E08: Work Experience, Skills and Money for College ...
E08: Work Experience, Skills and Money for College: Benefits of the AmeriCorps National Service Program • Rebecca Claster, Blyth-Templeton Academy, Washington, DC • Tina Dunphy, Corporation for National and Community Service, Ohio • Katrina Mathis, AmeriCorps NCCC, Washington, DC • Jamaal Williams, City Year, Massachusetts
What is AmeriCorps? AmeriCorps includes 3 programs:
• VISTA • National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) • State and National
What do AmeriCorps members do? • The NCCC experience
• State and National: City Year as a case study • Other AmeriCorps programs: Habitat for Humanity, Reading Partners, Boys and Girls Clubs, Teach for America, and many more
Why serve in AmeriCorps? • Skills and work experience
• Living allowance • Education award • Housing (NCCC) • Other concrete benefits • Enhance civic participation • Opportunity to explore, mature, develop independence
Who is a good fit for AmeriCorps? • Who should consider national service?
• Who is a good candidate for NCCC? • Who is a good candidate for City Year?
How do students apply for AmeriCorps? • NCCC application and selection process
• AmeriCorps State & National and VISTA search and application process • City Year application and selection process
Resources • http://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps
• http://www.nationalservice.gov/impact-our-nation/state-servicecommissions
Questions?
Rebecca Claster, Blyth-Templeton Academy [email protected] Tina Dunphy, Corporation for National and Community Service [email protected] Katrina Mathis, AmeriCorps NCCC [email protected] Jamaal Williams, City Year [email protected]
What is AmeriCorps? AmeriCorps includes 3 programs:
• VISTA • National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) • State and National
What do AmeriCorps members do? • The NCCC experience
• State and National: City Year as a case study • Other AmeriCorps programs: Habitat for Humanity, Reading Partners, Boys and Girls Clubs, Teach for America, and many more
Why serve in AmeriCorps? • Skills and work experience
• Living allowance • Education award • Housing (NCCC) • Other concrete benefits • Enhance civic participation • Opportunity to explore, mature, develop independence
Who is a good fit for AmeriCorps? • Who should consider national service?
• Who is a good candidate for NCCC? • Who is a good candidate for City Year?
How do students apply for AmeriCorps? • NCCC application and selection process
• AmeriCorps State & National and VISTA search and application process • City Year application and selection process
Resources • http://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps
• http://www.nationalservice.gov/impact-our-nation/state-servicecommissions
Questions?
Rebecca Claster, Blyth-Templeton Academy [email protected] Tina Dunphy, Corporation for National and Community Service [email protected] Katrina Mathis, AmeriCorps NCCC [email protected] Jamaal Williams, City Year [email protected]
