2010-2011 AmeriCorps Pre-Service
Orientation Information 9-2-10
and 9-3-10
-Orientation
Schedule
-Directions
to SMILES
-What
to Bring to Training
Please
contact Amy Anderson at 814-797-2127 ext 227 with any questions or concerns
Keystone SMILES AmeriCorps
Keystone SMILES AmeriCorps serves 17 school districts and
15 community organizations throughout 9 counties and provides technical
assistance, training, welfare to work and educational support programs
throughout Western Pennsylvania. Keystone SMILES is dedicated to
strengthening communities and sharing resources to provide people of all
ages opportunity to put "learning into action" through service experiences.
It represents making a difference while promoting the values of community,
responsibility, and opportunity. Other programs and services offered through
the Keystone SMILES Community Learning center include:
Keystone SMILES Alternative Education Program / Crossroads
Keystone SMILES Pre-K Program
Keystone SMILES AmeriCorps places members in agencies and school across
Pennsylvania. In doing so, it strives to "empower and strengthen people of
all ages to enhance the quality of their lives through learning and
service." Members do so with the following objectives:
Host Site Application
Academic Support - Members will
provide tutoring to students, primarily in grade K-8, who have been
identified by teachers, parents, or school administrators as academically
deficient in a target subject area. Services will be provided in a
one-on-one or small group setting, at least 3 times a week for 20 minutes in
before, during and after school session hosted by school districts and
community agencies.
Social / Behavioral Support -
Members will provided social and behavioral enrichment activities such as
teambuilding, mentoring, and study skills instruction to students, primarily for
grades 4 through 10, who have been identified by teachers, parents, school
administrators and / or the juvenile justice system as being in danger of
failing, or being suspended, expelled or adjudicated. Services will be provided
2-5 times a week for at least 30 minutes in before, during and after school
sessions hosted by school districts and community agencies.
Volunteer Recruitment -
Over the course of the program year, AmeriCorps member will recruit,
train, utilize volunteers and service-learning participant to support and
sustain Keystone SMILES programming.
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