AmeriCorps
Arts and Workforce Training Center Coordinator VISTA
AmeriCorps, Alamogordo, New Mexico, us, 88311
Arts and Workforce Training Center Coordinator VISTA
The Albuquerque Sign Language Academy and ASLA Foundation, in an effort to improve educational and employment outcomes, will relaunch the North Fourth Arts & Workforce Training Center to offer programs specifically designed for adults with disabilities. The Albuquerque Sign Language Academy's (ASLA) K-12 bilingual model incorporates American Sign Language (ASL) and English to serve hearing and deaf students in an inclusive environment. ASLA builds bridges through dual language learning so students, families, and the surrounding community can unite and flourish together. The North Fourth Arts N4Arts) initiative will build on this model of inclusion and provide a post-secondary option for adults. The ASLA Foundation is continuing the important work of the North Fourth Art Center, formerly a Very Special Arts (VSA) site, including offering all-abilities visual and performing arts classes and workforce training and education programs for adults with disabilities. The ASLA North Fourth Arts & Workforce Training Initiative will connect adults with disabilities and the greater community - providing a purposeful existence infused with joy, creativity, and a love for learning. At N4Arts, specially designed art and theatre classes will support the greater community and also the unique needs of persons with disabilities in an effort to promote social and emotional wellness, artistic expression, and community involvement for all. Additionally, high school transition students and adults with disabilities will train toward employment though the lens of their abilities in a variety of retail and service businesses.
Member Duties :
VISTA members will focus on researching workforce training and educational reform strategies and barriers, building responsive programmatic processes for information dissemination and discussion, and develop national partnerships for replication and implementation of research-based best practices to inform and enlist the next generation of community leaders. VISTA members will build partnerships and create technical guides for managing the vast network and providing a voice for community-based programs which celebrate and support innovative, inclusive, and transparent approaches to addressing poverty. VISTA members will focus on building systems to inform programmatic offerings, researching methods for removing barriers to achievement for adults with disabilities, and building partnerships within the local and national community to support and further educational and employment opportunities for adults with disabilities (N4Arts Initiative).
Program Benefits :
Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Health Coverage* , Living Allowance , Relocation Allowance , Training , Childcare assistance if eligible .
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits .
Terms : Permits attendance at school during off hours , Car recommended , Permits working at another job during off hours .
Service Areas : Education , Community and Economic Development , Community Outreach .
Skills : Business/Entrepreneur , General Skills , Fine Arts/Crafts , Leadership , Non-Profit Management , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Recruitment , Computers/Technology , Community Organization , Education , Writing/Editing , Teaching/Tutoring , Communications , Public Speaking .
The Albuquerque Sign Language Academy and ASLA Foundation, in an effort to improve educational and employment outcomes, will relaunch the North Fourth Arts & Workforce Training Center to offer programs specifically designed for adults with disabilities. The Albuquerque Sign Language Academy's (ASLA) K-12 bilingual model incorporates American Sign Language (ASL) and English to serve hearing and deaf students in an inclusive environment. ASLA builds bridges through dual language learning so students, families, and the surrounding community can unite and flourish together. The North Fourth Arts N4Arts) initiative will build on this model of inclusion and provide a post-secondary option for adults. The ASLA Foundation is continuing the important work of the North Fourth Art Center, formerly a Very Special Arts (VSA) site, including offering all-abilities visual and performing arts classes and workforce training and education programs for adults with disabilities. The ASLA North Fourth Arts & Workforce Training Initiative will connect adults with disabilities and the greater community - providing a purposeful existence infused with joy, creativity, and a love for learning. At N4Arts, specially designed art and theatre classes will support the greater community and also the unique needs of persons with disabilities in an effort to promote social and emotional wellness, artistic expression, and community involvement for all. Additionally, high school transition students and adults with disabilities will train toward employment though the lens of their abilities in a variety of retail and service businesses.
Member Duties :
VISTA members will focus on researching workforce training and educational reform strategies and barriers, building responsive programmatic processes for information dissemination and discussion, and develop national partnerships for replication and implementation of research-based best practices to inform and enlist the next generation of community leaders. VISTA members will build partnerships and create technical guides for managing the vast network and providing a voice for community-based programs which celebrate and support innovative, inclusive, and transparent approaches to addressing poverty. VISTA members will focus on building systems to inform programmatic offerings, researching methods for removing barriers to achievement for adults with disabilities, and building partnerships within the local and national community to support and further educational and employment opportunities for adults with disabilities (N4Arts Initiative).
Program Benefits :
Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Health Coverage* , Living Allowance , Relocation Allowance , Training , Childcare assistance if eligible .
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits .
Terms : Permits attendance at school during off hours , Car recommended , Permits working at another job during off hours .
Service Areas : Education , Community and Economic Development , Community Outreach .
Skills : Business/Entrepreneur , General Skills , Fine Arts/Crafts , Leadership , Non-Profit Management , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Recruitment , Computers/Technology , Community Organization , Education , Writing/Editing , Teaching/Tutoring , Communications , Public Speaking .