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Explore Austin - LCCT

Explore Austin teams low-income youth (Explorers) living in low-income neighborhoods with adult Mentors for a six-year journey, using the outdoors as a classroom to teach youth leadership. Explore Austin believes that through the support of a dedicated mentor and exposure to profound outdoor adventure, adolescents are provided with the conditions they need to develop life skills, such as grit and self-efficacy. Youth enter Explore Austin as sixth graders and become a part of a 20-member team: 5 Mentors and 15 Explorers. In 2017, we are tracking to serve 270 at-risk youth, who represent some of the most underserved areas of Austin, and 90 Mentors. Our program is delivered via two main activities: Saturday Challenges and Summer Wilderness Trips. Saturday Challenges: Nine, 6-hour outings each year connect Explorers to local outdoor activities and learning experiences. Explorers learn to canoe, rock climb, mountaineer, mountain bike, and backpack in addition to discussing social and emotional development topics with Mentors. Summer Wilderness Trips: Each year Explorers and Mentors embark on challenging weeklong adventures in the backcountries of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Colorado. Shared challenges fortify bonds and trust, while Mentors translate the ever present teachable moments of the outdoors into life lessons such as success and failure, teamwork and self-sufficiency, goal setting and problem-solving – all important characteristics for navigating not only the landscape of the outdoors but also the uneven and unpredictable terrain of life. Unlike other mentor programs that last for two years maximum, Explore Austin serves youth for six years. Although a six-year commitment can seem unattainable, Explorers and Mentors have demonstrated their dedication through high retention rates over the past 10 years. In 2016, 88% of our Explorers stayed active in our program and 91% of our Mentors continued their commitments to Explore Austin.

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Member Duties : The Explore Austin Program Evaluation Coordinator will assist with: • Performing data collection and analysis to demonstrate program impact, preparing to recruit control group in spring 2018 • Executing quantitative and qualitative data collection process, data analysis and reporting processes; • Communicating program impact to various audiences (e.g., participants, schools, parents, donors, board of directors, broader community); and • Recruiting new beneficiaries for that qualify for as underserved for Explore Austin programming

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


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

Terms : Permits working at another job during off hours , Permits attendance at school during off hours .

Service Areas : Education .

Skills : Team Work , Videography , Writing/Editing , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Computers/Technology , Recruitment , Communications .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Explore Austin - LCCT

Program Start/End Date
11/06/2017 - 11/09/2018

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
College graduate

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	TEXAS

Accepting Applications
From 08/01/2017 To 09/20/2017

Contact	Annabel Osburn
2121 E Cesar Chavez St
Austin TX 78702
5123268655
aosburn@willread.org

Listing ID	75583


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