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Degrees of Change, First Year Program Support-Yakima

Degrees of Change mission is to prepare diverse, homegrown leaders to succeed in college and use their degrees to build more vibrant and equitable communities. We fulfill this mission by creating college transition and completion programs that send under-represented students to college together in community, provide them with training and support to develop their leadership skills and mentorship to support their transition to and graduation from college. Degrees of Change AmeriCorps project is to provide intensive support to the recruitment, selection and training phase of Act Six and Ready to Rise programs in the Yakima Valley, supporting high school seniors to be college ready and transition to college successfully, while developing leadership skills and building a strong, supportive peer community. In this way, the AmeriCorps project is central to beginning of our journey with students to and through college. It is during this first year that our program participants, we call them scholars, build life changing relationships with their peers who will walk with them throughout their college journey and beyond, it is where they will receive leadership development, identity and cross cultural communication training that they will rely upon in both the most meaningful and most challenging moments in college and beyond that will help them persevere and persist towards their goal of a bachelor’s degree and living a life of impact. This position is contingent on funding. Applications will be reviewed in the order in which they are received with interviews taking place until placement is filled.

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Member Duties : AmeriCorps member duties will include the following: Schedule and conduct recruitment visits at local high schools and community events around the Yakima Valley. Attend all Act Six and Ready to Rise team retreats and meetings, Track potential applicants utilizing the scholar database, Follow-up with recruits via phone and emails, Participate in local selection committee reading and scoring applications and attending selection meetings, Assist in planning and executing large group interview phase of selection, Assist in coordinating the selection campus visits with colleges, Assist in planning and facilitating weekly college preparedness training for new scholars, Schedule and conduct recruitment visits for the following year. This position is contingent on funding.

Program Benefits : Education award upon successful completion of service , Stipend , Childcare assistance if eligible , Health Coverage .

Terms :
Car recommended .

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

Skills :
Recruitment , Teaching/Tutoring , Communications , Writing/Editing , Youth Development , Leadership , Education , Public Speaking , General Skills , Team Work , Community Organization .

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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps State / National

Program
Degrees of Change, First Year Program Support-Yakima

Program Start/End Date
11/18/2019 - 08/15/2020

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
College graduate

Age Requirement
Minimum: 17 Maximum: 99

Program Locations	WASHINGTON Seattle/Tacoma/Bremerton

Accepting Applications
From 04/01/2019 To 02/03/2020

Contact	Amber Ortiz Diaz
700 N 40th Ave
Yakima WA 98908
509-930-0474
wscip@esd.wa.gov
www.degreesofchange.org

Listing ID	82339


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