2011-2012 Americorps Positions: VISTA Positions
Specific information about each position is available below:
AmeriCorps*VISTA: Castleton State College
POSITION FILLED
Castleton State College is looking for a dynamic individual with
a passion for providing access to quality education for at-risk
youth. The Center for the Support and Study of the Community and
the Upward Bound Program offer a variety of educational programs
that assist elementary, middle and high school students with their
quest to obtain a quality education and fan their desires to attend
college.
Castleton's programs and the community partners with whom they
are connected provide opportunities for community youth to explore
their dreams and develop educational skills necessary to purse a
college education. With the assistance of a VISTA member, we are
confident that we can provide area youth the tools necessary to
be successful in education and life.
Castleton State College, the 18th oldest institution of higher education
in the United States, emphasizes undergraduate liberal arts and
professional education while also offering selected graduate programs.
The College is dedicated to the intellectual and personal growth
of students through excellence in teaching, close student-faculty
interaction, numerous opportunities for outside-the-classroom learning,
and an active and supportive campus community. Castleton strives
to learn, use, and teach sustainable practices. The College prepares
its graduates for meaningful careers; further academic pursuits;
and engaged, environmentally responsible citizenship.
As a member of the Vermont State Colleges, Castleton is committed
to supporting and improving the region's communities, schools, organizations,
businesses, and environment.
AmeriCorps*VISTA: Champlain College POSITION FILLED
Magnet Schools Coordinator
Champlain College's Center for Service and Civic Engagement offers
an exciting, challenging VISTA position working as a liaison between
the college and Burlington's education organizations. The VISTA
will work with college students to create a student organization
focused on education- service initiatives. Many of these initiatives
provide Burlington's elementary students with college mentors that
attempt to build emotional capacity through structured lunchtime
and recess activities. The VISTA will also work toward creating
additional partnerships with Burlington's middle and high schools,
as well as other organizations that provide afterschool programming.
While working on specific tasks to expand service-education programs,
the VISTA will also function as a member of the Center for Service
and Civic Engagement team. As a member of the CSCE team, the VISTA
is given a great deal of input into shaping his/her experience over
the course of the year. The VISTA is expected to plan, or assist
in Center programs, steering, and vision.
A year as a VISTA in the Center is sure to be a meaningful experience,
filled with opportunities for personal reflection and growth!
For more than 125 years, Champlain College -a private college located
in Burlington, Vermont- has focused on offering a career-accelerating
education that leads to real opportunities in the marketplace. Champlain
College's signature entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to professional
preparation, nationally-acclaimed Core Curriculum and tradition
of working with students individually combine to create an education
that is truly like no other.
AmeriCorps*VISTA: Champlain College POSITION FILLED
Parent Engagement Coordinator
Champlain College's Center for Service and Civic Engagement offers
an exciting, challenging VISTA position working as a liaison between
the college and Burlington's Edmunds Elementary and Middle Schools.
The VISTA will work with Edmunds' parent-engagement coordinator
and various Champlain departments and offices to build a culture
of college expectation for all elementary and middle school students.
The VISTA will also work towards creating additional partnerships
with organizations that provide afterschool programming for low-income
students.
While working on specific tasks to create the Champlain-Edmunds
partnership, the VISTA will also function as a member of the Center
for Service and Civic Engagement team. The VISTA is expected to
plan, or assist in Center programs, steering, and vision.
A year as a VISTA in the Center is sure to be a meaningful experience,
filled with opportunities for personal reflection and growth!
For more than 125 years, Champlain College -a private college located
in Burlington, Vermont- has focused on offering a career-accelerating
education that leads to real opportunities in the marketplace. Champlain
College's signature entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to professional
preparation, nationally-acclaimed Core Curriculum and tradition
of working with students individually combine to create an education
that is truly like no other.
AmeriCorps*VISTA: Lyndon State College Upward Bound POSITION FILLED
At the Lyndon State College Upward Bound program the full time Vista
member will provide support services to Lyndon State College Upward
Bound students and the full time staff. These services will provide
a blueprint for high school academic advising, college access and
college success activities for target school coordinators at our
9 cooperating high schools. The focus of the VISTA member will be
to provide support to increase students' aspirations, facilitate
post secondary academic preparation, as well as provide support
for transition into a post secondary environment and overall success
in college from matriculation to graduation. Additionally, the VISTA
member will coordinate volunteer community service opportunities
throughout the year, and career exploration work study positions
for each student during the summer program. The background preparation
for the advising program and the community service portion of Upward
Bound will be the VISTA member's primary focus. The VISTA member
will become the "Go To" person for coordinating services
to meet the needs of our low income students. This position will
include all of the necessary training to ensure continued success
for our students long term and short term goals.
Located in the beautiful Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, Lyndon State
College is part of the state college system of Vermont. For the
1,400 students who come from Vermont, New England and around the
world, Lyndon offers a hands-on experiential education, nationally
recognized professional programs and an intimate friendly atmosphere
all leading to rewarding careers or graduate studies.
AmeriCorps*VISTA: Middlebury College POSITION FILLED
Ready to help kids succeed? The Mentoring and Youth Programs Coordinator
will be the point person for child-related volunteer programs at
Middlebury College. This VISTA member's primary responsibilities
will include overseeing and coordinating the Community Friends mentoring
program, strengthening Community Friends' branches focused on serving
minority populations, supporting and collaborating with DREAM and
College for Every Student, and serving as the Alliance for Civic
Engagement's liaison to other campus-based youth programs (e.g.
Page 1 Literacy, Sister to Sister, etc.) The VISTA will work closely
with both students and community members (parents, teachers, guidance
counselors, etc) to improve communications and increase the scope
and impact of the different programs. Finally the VISTA will conduct
research and compile resources to help the disadvantaged children
in the programs succeed in school and gain entrance to college.
Founded in 1800 and set in the beautiful Champlain Valley of Vermont,
Middlebury College is one of the top-tier liberal arts colleges
in the country. The College offers a classic liberal arts education
with rich and varied opportunities for students to "learn to
engage the world." Middlebury prides itself on being a community
of diverse people and perspectives; with a passion for the environment
and a sustainable lifestyle; a long-term commitment to international
education; and, perhaps most importantly, people-students, faculty,
and staff-with the energy to make things happen.
AmeriCorps*VISTA: Norwich University POSITION FILLED
The VISTA member at Norwich University will be a dynamic self-starter
who thrives in a fast-paced collaborative work environment and enjoys
working with youth. This individual will use their out-going personality
to develop and implement a well-structured and effective mentoring
program and mobilize volunteers geared towards area youths' high
school completion, college preparation and access. The VISTA member
will be comfortable with one-on-one advising as well as large group
presentations and knowledge sharing activities. His or her familiarity
with rural Vermont, its resources and working with youth from disadvantaged
backgrounds will serve him in this role.
Norwich University is a private university in Northfield, VT, that
offers both a military college path or a traditional college path.
In each realm, students are challenged with leadership experiences
and receive a balanced, rigorous education that allows them to act
as well as think, and to execute as well as conceive. Norwich offers
29 undergraduate degrees, 32 undergraduate academic programs and
11 master's level academic programs.
AmeriCorps*VISTA: Southern Vermont College POSITION FILLED
Southern Vermont College and Mount Anthony Union High School invite
qualified applicants to work as an AmeriCorps member in beautiful
Bennington, Vermont. This AmeriCorps position offers the opportunity
for an individual to impact high school students and their families
in the important and sometimes daunting task of navigating the "college
process." We encourage candidates who have a desire to help
high school students get accepted into and progress through college.
The AmeriCorps member will help students understand the process
of applying to college (both the application itself and filing for
financial aid) and will provide programming to help students refine
academic and time management skills needed for success in college.
In working with Southern Vermont College, the AmeriCorps member
will use the campus as an example to show prospective high school
students a glimpse of college life and will encourage students to
consider Southern Vermont College. The successful candidate will
have strong communication and interpersonal skills and should be
able to initiate and complete tasks related to the above description.
The AmeriCorps member can expect housing arrangements and office
materials.
Southern Vermont College, located on a mountainside campus overlooking
the Green Mountains in Bennington, VT offers a transformative living
and learning experience and a career-enhancing liberal arts curriculum
that cultivates lifelong learners in a personalized setting, emphasizes
active learning and exploration, and encourages empowered citizenship
and environmental sensibility.
AmeriCorps*VISTA: Vermont Student Assistance Corporation POSITION FILLED
Career and Education Outreach
Do you believe that education is a path out of poverty? VSAC is
looking for a creative, self-motivated individual committed to college
access for low-income families. The VISTA member will work to promote
college access and to inspire all students, but particularly low-income
students, to plan for and have the skills necessary to be successful
in college. The VISTA member will assist VSAC in building college
access programs that are sustainable, including events on campuses,
workshops in schools and agencies and training college students
on college access issues. Additional responsibilities will include
the development of methods for use of social marketing to reach
more low-income students. Understanding of the challenges and barriers
faced by rural, low-income youth and families is critical. Experience
and/or interest in education, public speaking, social justice, and/or
social marketing is desirable.
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation is located in the Burlington
area, near Lake Champlain. VSAC is a public, non-profit corporation
providing information and direct financial aid to students pursuing
a postsecondary education. Established by the Vermont Legislature
in 1965, VSAC has successfully supported student choice and access
to higher education for over 40 years by administering grant, loan,
scholarship, and informational outreach programs.
AmeriCorps*VISTA Team Leader: POSITION FILLED
Vermont Campus Compact, Colchester, VT
The VISTA leader will make both a statewide and tri-state impact
as they recruit, support and train other VISTA members throughout
their experience and help them fight poverty in their communities.
The VISTA Leader will assist VISTA members to mobilize the resources
of higher education and develop programming on member campuses and
in the community focused on improving college aspirations for K-12
students, with a particular focus area on individuals from low-income
populations.
The Team Leader works with VCC staff to provide resources and support
for members, plan trainings and conferences, maintains strong communication
and networks among the VCC A*VISTA members, and collaborates with
other Northern New England Campus Compact VISTA leaders, and works
with program development at the VCC office.
With up to 8 sites ranging from urban to rural, the Vermont Campus
Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA program offers many exciting opportunities
for persons wishing to take a leadership role in a progressive field.
The VISTA Leader is supported by Vermont Campus Compact staff,
but works independently to manage the Vermont Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA
team.
The VISTA Leader will be responsible for:
" Planning and coordinating monthly VISTA trainings/meetings
" Working collaboratively with VCC program staff to make programmatic
decisions
" Providing ongoing support for VISTAs through telephone calls,
emails, and site visits
" Connecting VISTAs with appropriate resources related to service-learning,
community service, poverty, public safety and other pertinent topics
" Communicating with VISTA programs in ME and NH to coordinate
programs and fulfill grant requirements, such as grant reporting
" Leading teambuilding activities to facilitate the cohesion
of our team
" Recruiting, interviewing, and coordinating placement of VISTA
members
VISTA Leader candidates must have served for one year of National
Service with AmeriCorps VISTA.
Vermont Campus Compact is a statewide consortium of 16 college and
university presidents committed to creating a flourishing democracy.
We work with members to strengthen communities and educate for informed
and active citizenship. VCC presidents believe that through sustained
and creative student, faculty and institutional engagement with
communities, higher education can help prepare tomorrow's civic
and social leaders while strengthening communities and improving
lives in Vermont and elsewhere.
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