AmeriCorps Member Position Description
The mission of Twinfield Together Mentoring Program (TtMP) is to provide all interested youth in our community an opportunity for a one on one friendship with a responsible, attentive, and nurturing role model through a mentoring relationship. There are three mentoring programs under the umbrella of TtMP: community based mentoring, school based literacy mentoring, and peer mentoring.
Overview: The TtMP AmeriCorps member supports individual matches from all three programs, organizes and facilitates healthy activities for matches to access and enhances outreach and public relations. The member also supports the youth of Twinfield Union School in accessing healthy activities during and after school. The member is encouraged to build relationships with youth by organizing afterschool activities that share their personal interests and experiences. The member will also work with the middle school teaching team to support a service-learning project with youth. Twinfield School is located on 60 acres of land, and has recreational equipment that the AmeriCorps member can access. Applicants should be willing to be physically active and be able to set good boundaries with youth.
Hours: 35-40 hours a week, Monday through Friday. Varied and flexible schedule with occasional weekend and evening hours required.
Start Date: September 4th, 2018
End Date: August 9th, 2019
Responsibilities:
Support mentoring relationships
- Community Based Mentoring: Youth in fourth through ninth grade are matched one-on-one with a screened adult role model to engage in healthy activities they both enjoy. Matches meet in the community at least twice a month in the after school hours.
- Everybody Wins! (EW) Mentoring: Adult volunteers are paired with students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The pairs meet weekly during lunch or breakfast to share books, play games and develop lasting relationships. The commitment follows the school year schedule.
- Peer Mentoring: High school mentors are matched with mentees in kindergarten through sixth grade for a one-on-one friendship. Matches meet during the school day each week doing things they both enjoy.
Overview: The TtMP AmeriCorps member supports individual matches from all three programs, organizes and facilitates healthy activities for matches to access and enhances outreach and public relations. The member also supports the youth of Twinfield Union School in accessing healthy activities during and after school. The member is encouraged to build relationships with youth by organizing afterschool activities that share their personal interests and experiences. The member will also work with the middle school teaching team to support a service-learning project with youth. Twinfield School is located on 60 acres of land, and has recreational equipment that the AmeriCorps member can access. Applicants should be willing to be physically active and be able to set good boundaries with youth.
Hours: 35-40 hours a week, Monday through Friday. Varied and flexible schedule with occasional weekend and evening hours required.
Start Date: September 4th, 2018
End Date: August 9th, 2019
Responsibilities:
Support mentoring relationships
- Recruit, train and support mentors in the peer mentoring program.
- Support matches in the EW program with weekly on-sight check-ins.
- Support mentees in the community program with weekly, informal on-sight check-ins.
- Support matches in the community program with quarterly group activities and events.
- Organize weekly activities for matches to access during the school day.
- Enhance public relations systems already in place.
- Develop a social media public relations plan with the support of the TTMP program director and advisory board.
- Implement the social media plan.
- Communicate the TTMP story through social media, website, and local news outlets.
- Organize and provide one-on-one, or small group healthy activities for middle school students to access after school.
- Develop after-school activities for middle school students
- Collaborate with the middle school team at Twinfield to design and support service learning projects for youth.
- Oversee students in an after-school setting in a structured environment
- Expose students to healthy activities and a broader world-view with new experiences.
- Create systems for future programming
- Organize and provide one-on-one, or small group healthy activities for students to access during Twinfield’s four week Summer Learning Camp.
Interested applicants should submit a resume, cover letter, and three references no later than August 7, 2018.
Interviews will be offered on a rolling basis.
Documents will be accepted via email: pamquinn@twinfield.net
Interviews will be offered on a rolling basis.
Documents will be accepted via email: pamquinn@twinfield.net
