Curriculum Coordinator AmeriCorps VISTA
Want to spend a year in the North Cascades? This AmeriCorps position begins in October 2022 and ends in October 2023. Apply for this listing through the AmeriCorps Portal, found here.
Serving with Glacier Peak Institute is a unique opportunity to work in outdoor education and recreation in a beautiful mountain community! Enveloped in the heart of the Cascade Mountains, Glacier Peak Institute (GPI) empowers youth, community, and ecosystems to prosper and cultivate a shared resilient future through action-based outdoor education. GPI provides STrEaMs based education to rural youth (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math experienced through recreation and art to gain skills) as well as having and operating a youth forestry crew.
AmeriCorps members should be passionate about empowering at-risk youth, and willing to serve both directly and behind the scenes. These positions are vital to our capacity as we are a very small non-profit serving in an under-resourced community. This service term is designed to provide valuable professional and personal experiences. Members may receive an educational stipend and GPI will assist in finding them local housing.
Member Duties: You are responsible for GPI’s curriculum. Given many rural school districts are in financial hardship, you are tasked with creating innovative programs focused on ecosystems & our partners. Your position will leverage community connections & resources. The role is vital to ensuring underprivileged & marginalized youth have access to educational & recreational opportunities You will: Break the cycle of poverty by building resilient communities & ecosystems while contributing to the lives of disadvantaged youth; Coordinate curriculum & programs for school STrEaMs activities & Growth Mindset; Initiate new programs leveraging expertise, & finding creative ways to utilize the surrounding environment; Actively communicate with partners; Develop replicable materials to be shared in other struggling geographic locations; Provide guidelines, protocols & best practices; Work w/ a team; Create bridges between communities such as urban and rural; Utilize outdoor recreation
Program Benefits: Health Coverage, Biweekly Stipend ($925.12/two weeks), Childcare assistance if eligible, Education award upon successful completion of service, 10 Personal Days and 10 Sick days as well as Federal Holidays off, Wilderness First Responder Training, Relocation Allowance and Settling in Allowance (if eligible)
Terms: Permits attendance at school during off hours, Car recommended, Permits working at another job during off hours.
Service Areas: Education, Environment.
Skills: Recruitment , General Skills , Communications , Leadership , Environment , Urban Planning , Writing/Editing , Community Organization , Social Services , Public Speaking , Youth Development , Education , Computers/Technology , Public Health , Teaching/Tutoring , Fine Arts/Crafts , Team Work , Non-Profit Management.
Interviews: Ongoing until position filled
To Apply: Fill out an application on the AmeriCorps portal. The listing can be found here.