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Sample student evaluation of the service provided by an AmeriCorps tutor/mentor. Provided by Idaho Trio AmeriCorps.
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This page on the AmeriCorps.gov website provides fact sheets and issue briefs on AmeriCorps and related Corporation programs and initiatives, including baby boomers and volunteering, the Corporation...
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An AmeriCorps*VISTA serving a low-income population in rural, south central Missouri collaborated with local volunteers and students to help promote the arts. Together they developed experiential...
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NOTE: These materials were gathered to support a 2006 Training Institute and some may now be out of date. See also AmeriCorps Program Start-Up Institute Resources 2007
General Start-Up and...
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The Alternative Classroom Experience (ACE) program of the Joseph Pfeifer Kiwanis Camp, just outside of Little Rock, Arkansas, is a unique program with a mission to help children live their lives more...
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Children with incarcerated parents are especially vulnerable to at-risk behaviors and are in a position to receive enormous positive benefits from volunteering and being mentored. National and...
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Some students may feel angry or even hurt about being chosen to participate in a tutoring or mentoring program. Oftentimes, students become upset if they are taken out of the classroom or are...
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AmeriCorps members, in partnership with technology firms and nonprofit organizations, are bringing technology support to schools and community organizations across America. Serving as program...
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My Corps Summer is a two-week program that gives special education high school students from the Philadelphia area the opportunity to gain valuable job and life skills and improve academic goals by...
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AmeriCorps teaching fellows serve through individual program initiatives at various educational institutions. Running these programs effectively requires appreciable marketing and recruitment efforts...
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Managing multiple sites can be a considerable challenge for AmeriCorps Program Directors. The challenge is even greater when sites are located in rural communities that are geographically isolated...
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The Paso del Norte Assets for Youth AmeriCorps program provides youth, ages 12 to 18, of El Paso, Texas, with positive influences and activities based on the 40 developmental assets framework...
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By using recreation time as an incentive, after-school programs motivate students to complete their homework assignments. Athletes in Service AmeriCorps members have successfully implemented the...
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Technology education works best when students are given a hands-on setting. Oftentimes alternative students learn better through this type of experiential education, rather than from lectures and...
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Studies have shown that a dramatic decline in girls' self-esteem occurs between the ages of eight and 18. The International Learning Program in an alternative high school in Portland, Oregon, started...