Goodwill NNE AmeriCorps - Midcoast Youth Center
Midcoast Youth Center (“MYC”) is a non-profit organization located in Bath, Maine. Our mission is to empower Midcoast youth to be healthy, engaged, and resilient, by offering recreation, education & enrichment, leadership & life skills, referrals to mental health support & substance use treatment, and support to youth experiencing housing insecurity. Our vision is a suicide-free Midcoast community where the physical and emotional needs of youth are met through comprehensive programming and social services; where youth are inspired and equipped to realize a promising future. The program, Waypoint, is a six-year mentoring program that focuses on increasing resiliency and raising aspirations for cohorts of up to 20 students in each grade level from grade seven to twelve. This program, that serves youth in the greater Bath area, focuses on providing mentorship, experiential learning, and using outdoor adventures as catalysts for self-discovery, leadership development, and increased aspirations. More information can be found by going to www.midcoastyouth.org.
The Waypoint member is responsible for recruiting and onboarding cohorts of middle school students from the Regional School Unit 1 (RSU1) district and guiding them through a six-year curricular progression, providing mentorship, experiential learning, and outdoor adventures as catalysts for self-discovery, leadership development, and increased aspiration. In addition to working with students, the AmeriCorps position involves collaborating with the Waypoint Director and the Executive Director to continue developing the Waypoint program. This position also includes duties such as communicating with participant families and RSU1 school partners, recruiting and managing adult volunteer mentors, crafting creative curricula, and collecting and interpreting evaluation data to inform program design.
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