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Maker Ed VISTA Leader
 
 
 
The Maker VISTA program will foster maker programming year round in 10 locations across the nation. Five locations in CA started in November 2013. We are now recruiting for the second group of VISTA members in 5 other states. The program will use community-school outreach strategies to ensure high poverty youth have access to making opportunities. By the middle of 2014, the program will have placed 20 members and 2 leaders into our National Maker Network structure to act as community connectors to develop thriving Maker Hubs within high poverty communities. The program places members in underserved areas to reduce poverty by inspiring low-income students through maker programs that engage them in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), the arts, and learning as a whole. Maker Ed will select VISTA leader, who MUST have previously served as a VISTA member for at least one year, to start in September 2014 and serve at Maker Ed’s offices in Oakland, CA. This VISTA leader will primarily support the work of the 10 new VISTA members placed in 5 locations throughout the US, but will also become a partner for our current leader who works with our California VISTA members. The goal of the Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) is to build the capacity of youth serving organizations to engage youth in making by developing educational frameworks and disseminating resources drawn from a national network. The Maker VISTA Program will specifically increase opportunities for high poverty youth to engage in making activities that ultimately increase academic engagement in each hub. Leaders monitor and support the members who are placed in local hubs to help them execute outputs, achieve outcomes, overcome obstacles, and collect and document best practices. The leader’s support is essential to ensuring the success of this Maker VISTA program as a national initiative. Maker VISTA Leaders will receive a stipend of $17,064.
 
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Member Duties : The leader will provide guidance to 10 members in 5 Maker Hubs nationwide through regular meetings and video conferences to discuss best practices and struggles encountered by members. Leaders will document the best practices of maker programs, including recruitment and community-school strategies. Leaders will help navigate systems, address challenges, and provide support. Leaders will capture progress made towards engaging high poverty youth in maker programming on a national level under the direction of Maker Ed’s National Program Director. Leaders will help raise funds for capacity building of the maker hub programs to support the VISTA members. Leaders will develop and maintain partnerships on a national level to support this project. The leader will coordinate his/her work with the other VISTA leader who started in November 2013. Applications with resume and cover letter are due by 9/26/2014.
 
Program Benefits : Health Coverage* ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Relocation Allowance ,  Training ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Living Allowance . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Prohibits paid work outside of the sponsoring agency at any time . 
 
Service Areas :
Community Outreach ,  Education ,  Children/Youth . 
 
Skills :
Conflict Resolution ,  Youth Development ,  Non-Profit Management ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing ,  Team Work ,  Education ,  Leadership ,  Communications ,  Computers/Technology ,  Writing/Editing ,  Community Organization . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA Leaders
Program
Maker Ed VISTA Leader
Program Start/End Date
09/29/2014  -   09/29/2015
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations CALIFORNIA   San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose  
Languages
English
Accepting Applications
From  01/31/2014  To  11/01/2014 
Contact Rachel Alper
1001 42nd St
Oakland   CA   94608
703 798 2128
rachel@makered.org
makered.org
Listing ID 53224

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