Position Summary: Elevate your teaching practice as part of Professional Corps and help your students achieve incredible growth. As a Professional Corps member, you\'ll take what you already do in your classroom, and combine it with the data and interventions of Early Learning Corps. With regular coaching and specialized training in research-based interventions, you\xe2\x80\x99ll enhance daily literacy and math opportunities for students. We are currently recruiting Professional Corps members for the 2023-24 school year, with the option of beginning in August, October or January. This is an AmeriCorps member position with Early Learning Corps and you\xe2\x80\x99ll be joining an amazing team of Minnesota teachers, paras and aides. Together, we\xe2\x80\x99re on a mission to help our youngest learners get ready for school! What to Expect:

• Engage your class in research-based literacy and math activities to build skills and confidence.
• Provide additional one-on-one and small group support using scripted early literacy and math strategies.
• Collaborate with coaches to monitor student progress and see what\xe2\x80\x99s working.
• Conduct skill assessments and enter student scores into data management software.
• Respond to feedback and commit to continuous improvement through coaching, training and professional development.
• Represent Early Learning Corps at school-sponsored activities and share your experience with the wider community to help build awareness.

Perks Package: While your students benefit from proven literacy and math strategies, you\xe2\x80\x99ll be rewarded with more than just a sense of satisfaction. Professional Corps members receive perks including: 35 hours/week perks:

• Up to $4,826 for tuition or student loans*
  • $4,826 total for members beginning their service in August 2023
  • $3,447 total for members beginning their service in October 2023
  • $2,626 total for members beginning their service in January 2024
• Federal student loan forbearance and interest repayment
• Professional Coaching & Development
• Free Training

25 hours/week perks:

• Up to $3,447 for tuition or student loans*
  • $3,447 total for members beginning their service in August 2023
  • $2,626 total for members beginning their service in October 2023
  • $1,824 total for members beginning their service in January 2024
• Federal student loan forbearance and interest repayment
• Professional Coaching & Development
• Free Training

• The Segal AmeriCorps Education Award can be used to pay tuition or repay qualified student loans. Individuals 55+ may gift their award to their child, grandchild, foster child, or stepchild.

What it Takes: To participate in Professional Corps, you need to be a classroom teacher, paraprofessional or aide working with students ages 3-5 \xe2\x80\x93 and meet the following minimum qualifications. By the time they begin their service, our members are:

• Recommended by the principal, school administrator or supervisor
• Competent with basic computer skills (like email and navigating online)
• Fluent in English for speaking, reading, and writing
• 18 years of age or older with a high school diploma or equivalent
• A citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident of the United States*
• Able to successfully complete a background check

• Applicants who have received deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are not eligible to serve as AmeriCorps members at this time.

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Have Questions?: We\xe2\x80\x99d love to hear from you! Contact us at 866-859-2825 or join@ampact.us. About our Organization: Early Learning Corps is powered by AmeriCorps members who serve as tutors. Started in 2003, Early Learning Corps has helped more than 100,000 children build early literacy and numeracy skills and get ready for Kindergarten. Rigorous third-party evaluation has shown Early Learning Corps students consistently outperform their peers on key emergent literacy outcomes. Building on the success in Minnesota, Early Learning Corps is replicated nationally in 9 states, the District of Columbia, and is still growing! Early Learning Corps is an Ampact educational program that is administered through a formal partnership with ServeMinnesota and fueled by research from the National Science + Service Collaborative. As a national organization, Ampact demonstrates the power of national service to solve complex social problems by creating innovative programs that focus on the key areas of education, environmental stewardship, and healthy futures for communities. These programs include Reading Corps, Math Corps, Early Learning Corps, Climate Impact Corps, Heading Home Corps, Language Corps, Public Health Corps, Recovery Corps and Resettlement Corps. Ampact will not discriminate for or against any AmeriCorps service member or applicant on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, marital or parental status, familial status, military service, or any other category protected by law. Reasonable accommodations provided upon request. This document is available in alternative formats.