AmeriCorps Community Corps Member Position
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Marshfield Clinic Health System (MCHS) AmeriCorps Community Corps Member Position

Host Site: Fox Valley Literacy

Play a vital role in tackling our communities most pressing challenges as an AmeriCorps Community Corps

member! Receive ongoing professional skills training and mentorship, gain work experience, build a

professional network, and make an impact in your community! Complete your service term at Fox Valley

Literacy as your host site.

Fox Valley Literacy uses the power of learning to transform lives and enrich the community. We offer

individualized and small group English language classes, digital literacy, citizenship, and career upskilling

classes for adults and cultural and pedagogical workshops for volunteers. Our mission is to create a

community where everyone belongs and can live their full potential.

Fox Valley Literacy has created a family-based heritage literacy program that will help HMong parents and

children learn and preserve the HMong language. This program aims to strengthen intergenerational literacy

and academic engagement, child development, family wellbeing, mental health, and cultural resiliency.

We are looking for an AmeriCorps Community Corps Member to help with the HMong family program by

supporting student recruitment, monitoring and evaluating the program, teaching HMong class as well as teach

in our English language learning program. This opportunity is a great fit for you if you are interested in or

passionate about:

child development and family wellbeing

community-based education and mental health projects

intergenerational literacy skills-building

heritage language preservation and transmission

immigrant and refugee wellbeing

HMong language(s), community(ies), and culture(s)

program implementation

program monitoring and evaluation

volunteer recruitment and management

teaching HMong

teaching English

Position Description:

This is a three-quarter time position offered through MCHS AmeriCorps Community Corps. The member hired

will be serving their term at Fox Valley Literacy as the host site. Under the supervision of the Literacy Program

Lead and the Program and Operations Director, the AmeriCorps Member will help teach, monitor, and evaluate

the family literacy program.

Responsibilities:

research child development and family wellbeing practices

assist with curriculum and lesson planning

assist with volunteer recruitment and training

support volunteer teachers and program assistants

teach or co-teach HMoob language lessons

build relationships with other community organizations and create collaborations

recruit HMong families and volunteers

talk with families about their experiences, goals, joys, hopes, and progress

document family progress and other program outcomes

serve as a teacher for students in our English Language Learning program

help coordinate English Language family services

Preferred Background and Experience:

Familiarity with child and family development practices and principles

Bilingual HMong (White or Green) and English speaker, reader, and writer

Academic background in education, child development, anthropology, sociology, cultural studies,

linguistics, social work, social/human services, or a related field.

Previous volunteer, internship, coursework, or employment working with children or families

Commitment to and ability to follow confidentiality procedures

Active listening, cultural humility, and sensitivity

Attitude of non-judgment

Strengths-based attitude and approach

Ability to work independently and as a team

Comfort using the Internet, Google Suite, Microsoft Office, and research databases (i.e. google scholar)

Reliability and follow-through

Position Type and Benefits:

Training will be provided by both AmeriCorps and Fox Valley Literacy

Position is based in Appleton, WI with some remote opportunities.

25-30 hours per week (1200 hours requirement for three-quarter time position)

Most work will be completed Monday-Thursday between 9AM and 7PM

Service Term Start and End Date: January 6th August 30, 2025

Benefits include flexible schedule, modest bi-weekly living allowance, holidays off, negotiable time off,

forbearance for most federally guaranteed student loans, and $5,176.50 educational award for

successful service.

To Apply:

For more information, questions, or to apply, contact Rita Moua: ...@foxvalleylit.org or (920) ###-####

Must apply to the AmeriCorps Community Corps program directly as well. Click here to apply:

Applications close December 13, 2024.