Camp Fire First Texas - Youth Development Resource Support Associate VISTA

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Cornerstone Assistance Network wants to place a Youth Development Resource Support Associate VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) at Camp Fire First Texas.

Pay: $1,025 per month BEFORE taxes

Camp Fire First Texas’ purpose is to provide opportunities for children, youth, and those who care for them, to realize their potential and become caring, self-directed individuals responsible to themselves and others, and to improve those conditions in society that affect them. 'Our Promise’ serves as our organization’s mission: Young people want to shape world. Camp Fire provides the opportunity to find their spark, lift their voice, and discover who they are. In Camp Fire, it begins now. Light the fire within. Our goal is to provide youth with opportunities to cultivate their inner passions, skills and attributes (or "Sparks") to stimulate Thriving - a forward, purposeful motion toward achieving one’s full potential. Through three social impact areas - represented by Work, Health and Love (WoHeLo - Camp Fire’s original "watchword") - Camp Fire provides the opportunity for more than 22,000 children, youth, families and child care providers annually to explore their sparks, learn to make healthy choices, build new skills and chart a course for success that will carry through the rest of their lives and positively impact their communities.

• WOrk Encourage volunteerism, service learning and citizenship
• HEalth Develop the health and well-being of the "whole child" including physical, cognitive and social/emotional health
• LOve Foster a love of the outdoors and environmental stewardship

We serve children, youth and families in Tarrant, Denton, Parker, Johnson, Hood, Wise and Dallas Counties through programs and services in the areas of early education, youth development and outdoor education. Camp Fire First Texas offers direct programming to children and youth through early childhood care, after-school enrichment programs, school break care, day camps, resident camps, outdoor education courses, and school completion teen programs.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that current curricula respond to standards connected to Camp Fire youth development approaches as appropriate for each program setting and population
• Observe program delivery for the purpose of gathering data to improve program implementation and streamline the delivery and use of supplies and materials
• Make recommendations based on a needs assessment for organizing program supports and curriculum kits
• Develop weekly curriculum kits for three summer day camp programs and an early childhood center
• Develop and create curriculum kits for various 'stations’ or learning centers to be checked out and used throughout the school year
• Develop an inventory database to track each curriculum kit created
• Compile current curriculum materials and books available for training, to add to curriculum kits, and to create maker spaces for staff and youth

Benefits:

• Health Coverage
• Choice of $5,920 Education Award or $1,800 Cash Stipend at the End of Service Year
• Relocation Allowance if eligible
• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Monthly Living Allowance

Apply Online:

https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=79023&fromSearch=true