for students.

• Deliver targeted Standardized Test preparation and remediation to students.

• Provide homework help and study skills instruction.

• Utilize a combination of interventions provided by the school staff to deliver individualized remediation and support.

To learn more about AmeriCorps and the benefits visit the National Recruitment website at https://americorps.gov/serve

What is AmeriCorps? Like the Military or Peace Corps, AmeriCorps is a way to serve your country. AmeriCorps members make Americans safer, stronger, and healthier. They strengthen our communities and above all, get things done.

Who is eligible to serve? Must be 17 years of age or older by start date of service. Candidates selected to serve must submit the following documentation to verify their eligibility: Driver’s license / PA State ID card, Social Security Card, Birth Certificate, Proof of Education (High School Diploma, College ID, Transcripts). Additionally, all candidates must be able to pass all required State and FBI background checks. AmeriCorps host site placements may have additional qualifications for their AmeriCorps members.

What will I be doing while serving? SCHOOL-BASED Positions: Members provide focused academic assistance, one-on-one/small group instruction, RTI Model, Credit Recovery, Title 1 remediation and support, Standardized Test preparation, STEM activities, and progress monitoring. Services take place in before, during, and after-school programming in a public or private school settings. COMMUNITY-BASED (Non-Profit) Positions: Members provide academic support services, mentoring, STEM activities and service learning in alternative education, early childhood, and/or after-school programs.
  
What is the commitment and hour requirements? Members selected to serve in School Districts will commit to a full-time schedule averaging 40 hours /wk. for a minimum of 1700 hours. Members selected to serve in Community Based Non-Profit Organizations will commit to a less than full-time capacity in either a half-time (900 hours) or reduced half-time (675 Hours) with a less than full time schedule averaging 20-30 hrs/wk.

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