AmeriCorps

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[|AmeriCorps positions, City Year Greater Philadelphia]
Posted October 13th, 2008 in [|Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities] Deadline: November 30th, 2008 City Year Greater Philadelphia Full Time AmeriCorps Member

WHAT YOU WILL DO

As a City Year corps member, you will serve full-time as a tutor or mentor in schools and run after-school and school vacation programs. You will also help rebuild neighborhoods and perform a variety of community service projects. As part of your corps experience, you will work on a team with young adults who come from diverse backgrounds. Each team has a unique focus, varying from a specific neighborhood to youth leadership and social issues. Corps members: - Help students excel with one-on-one tutoring, group instruction and homework help - Lead out-of-school and leadership development activities - Organize service clubs, student councils, and after-school activities - Teach children about important social issues and diversity - Lead and organize high-impact service such as painting murals and renovating community centers

WHAT YOU WILL GAIN - $4,725.00* education award (for members who complete 1,700 hours of service) - Weekly stipend* - Uniform provided by The Timberland Company - Cell phone **provided by T-Mobile - Basic health insurance - Student loan forbearance (on qualifying student loans) - Networking sessions and professional development trainings - Leadership and diversity trainings - Child care allowance (for eligible members) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS - Between the ages of 17-24 - United States citizen or permanent resident alien - High school graduate/G.E.D. recipient OR agreement to pursue a G.E.D.*** - Your eligibility may be contingent on prior enrollment in AmeriCorps

Apply online at http://www.cityyear.org.

For more information contact Keira Stevenson at philadelphiarecruitment@cityyear.org or 267.386.7035. City Year is available to all, without regard to race, color, origin, gender, political affiliation, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.
 * Taxable
 * Cell phone provided during service term; corps members required to return phone upon completion or termination of program
 * If you do not have a H.S. diploma or its equivalency, you will be required to take a basic academic proficiency test; your acceptance is contingent upon satisfactory testing results
 * Served no more than one previous AmeriCorps*State/National term; no more than two previous AmeriCorps terms; and will not still be enrolled in another AmeriCorps program at the start of City Year service.