Position Title: AmeriCorps Kentucky College Coach
Full-time or Part-time: Full-time
Company Name: Kentucky Campus Compact
Location of Job: Various
Contact Email Address: sgortney@kheaa.com
Position Description: Kentucky College Coaches are AmeriCorps State service members tasked with assisting high school students to think, apply for and get accepted to college. This will involve doing whole-school activities, as well as one-on-one mentoring with core students from each grade level (9th-12th grade) designated by the member’s school-site supervisor. These priority students will be students who 1) will likely get through high school, but who are unlikely to go to college; 2) who would be first-generation college attendees; and/or 3) who are from low-income families.
Contact Name: Summer Gortney
Website Address for Applying Online: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=57564&fromSearch=true
Below are a few more program details as well as the locations that we are seeking to fill. If you have further questions, please let me know.
- Breckinridge County High School
- Christian County High School
- Gallatin County High School
- Holmes High School
- Marion County High School
- Meade County High School
- North Bullitt High School
- North Hardin High School
- Ohio County High School
- Powell County High School
- Warren East High School (Bowling Green)
- Valley Traditional High School (Louisville)
AmeriCorps Service/Job Opportunity Information for Host Schools
Position Title: Kentucky College Coach
Location: Various Locations
Duration: September 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017 (10 months)
Living Allowance/Pay: $1,210 per month, depending on start date for term of service, in living allowance, less FICA and other applicable taxes
Benefits: AmeriCorps healthcare and childcare eligibility, education award at the end of contract (approx. $2800), federal student loan forbearance eligibility, professional development, college access, and mentoring training events
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree, excellent communication and organizational skills, mentoring experience
Application Process:
- AmeriCorps Application Link: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=57564&fromSearch=true
- Required Screening Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/kcc20162017
- Email a professional resume to Summer Gortney (sgortney@kheaa.com) and Megan Morris (megan.morris@kycompact).
Position Description:
Kentucky College Coaches are AmeriCorps State service members tasked with assisting high school students to think, apply for and get accepted to college. This will involve doing whole-school activities, as well as one-on-one mentoring with core students from each grade level (9th-12th grade) designated by the member’s school-site supervisor. These priority students will be students who 1) will likely get through high school, but who are unlikely to go to college; 2) who would be first-generation college attendees; and/or 3) who are from low-income families.
Summer Gortney, MPA
Kentucky College Coaches Program Advisor
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
PO Box 798 | Frankfort, KY 40602
502-330-4711| 502-696-7458