Download or read book AmeriCorps in the Field written by Thomas Joseph Smith and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book AmeriCorps NCCC Member Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book AmeriCorps News written by AmeriCorps (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Politics and Civics of National Service written by Melissa Bass and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created America's first domestic national service program: the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). As part of this program—the largest and most highly esteemed of its kind—nearly three million unemployed men worked to rehabilitate, protect, and build the nation's natural resources. It demonstrated what citizens and government could accomplish together. Yet despite its success, the CCC was short lived. While more controversial programs such as President Johnson's Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and President Clinton's AmeriCorps survived, why did CCC die? And why—given the hard-won continuation and expansion of AmeriCorps—is national service an option for fewer Americans today than at its start nearly eighty years ago? In The Politics and Civics of National Service, Melissa Bass focuses on the history, current relevance, and impact of domestic civilian national service. She explains why such service has yet to be deeply institutionalized in the United States; while military and higher education have solidified their roles as American institutions, civilian national service is still not recognized as a long-term policy option. Bass argues that only by examining these programs over time can we understand national service's successes and limitations, both in terms of its political support and its civics lessons. The Politics and Civics of National Service furthers our understanding of American political development by comparing programs founded during three distinct political eras—the New Deal, theGreat Society, and the early Clinton years—and tracing them over time. To a remarkable extent, the CCC, VISTA, and AmeriCorps reflect the policymaking ethos and political controversies of their times, illuminating principles that hold well beyond the field of national service. By emphasizing these programs' effects on citizenship and civic engagement, The Politics and Civics of National Ser
Download or read book Next Steps written by Nedra Klee Hartzell and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Civilian Community Corps written by National Civilian Community Corps (AmeriCorps) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Facts about AmeriCorps NCCC written by National Civilian Community Corps (AmeriCorps) and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Program Director s Handbook written by AmeriCorps (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book AmeriCorps Getting Things Done written by Corporation for National and Community Service (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Peace Jobs written by David J. Smith and published by IAP. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a guide for college students exploring career options who are interested in working to promote peacebuilding and the resolution of conflict. High school students, particularly those starting to consider college and careers, can also benefit from this book. A major feature of the book is 30 stories from young professionals, most recently graduated from college, who are working in the field. These profiles provide readers with insight as to strategies they might use to advance their peacebuilding careers. The book speaks directly to the Millennial generation, recognizing that launching a career is a major focus, and that careers in the peace field have not always been easy to identify. As such, the book takes the approach that most any career can be a peacebuilding career provided one is willing to apply creativity and passion to their work. ENDORSEMENTS: The 30 profiles and other examples of career options across disciplines in Peace Jobs should be a required resource for all high school and college career offices. Packed with valuable realistic examples of how students, from a wide array of backgrounds, connected their passion with a paid career, it answers the ever present question “but what job can I get in peacebuilding”? Jennifer Batton Co-Chair, Peace Education Working Group and Chair, North America, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict Coordinator, International Conference on Conflict Resolution Education If changing the world is your calling, David Smith offers the guiding framework to channel passions and talents into meaningful employment. In Peace Jobs, millennials and others can discover ways to apply their social conscience to traditional and transformative career opportunities. Tony Jenkins, PhD Director, Peace Education Initiative, The University of Toledo Managing Director, International Institute on Peace Education Coordinator, Global Campaign for Peace Education
Download or read book Americorps NCCC Projects written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What If You Had Animal Eyes written by Sandra Markle and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you could have any animal's eyes, whose would you choose? What if you woke up one morning and your eyes weren't yours? What If You Had Animal Eyes? -- the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series -- explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw a pair of animal eyes instead of your own! From the chameleon's eyes that can point in different directions, to the colossal squid's eyes that shine in the dark, discover what it would be like if you had these special eyes -- and find out why your eyes are just the right ones for you!
Download or read book Recruiting AmeriCorps Members written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Americorps National Service Southwest Cluster Programs Summer 96 written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book AmeriCorps Member Handbook 1994 1995 written by Corporation for National and Community Service (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book AmeriCorps Members in Urban K 12 Schools and Their Perceptions of the Communities They Serve written by Jonathan Joseph Lopez and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AmeriCorps Members serve as a human capacity intervention in urban education systems around the United States (Cassidy, Hicks, Hall, Farran, & Gray, 1998). Since 1994 nearly 75,000 Americans, annually, have served in AmeriCorps. The largest percentage of service provided by AmeriCorps Members is in the field of K-12 public education. Research has shown that public school students in low-income communities benefit from interactions with adults on campus who can validate and lift up their cultural capital in their learning experience (Darling, 2005; Howard, 2001; Noguera, 2003; Osei-Kofi, 2005; Tatum, 2007). Considering that AmeriCorps Members come from a variety of personal and professional backgrounds, but rarely have any experience serving in communities similar to those where they have lived, it is important for them to develop asset based perspectives of the communities they serve in order to achieve their service goals. This research study sought to understand the perceptions held by AmeriCorps Members about the communities they serve and how the training they received influenced their views of the community. The Community Cultural Wealth Model (Yosso, 2005) and research on the six essentials of Asset Based Community Development (McKnight, 2017) informed the design of this mixed methods study with descriptive and explanatory analyses of two sites within one AmeriCorps education program. The research process included a survey of 85 AmeriCorps Members, in-depth interviews with 11 AmeriCorps Members, and interviews with two Training Directors; one from each of the two research sites. The six forms of capital highlighted by Yosso's (2005) research (aspirational, familial, linguistic, navigational, resistant, and social) and six essential elements of Asset Based Community Development (McKnight, 2017) research (individuals, associations, institutions, physical assets, local economy, and connections) were used as coding frames for the data collection. Findings support the need for ongoing learning experiences that allow AmeriCorps Members to engage the communities they serve. The engagement of community members affiliated with service locations increases AmeriCorps Members' asset-based views of the community. Additionally, informal learning experiences are the most impactful on the perceptions AmeriCorps Members hold of the communities they serve. AmeriCorps programs that balance informal and formal learning experiences better support AmeriCorps Member understanding of community as a factor of their service. Finally, AmeriCorps Members who learn to recognize and values culture as a natural and normal part of the community they serve are more likely to see the community as asset-based. Engaged AmeriCorps Members in guided reflection during their service experience is a strategy that supports this mindset development.
Download or read book Getting to the Corps written by and published by . This book was released on 1998-08 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
