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Kids In A New Groove Mentoring: Austin Outreach Coordinator

KING has provided music mentorship for over 450 kids in Texas. KING has a successful program in multiple cities throughout Central Texas. KING’s core program, Lessons are the Lifeline, is to provide youth in care, ages 5 to 18, with tools and support they need to become successful individuals when they transition of out the foster care system. In the Lessons are the Lifeline program, a volunteer music instructor conducts a weekly, half hour lesson in the student’s home. These music mentors meet children where they are located and stay with them through their many placement transfers. There is no maximum time that a child may stay in our program, as long as the student is benefiting from lessons. Students who are new are granted a loaner instrument and receive a series of achievement oriented rewards that accumulate until the student receives their own instrument. Although literacy metrics are improved through intensive lessons, Lessons are the Lifeline also grants KING’s students opportunities to engage in personal endeavors with a spirit of optimism and enthusiasm. As a result, our students develop musical literacy, a skilled set knowledge in music composition, theory, and performance. This musical training positively affects a student’s academics, literacy potential, and overall well being. Music mentorship through Lessons are the Lifeline provides the continuity and stability students need to succeed.

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Member Duties : Kids in a New Groove’s VISTA member will serve the community of Central Texas by supporting children in foster care through music mentorship, and through helping provide the necessary resources for foster-children to transition into life as successful adults. VISTA member will be primarily responsible for increasing the number of students receiving private music lessons through Kids in a New Groove. VISTA member will coordinate with Texas foster care agencies in order to enhance and develop new systems for student intake and retention. Additionally, VISTA member will recruit and manage new music teachers in conjunction with overseeing the existing volunteer base. VISTA member will also be tasked with creating content for and monitoring social media outreach and other online communications. VISTA member will solicit in-kind and grant donations. Lastly, VISTA member will assist on grant-writing, research, and other efforts to broaden the availability of funding opportunities.

Program Benefits : Living Allowance , Health Coverage* , Training , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Childcare assistance if eligible .


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

Terms : None

Service Areas : Children/Youth .

Skills : donor relations, social media , General Skills , Communications , Computers/Technology .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Kids In A New Groove Mentoring: Austin Outreach Coordinator

Program Start/End Date
07/20/2015 - 07/22/2016

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
Some college

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	TEXAS

Accepting Applications
From 03/25/2015 To 05/27/2015

Contact	Dorothy VanDeCarr
835 N Pleasant Valley Rd
Austin TX 78702
5127352530
dvandecarr@willread.org
www.kidsinanewgroove.org

Listing ID	59947


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