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Right Track Youth Jobs Initiative-- St. Paul VISTA Program

Right Track is St. Paul’s pipeline for youth career development and building a diverse future workforce. Right Track brings together the City of St. Paul, St. Paul Public Schools, businesses, and community-based organizations to provide work readiness and employment opportunities for youth. The Right Track pipeline includes three levels of opportunities for youth: 1)Youth Jobs 01 (YJ01) offers basic work experience in parks, libraries, construction, childcare, video production, gardening, and more. 2)Youth Jobs 02 (YJ02) provides professional internships for youth going into 11th or 12th grade who have worked before or have significant leadership experience. 3)Youth Jobs Pro (YJPro) is a collection of partner-run programs that offer advanced opportunities in specific sectors such as IT or healthcare. Nearly one-third of St. Paul's youth ages 16-19 are unemployed; this is significantly higher than the rate for Minnesota (20%) and the nation (16%). The Twin Cities have among the nation's highest racial disparities in educational outcomes and employment. The Right Track initiative addresses the critical need for St. Paul educators and employers to join forces in building a diverse future workforce. Through the work of an AmeriCorps VISTA, the Right Track initiative will: offer more opportunities for youth to develop advanced skills in specific career sectors (YJPro); be better able to use data in evaluating connections between the three levels of programming; expand use of Mozilla Open Badges to recognize skills gained through internships; and develop professional skills training curricula for Right Track youth interns. **This VISTA position is sponsored by the Saint Paul VISTA Program. Hosted in Mayor Chris Coleman's Office, the Saint Paul VISTA Program comprises a city-wide cohort of individuals -- placed at community organizations and schools -- dedicated to shaping the educational landscape for youth and families in Saint Paul.**

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Member Duties : The Right Track VISTA will: 1)Help develop advanced (YJPro) internship opportunities that build skills in specific career fields and lead to credentials, certifications, and/or credit. 2)Expand capacity of Right Track to use qualitative data in selecting youth for the program and to evaluate success of the program. 3)Work with partners to develop creative possibilities for utilizing Mozilla Open Badges in Right Track and other Saint Paul educational initiatives. 4)Build capacity of Right Track to develop youth participants' professional skills through creating a toolkit of workshop activity plans that Right Track Job Coaches and other youth workers can utilize to coach and develop youth participants' professional skills. The VISTA will gain experience in a variety of areas, including: working across sectors (public, private, nonprofit), research and evaluation, youth work and youth development, and community outreach and engagement.

Program Benefits : Health Allowance , Relocation Allowance , Living Allowance , Training , Childcare assistance if eligible , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Education award upon successful completion of service .


*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.

Terms : None

Service Areas : Community and Economic Development , Children/Youth , Community Outreach , Education .

Skills : General Skills , Education , Teaching/Tutoring , Public Speaking , Team Work , Business/Entrepreneur , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Youth Development , Recruitment , Communications , Computers/Technology , Writing/Editing , Community Organization .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Right Track Youth Jobs Initiative-- St. Paul VISTA Program

Program Start/End Date
07/28/2015 - 07/30/2016

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
College graduate

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	MINNESOTA

Accepting Applications
From 03/25/2015 To 06/05/2015

Contact	Trenton Henspeter
25 4th St W
Saint Paul MN 55102
651-266-6363
trenton.henspeter@ci.stpaul.mn.us
http://righttrack.stpaul.gov/

Listing ID	54494


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