Early Childhood Education VISTA-UWGLV

All United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley AmeriCorps VISTA assignments will expand capacity towards population level goals across the region. UWGLV strives to create population level change in areas of education, community stability, and healthy aging to ensure individuals who experience crisis have the supports they need to rebound. The UWGLV VISTA project focuses on strengthening the networks of providers that deliver services to address concerns and through working with UWGLV staff they support the efforts across all three-issue areas. VISTAs address issues at the programmatic and system levels seeking to identify and deal with the root causes by utilizing the collective impact framework.

Member Duties : The Early Childhood Education VISTA will conduct community outreach to increase understanding of the importance of high-quality early childhood education and child care and how it impacts a child's development and academic success. The VISTA will learn about the targeted neighborhoods they are working in and what their needs are to build trust and communicate with community leaders and influential organizations to share resources and information. The VISTA will build a strategy to connect targeted populations to high quality early childhood education and childcare programming. They will develop community pop up educational workshops to demonstrate positive early education and childcare development. The VISTA will research and understand LVCC's strategies and activities on family engagement and document best practices on how this contributes to a child's educational success. They will create family engagement activities at the targeted centers.

Program Benefits : Health Coverage* , Education award upon successful completion of service , Relocation Allowance , Living Allowance , Training , Childcare assistance if eligible .

*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits .

Terms :
Permits working at another job during off hours , Car recommended , Permits attendance at school during off hours .

Service Areas :
Homelessness , Neighborhood Revitalization , Community Outreach , Hunger , Community and Economic Development , Health , Children/Youth , Education .

Skills :
Writing/Editing , Communications , Urban Planning , Conflict Resolution , Public Health , Youth Development , Community Organization , Teaching/Tutoring , Education , Recruitment , Computers/Technology , Non-Profit Management , Leadership , Counseling , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Public Speaking , Team Work , Social Services .