Term of Service

• Start Date: August 17th, 2009
• End Date: Late May or early June depending on school placement
• Average work week: 43 hours
• Complete 1,700 hours of community service

Expectations

September-October: Orientation & Yampa Valley Science School

• Successfully complete a week long comprehensive orientation
• Plan and implement an education block for the duration of Yampa Valley Science School
• Assist and guide the Junior Leaders from the high schools for the duration of Yampa Valley Science School
   

October-June: In-school Placement

• Maintain a case load of 6-8 target students
• Complete, at minimum, one hour of direct contact with each target student per week
• Provide case load with social-emotional and educational support throughout term of service
• Maintain case notes on each target student
• Plan & implement all aspects of one weekly after-school program
• Run all aspects of the school's Green Team Environmental Club
• Assist Partners in Routt County with any grant related data collection and evaluation
• Plan and run all aspects of National & Global Youth Service Day Project
• Attend and complete all Friday professional development sessions and meetings
• Participate in school, PRC, City of Steamboat Springs and community functions as requested
• Complete all hours, training and service logs on a regular basis

May-June: Wrap-up

• Complete a portfolio highlighting your School-Based Mentor experience
• Attend the Life After AmeriCorps Retreat

School Placement Sites

Determined by PRC staff after orientation: dependant on mentor's personality & work style.
 

Hayden Middle School

• Located in Hayden, about 20 miles west of Steamboat Springs
• Hayden has agricultural roots
• Smaller school, about 120 students in 6th-8th grades

Steamboat Springs Middle School

• Located in Steamboat Springs; Partners hub is also located in Steamboat
• Steamboat is a resort town with a ranching background
• Medium sized school, around 175 children per grade in 6th-8th

Soroco Middle School

• Located in Oak Creek, 20 miles southeast of Steamboat
• Oak Creek has mining roots
• Small school, around 80 students in 7th-8th grades only

Program Objectives

Target students will experience

• Increase in school-bonding
• Increase in school attendance
• Decrease in delinquency and behavioral incidences

Mentors will experience

• Gain specialized experience in programming and working with "at-risk" youth
• Increased knowledge of public school structure and non-profit management
• Transferable and/or varied professional development and work experience
• Increased desire to engage in life-long service