Tucson Community Schools Initiative Positions
The Tucson Community Schools Initiative is a collaborative coalition of community organizations aimed at increasing attendance in Tucson schools. It was founded by the Tucson Mayor's office and is currently jointly managed by La Frontera, Higher Ground, and Arizona Serve.
1700 hour positions (September 2019 - August 2020; 40 hours/week)
900 hour positions (September 2019 - August 2020; 20 hours/week)
- Engage the community in Tucson middle schools as a Community Engagement Specialist
- Empower high school students to achieve their goals in Tucson
- Coordinate and motivate peer tutors and develop service projects at Desert View High School
- Promote student leadership at Chicanos por la Causa community schools
- Assist households in attaining finnacial sustainability as an Enrollment Specialist
- Coordinate Educational Enrichment Foundation's new Hygiene Pantry
450 hour positions (September 2019 - May 2020; 15 hours/week)
300 hour positions (September 2019 - August 2020; 10 hours/week)
AmeriCorps State Positions
Prescott
900 Hour Positions (20 hours/week)
- Coordinate Senior Peer Volunteers with West Yavapai Guidance Clinic Foundation
- Support program management and special events with Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Providing tutoring and implement club programming at the Prescott or Prescott Valley branches of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Arizona
300 Hour Positions (8-10 hours/week)
- Create curriculum and plan events with a anti-bullying focus for Kind Defined
- Support program management and special events with Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters
300 Hour Education Award Only Positions (8-10 hours/week)
- Serve as the volunteer specialist and support equine therapy programs with Horses with Heart
- Promote and implement nature and place based pedagogy for the Prescott College Center for Nature and Place
Tucson
1700 Time Positions (40 hours/week)
- Support young adults as they connect to local education and career services in Pima County
- Implement new data management strategies at Higher Ground
- Improve free income tax preparation at United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona
900 Hour Positions (20 hours/week)
- Engage students in school gardens and teach sustainable gardening with the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
- Teach students sustainable gardening at City High School
- Create and provide fun STEM learning activities for teens at the Pima County Public Library
- Coach adult learned to academic success with the Pima County Public Library
- Engage parents in Student Wellness Center activities at Higher Ground
- Serve with Student Wellness Center youth and assist them in their progress at Higher Ground
- Facilitate fun social-emotional learning activities at Higher Ground's Student Wellness Center
- Empower student leaders by implementing 21st Century curriculum at Changemaker High School
300 Hour Positions (8-10 hours/week)
- Connect refugee high school students with tutoring and mentoring recourses as a Tutor and Mentor Coordinator with Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest
- Teach mindfullness, exercise and nutrition at Amity at Dragonfly
- Provide education in GED attainment and computer skills to adults experiencing homelessness at Amity at Dragonfly
- Promote family literacy at Make Way for Books
- Engage youth in fun activities designed to provide social-emotional learning at Higher Ground
- Assist households in enrolling at the Student Wellness Center and help with document digitization
AmeriCorps VISTA Positions
Prescott
- Develop and bolster funding sources for Prevent Child Abuse Arizona
- Expand volunteerism at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Arizona and help plan special events
Tucson
