AmeriCorps After School Youth Mentor - Napa

Position Summary

AmeriCorps EXL offers a meaningful opportunity to support students' academic growth and personal development while being part of a dedicated team making a lasting impact in schools. Students are at the heart of our work. We are seeking proactive, adaptable, enthusiastic, and dedicated AmeriCorps EXL Mentors to support the academic and social emotional development of students in local area schools of Napa, California. We partner with schools to identify students who would benefit from a positive, adult role model. EXL Mentors play a key role in leading Active Recess activities with students. Each Member is placed at one school site upon hiring to serve for the entire school year (commuting among school sites is not a daily requirement.)

Program Overview

AmeriCorps EXL Members serve within the Napa Expanded Learning (EXL) Program and/or the ACE After School Program to provide comprehensive academic, enrichment, and social-emotional support to students. All students at the school site benefit from organized, collaborative games and positive conflict resolution support during recess and lunch. Students identified as needing additional support may be assessed and assigned targeted literacy or math tutoring services and/or placed in a social-emotional mentoring group to help foster student success, connection, and overall well-being.

AmeriCorps Duties

• Active Recess: Structured and organized activities facilitated by adults in order to encourage students in games/sports while building conflict resolution skills during the core day and after school. Members are assigned a daily game that they facilitate and engage with students, focusing on supporting positive student behaviors.

• Tutoring Services: Provide individualized and small-group academic support in subjects such as reading, writing, and math while helping students build confidence, engagement, and positive learning habits.

• Collaborate with teachers and school staff to support classroom learning goals, reinforce instructional strategies, and help create an encouraging and inclusive learning environment for all students.

• Mentoring Services: Mentors will work with students who need additional support in skill development, relationship-building, and personal growth. Lesson plans are created and implemented by the Mentor, utilizing the provided curriculum.

• Expanded Learning & Enrichment Support: Expanded Learning programs support selected students beyond the classroom and outside the traditional school day through the school’s after-school program, COOL School. AmeriCorps EXL Members are not traditional after-school teachers or childcare staff. Instead, Members serve as enrichment and engagement leaders who help create meaningful, hands-on learning experiences for students while gaining direct exposure to different pathways within education and youth development.

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years of age (17 with parental approval)

• Clear criminal background check (DOJ and FBI; National Sex Offender Public Database)

• Submit current, clear TB (tuberculosis) test

• Must have at least a high school diploma or a GED by start date

• Must either be a citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States (Due to federal grant restrictions, we currently cannot accept DACA recipients)

• Passion for education and working with youth of all backgrounds

• Organized, responsible, flexible, motivated and professional

• Strong personal standards of excellence, ethics and integrity

• Ability to be committed to a high standard of safety and be willing and able to comply with all safety laws and all the program’s safety policies and rules

Benefits of Service

• Monthly Living Stipend of $1,680 (10-month contract)

• Segal Education Award of $3,697.50* upon completion of service, which can be used to pay for educational expenses or to repay qualified student loans

• Health Benefits - Inquire if interested in options

• Eligibility for CalFresh (CA’s food stamp program)

• $250 Moving Stipend for applicants moving from over 250 miles from the service site

• Federal Student Loan deferment and interest repayment

• Extensive Professional Development and experiential learning opportunities

Pay and Schedule

Full Time 900 Hour Member Part-time, hours 10-month commitment serving a minimum of 900 hours - may include some weekends and evenings, additional service events to fulfill the AmeriCorps contractual service expectations and hours requirements. 10 Month Contract Hours- Monday-Friday- 12 pm to 6 pm Members are not expected to serve during days their school site is closed according to each district specific school calendar. (Winter Break Intercession program is mandatory)