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Exploring a Service Year with The Literacy Lab
2019 LITERACY LAB INSTITUTE
OBJECTIVES
• Explore what it means to engage in a year of
service versus a traditional job
• Identify what makes a service year experience
with The Literacy Lab unique
• Practice how to represent The Literacy Lab’s
mission as an AmeriCorps member
EXPLORING YOUR SERVICE YEAR
WHY WE SERVE
Who benefits from your service year?
Who are our partners in this work?
What 5 words best describe The Literacy Lab?
Whose service work do you admire?
What needs are we addressing in our immediate community?
THE SERVICE YEAR EXPERIENCE
• What mindsets are needed to be successful in a service position?
• What can you start doing today to ensure you’re successful in your
service year experience?
• What can the program team do to support you in being
successful?
SUCCESS IN A SERVICE YEAR
A SERVICE YEAR WITH THE LITERACY LAB
COMMITMENT TO
CORE VALUES
Going above and beyond
 
Relationships
Impact
 
Careful use of resources
 
Giving the best to those
who need it most
INVESTMENT IN OUR
COMMUNITIES
Kansas City, MO
 
Baltimore, MD
Washington, D.C.
 
Central VA
 
Milwaukee, WI
Springfield, MA
DRIVEN BY DATA
Assess students three times
a year and monitor student
progress weekly
Use research-based literacy
interventions
Receive and implement
feedback from coaches and
staff
REPRESENTATION AND
COMMUNICATION
REPRESENTATION
DO
Wear Literacy Lab gear at your
school site
Take time to introduce
yourself and build
relationships at your school
site
Act as an ambassador of the
Literacy Lab at your school
site
DON’T
Speak negatively about
teachers, schools, students,
families, or communities
Forget your audience when
speaking (i.e., is this
appropriate information to
share and are these terms that
someone outside of our
program would understand?)
COMMUNICATION
DO
Reach out to program staff if someone
asks a question you aren’t sure of the
answer to
Share your stories of impact with
program staff and the organization’s
communication team
Be inclusive and aware of our place
within a much larger landscape of
organizations and partners working
toward a common goal of education
equity
DON’T
Guess the answer to a question you’re
not sure about, especially regarding
data
Speak as a representative of The
Literacy Lab to a media organization
without first connecting with a
program staff member
Share confidential information on
social media or with others in your
network/community
TALKING ABOUT YOUR SERVICE
What role do you play at your
school site?
TALKING ABOUT YOUR SERVICE
What makes Literacy Lab tutoring
unique from other tutoring or
mentoring programs?
TALKING ABOUT YOUR SERVICE
Why are you focused on reading
skills specifically?
TALKING ABOUT YOUR SERVICE
What drew you to a service year
experience?
Va 19 20 literacy lab & ameri-corps representation.pptx

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Va 19 20 literacy lab & ameri-corps representation.pptx

  • 1. Exploring a Service Year with The Literacy Lab 2019 LITERACY LAB INSTITUTE
  • 2. OBJECTIVES • Explore what it means to engage in a year of service versus a traditional job • Identify what makes a service year experience with The Literacy Lab unique • Practice how to represent The Literacy Lab’s mission as an AmeriCorps member
  • 4. WHY WE SERVE Who benefits from your service year? Who are our partners in this work? What 5 words best describe The Literacy Lab? Whose service work do you admire? What needs are we addressing in our immediate community?
  • 5. THE SERVICE YEAR EXPERIENCE
  • 6. • What mindsets are needed to be successful in a service position? • What can you start doing today to ensure you’re successful in your service year experience? • What can the program team do to support you in being successful? SUCCESS IN A SERVICE YEAR
  • 7. A SERVICE YEAR WITH THE LITERACY LAB COMMITMENT TO CORE VALUES Going above and beyond   Relationships Impact   Careful use of resources   Giving the best to those who need it most INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES Kansas City, MO   Baltimore, MD Washington, D.C.   Central VA   Milwaukee, WI Springfield, MA DRIVEN BY DATA Assess students three times a year and monitor student progress weekly Use research-based literacy interventions Receive and implement feedback from coaches and staff
  • 9. REPRESENTATION DO Wear Literacy Lab gear at your school site Take time to introduce yourself and build relationships at your school site Act as an ambassador of the Literacy Lab at your school site DON’T Speak negatively about teachers, schools, students, families, or communities Forget your audience when speaking (i.e., is this appropriate information to share and are these terms that someone outside of our program would understand?)
  • 10. COMMUNICATION DO Reach out to program staff if someone asks a question you aren’t sure of the answer to Share your stories of impact with program staff and the organization’s communication team Be inclusive and aware of our place within a much larger landscape of organizations and partners working toward a common goal of education equity DON’T Guess the answer to a question you’re not sure about, especially regarding data Speak as a representative of The Literacy Lab to a media organization without first connecting with a program staff member Share confidential information on social media or with others in your network/community
  • 11. TALKING ABOUT YOUR SERVICE What role do you play at your school site?
  • 12. TALKING ABOUT YOUR SERVICE What makes Literacy Lab tutoring unique from other tutoring or mentoring programs?
  • 13. TALKING ABOUT YOUR SERVICE Why are you focused on reading skills specifically?
  • 14. TALKING ABOUT YOUR SERVICE What drew you to a service year experience?