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LCCT: Explore Austin Evaluation Coordinator
 
 
 
Explore Austin teams low-income, minority youth (Explorers) with caring and committed 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, persistence, and optimism. Youth enter Explore Austin as sixth graders and become a part of a 20-member team: 5 Mentors and 15 Explorers. We currently 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, mountain bike, and backpack, in addition to discussing social and emotional developmental topics with Mentors. Summer Wilderness Trips: Each year Explorers and Mentors embark on challenging week long adventures in the wild backcountry's of Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. 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, self-sufficiency, goal setting, and problem solving. Unlike other mentor programs that last for shorter periods of time, Explore Austin serves youth for six years. Explorers and Mentors have demonstrated their dedication through high retention rates over the past 10 years. In 2017, Explorers received 59,940 hours of mentoring and traveled a collective 11,280 miles during their Summer Wilderness Trips.
 
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Member Duties : The Explore Austin Program Evaluation Coordinator will assist with: -Formalizing a methodology, revised data collection process, data analysis and reporting processes; -Designing communication methods to tell the story of program impact to various audiences (i.e. participants, schools, donors, board of directors); -Supporting the program’s in-house database to ensure data upkeep, evaluate program outcomes, and support grant funding; -Developing an alumni network action plan that reflects long-term program goals. The Program Evaluation Coordinator is expected to: -Work closely with and synthesize expectations from Executive, Program, and Development staff in order to create the best possible processes and tools to achieve goals for all departments. -Provide support to the Development team by providing data outcomes for the creation of fundraising proposals, grant reports, and the annual report.
 
Program Benefits : Training ,  Health Coverage* ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Living Allowance ,  Relocation Allowance . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours ,  Permits working at another job during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Education ,  Children/Youth . 
 
Skills :
General Skills ,  Writing/Editing ,  Youth Development ,  Computers/Technology ,  Analysis, evaluation, ,  Education ,  Public Speaking . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
LCCT: Explore Austin Evaluation Coordinator
Program Start/End Date
11/13/2018  -   11/12/2019
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations TEXAS  
Languages
Preferred
Spanish
Accepting Applications
From  08/27/2018  To  10/29/2018 
Contact Annabel Osburn
2201 E 6th St
Austin   TX   78702
5123268655
aosburn@willread.org
Listing ID 83731

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