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3 people are interested
Paid Service Learning-Community Relations AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: El Centrito Family Learning Centers
Please visit the new page to apply.
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3 people are interested
Project Description
Within Oxnard, there is a scarcity of asset-based educational support services, particularly holistic, bilingual services that engage children and parents together and value diversity and adaptive learning. El Centrito’s STEAM Academy is unique in the area, offering students a hands-on, project-based curriculum and partnering closely with parents to engage in their child’s learning and monitor their progress.
The goals of the STEAM Academy and the Parent Promoters of Education projects align closely with the overarching AmeriCorps VISTA aim to alleviate poverty, as the project targets a high-poverty area that experiences an accumulation of risk factors that, lacking intervention, can perpetuate poverty. As home to a predominantly Latino and immigrant population, Oxnard’s future success hinges on its ability to create equitable opportunity structures that boost educational outcomes and confidence for Latino and ELL families so that they rise to their fullest potential and work towards a prosperous future.
Volunteer Opportunity Description
The Community Relations AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer will focus on engaging new strategic partners that support volunteer recruitment, including corporations that incentivize volunteerism, colleges, and high schools; engaging a STEAM Advisory Committee that includes parents, members of the STEM business sector, and other community stakeholders committed to supporting pathways to STEM careers that help to fill Ventura County’s job-skills gap by aligning workforce development needs with enrichment activities that target skill development in key areas; convening cohorts of STEAM volunteers to establish a peer-to-peer model of volunteerism within the STEAM Academy. Greater numbers of highly trained volunteers will enable the STEAM Academy to provide more effective service and increase intensity of instruction to participants who require individualized attention.
Benefits:
AmeriCorps VISTA will provide:
- Modest bi-weekly living allowance
- Training
- Choice of Education award or End of service stipend
Additional benefits can include:
- Childcare assistance
- Relocation expenses
- Loan forbearance or deferment
For more information about benefits please visit: http://www.vistacampus.gov/in-service/benefits-service
To Apply:
Contact Ana Prado at aprado@elcentrito.org or visit https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=63917&fromSearch=true
More opportunities with El Centrito Family Learning Centers
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About El Centrito Family Learning Centers
Location:
450 S. K Street, #111, Oxnard, CA 93030, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to prepare children, youth, and families of Ventura County to meet the future and become productive members of the community by providing bilingual, bicultural family and youth educational programs in partnership with parents, schools, and neighborhoods.
Description
El Centrito Family Learning Centers is a nonprofit that promotes the educational success of Ventura County families by providing high quality, multicultural programs:
Early Childhood Education
Summer and After School Enrichment
Parent Leadership Services
The agency addresses participants’ educational needs in a bilingual community setting, and provides an environment that nurtures relationships and builds trust and confidence. El Centrito has constructed a pipeline of leadership and educational support services that carry children and families from infancy through a career-focused higher education.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
450 S. K StreetOxnard, CA 93030
DATE POSTED
February 16, 2016
SKILLS
- Spanish
- Community Outreach
- Group Facilitation
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Full Time (40 hours)
- You must be a U.S. citizen, national, or legal permanent resident alien of the United States.