AmeriCorps Member Position Description
The mission of the Twinfield Together Mentoring Program 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.
This mission is fulfilled through the implementation of three mentoring programs:
Overview: The AmeriCorps Member will collaborate with the Twinfield Together Mentoring Program Director to support mentoring relationships, enhance outreach and public relations for the mentoring program and implement healthy activities for Twinfield students to access during the school day and after school. Flexibility to create these activities will be based on the individual AmeriCorps Member's strength and interests.
Hours: 35-40 hours a week, Monday through Friday. Varied and flexible schedule with occasional weekend and evening hours required.
Start Date: September 1st, 2017
End Date: August 10th, 2018
Responsibilities:
Support mentoring relationships
This mission is fulfilled through the implementation of three mentoring programs:
- 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 AmeriCorps Member will collaborate with the Twinfield Together Mentoring Program Director to support mentoring relationships, enhance outreach and public relations for the mentoring program and implement healthy activities for Twinfield students to access during the school day and after school. Flexibility to create these activities will be based on the individual AmeriCorps Member's strength and interests.
Hours: 35-40 hours a week, Monday through Friday. Varied and flexible schedule with occasional weekend and evening hours required.
Start Date: September 1st, 2017
End Date: August 10th, 2018
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 activities for students to access during the day or after school.
- Expose students to healthy activities and a broader world-view with new experiences.
- Organize and implement healthy activities for students to access during Twinfield’s Summer Learning Camp.
Interested applicants should submit a resume, cover letter, and three references no later than July 14th, 2017. Interviews will be offered on a rolling basis. Documents will be accepted email: pamquinn@twinfield.net
