Description
Our members facilitate after-school arts-based learning experiences that serve K-12 students in Baltimore City. Members also facilitate art making opportunities for community residents, recruit and manage volunteers, and gain valuable professional experience in community art and non-profit work.
CAC also serves at the Community Arts Residency for graduate students in the MFA Community Arts programs, as a means of providing in-the-field experience during their graduate studies. However, it is certainly possible to apply to the CAC program without being a graduate student.
Members will work with their host organizations to design and implement high quality arts-based activities for children and youth. Members will develop curriculum, teach classes and workshops, and assist in the evaluation of classes and program activities. Members will expand the range of after school program offerings, providing outreach to potential program participants, publicizing opportunities and events, and incorporating ongoing feedback from children served into program planning. CAC members will also assist in increasing volunteer opportunities and active networks of volunteers. CAC members will design and implement community-strengthening projects that develop as an outgrowth of the arts-based activities that members will provide in out-of-school time programs.
Our application deadline has been extended to June 1st 2018!
Our members facilitate after-school arts-based learning experiences that serve K-12 students in Baltimore City. Members also facilitate art making opportunities for community residents, recruit and manage volunteers, and gain valuable professional experience in community art and non-profit work.
CAC also serves at the Community Arts Residency for graduate students in the MFA Community Arts programs, as a means of providing in-the-field experience during their graduate studies. However, it is certainly possible to apply to the CAC program without being a graduate student.
Members will work with their host organizations to design and implement high quality arts-based activities for children and youth. Members will develop curriculum, teach classes and workshops, and assist in the evaluation of classes and program activities. Members will expand the range of after school program offerings, providing outreach to potential program participants, publicizing opportunities and events, and incorporating ongoing feedback from children served into program planning. CAC members will also assist in increasing volunteer opportunities and active networks of volunteers. CAC members will design and implement community-strengthening projects that develop as an outgrowth of the arts-based activities that members will provide in out-of-school time programs.
Our application deadline has been extended to June 1st 2018!
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Living Allowance
$1141
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$1141 monthly
Benefits
Childcare assistance if eligible, Education award upon successful completion of service, Health coverage, Living allowance, Student loan forbearance, Training
Additional Benefits
Program Benefits for the 2018-19 Year:
-A living allowance of $13,700 for the year (Paid in bi-weekly amounts from MICA)
-Free health coverage (through a special AmeriCorps healthcare plan with Cigna). This includes: medical, dental and vision.
-Child care benefits. (Partial reimbursement for childcare costs)
-A federal Education Award of $5,920 upon successful completion of your service, which can be used to pay eligible student loans or other eligible educational expenses. (For more info, please see this website about the Segal Education Award)
-Deferment of eligible student loans while you are in service, and repayment of the interest that accrues while they are in deferment.
-Ongoing professional development training in curriculum development, classroom management, grant writing, community organizing, and much more!
-Access to tons of valuable resources at MICA, including: Downloading free software (Adobe Creative Suite & Microsoft Office), access to resources at the MICA Decker Library, and access to rental technology equipment at the MICA Tech Center (rental cameras, video cameras, projectors, lighting kits, etc).
-Valuable work experience that can help propel your career forward after AmeriCorps.
-Access to the citywide and national AmeriCorps network for future opportunities and general networking.
-Being part of a cohort team of community arts colleagues that you can collaborate with and learn from.
-The option of staying on for a second year of the program, to further develop projects and relationships at your CAC Host Site.
Education Requirements
High School Graduate
Desired Languages
English
Other Conditions
Subject to criminal background check