Posse Miami Writing Coach Volunteer Opportunity

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About Posse: The Posse Foundation, a dynamic youth leadership development and scholarship program, identifies, recruits and selects student leaders from public high schools to form multicultural teams called "Posses." These teams are then prepared through an intensive eight-month Pre-Collegiate Training Program for enrollment at top universities nationwide to pursue higher education and to help promote cross-cultural communication on campus. The Posse Program has demonstrated great success over the past twenty years, placing 6,993 students at top colleges and universities. Since 1989, Posse Scholars have won over $932 million in scholarships from Posse partner universities and are persisting and graduating at 90% -- higher than the national averages at top institutions of higher education. In 2019, the Posse Program in Miami received over 1,400 nominations, selecting 60 students to receive over six million dollars in scholarships to Syracuse University, Franklin and Marshall College, Mount Holyoke College, Pomona College, Davidson College, and Hamilton College.

Volunteer Description:

As we start Pre-Collegiate Training, we are excited to recruit a new group of Writing Coaches to work with our recently selected scholars! Our coaches are an essential part of our Writing Program and play such a critical role in helping promote academic excellence, and leadership on campus, to our Posse Scholars. If you are interested in volunteering during this exciting time of the year, please consider being a writing coach. A full list of responsibilities is included below.

Group Writing Coach detailed responsibilities include:

• Facilitate 2 two-hour long Writing Workshops with one of the 6 Posses, which includes 10 Scholars, with support from Posse Staff from June - July 2020, at the Posse Miami office.
• Support Scholars in their writing process.
• Provide tailored feedback on how Scholars can improve their writing.
• Provide formal feedback on research paper development, citations, structure, and thesis.
• Help Scholars find their leadership potential through writing, and empower the future leaders of our communities with the tools to craft pioneering energy on campus, in the workplace, and beyond.

Important Dates

Group Writing Coach Orientation: The week of May 25 th - TBD

Pomona Posse: June 23 rd and July 14 th from 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Syracuse Posse: June 24 th and July 1 st from 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Davidson Posse: June 24 th and July 8 th from 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Mount Holyoke Posse: June 29 th and July 13 th from 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Hamilton Posse: June 30 th and July 14 th from 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Franklin & Marshall Posse: July 6 th and July 13 th from 4:00pm - 6:00pm

*Keep in mind that you will only be working with one of the Posse's listed above.

How to apply

If interested, please apply here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iCbrRL1m7d8jpYTud60V7HZ2UwTnpeTp3Omyqc3SYl4/viewform?edit_requested=true.
After you submit the Volunteer Application please send an email to denisec@possefoundation.org with your name, phone number, and preferred dates.

Bachelor's degree required.

Additionally, coaches will be supported by our Program Director, Jessica Woolverton, and the Program Coordinator, Denise Carter.

Thank you for your continued support! Please feel free to reach out with any questions, otherwise, we look forward to hearing from you soon!