The ASD Early Literacy Coordinator is charged with organizing events to promote family engagement in the areas of literacy and math. The Early Literacy Coordinator will identify strategies to recruit community partners and school volunteers. This person will coordinate kindergarten readiness programs (summer) to prepare students to successfully enter kindergarten ready to learn and activities to successfully transition kindergarten students to first grade. The Early Literacy Coordinator is expected to coordinate attendance initiatives including, but not limited to Challenge 5: Strive For Less Than 5 Days Absent.
The United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley has committed to a goal of increasing the number of students reading on grade level by 2022. To reach this goal we will mobilize and coordinate a host of community partners to join the movement, align their efforts, raise the quality of strategies and programs delivered and value and celebrate a collective impact with students and families. We will accomplish this goal by leveraging individual, programmatic and systemic changes intentionally brought about through the implementation of the United Way Community School Model.
An AmeriCorps VISTA assignment is unpaid and lasts for one year. Participants must be 18 years of age and have a combination of community service and/or equivalent college experience. They receive an end-of-service stipend or education award, health coverage, training, a relocation allowance, a living allowance and childcare assistance if eligible. The work is full-time; VISTAs are permitted to do paid part-time work during their assignment to supplement their income.
Our AmeriCorps VISTAs work closely with our community team, assignments are based in our UW office, school districts and community schools. 12 assignments are currently posted.
Salary: Less than $20,000 per year