Acceptable Service
Our program is flexible and we encourage you to consider placements and programs that support your local community and campus goals. We highly encourage students who are serving in community service federal work-study positions to get involved with the Iowa College AmeriCorps Program. These students are uniquely positioned in the community and are committed to a full academic year of service.
Community Service
If you question whether a member's service may count, ask Iowa Campus Compact.
Members serve as providers of capacity building services to under-resourced community partners.
Members serve as providers of capacity building services to under-resourced community partners.
- Recruiting and coordinating additional campus and community volunteers
- Developing and sustaining partnerships with community organizations
- Improving volunteer management practices at a community organization
- Providing specialized skills such as Marketing Support to community organizations
Campus Development
If you question whether a member's service may count, ask Iowa Campus Compact.
A few examples of how AmeriCorps members might contribute to the coordination and delivery of community service and service-learning programs on campus are through service as:
*Active participants in the institutionalization of service learning. Members could work to further campus public service missions through:
*Advocates for strong community-campus partnerships. In addition to the above activities, members could:
A few examples of how AmeriCorps members might contribute to the coordination and delivery of community service and service-learning programs on campus are through service as:
*Active participants in the institutionalization of service learning. Members could work to further campus public service missions through:
- Education, outreach and recruitment efforts on and off campus related to service programs.
- Identifying and coordinating the variety of efforts related to service and civic engagement among offices on campus (leadership offices, career offices, alumni offices) etc. and of individual faculty members.
- Support for faculty members in developing service-learning and community-based research projects including community needs assessments related to specific issue areas, building foundations for long term relationships with community-based organizations, developing infrastructure for on-going class projects, etc.
*Advocates for strong community-campus partnerships. In addition to the above activities, members could:
- Assist faculty, community service and service-learning offices, and community partners in the development of campus-based programs that will meet needs identified by community-based organizations.
- Assume a leadership role in the initiation, development and coordination of campus service projects and programs to address local needs.
- Collect data and information that will inform state, city, and campus-wide cross-collaboration, resulting in more effective provision of services and understanding of the role of higher education in community problem solving.
What about ... ?
Community-Based Work Study: Yes! Hours DO count toward the scholarship.
Co-ops, Internships, or Student Teaching: Members involved in an unpaid student teaching position, internship, or co-op in which they are tutoring, mentoring, or addressing unmet human needs in a community can hours count toward the AmeriCorps experience so long as they are (1) providing capacity building services and are (2) providing services beyond the minimum requirements of their internship or student teaching experience.
If you question whether a member's service may count, ask Iowa Campus Compact.
Co-ops, Internships, or Student Teaching: Members involved in an unpaid student teaching position, internship, or co-op in which they are tutoring, mentoring, or addressing unmet human needs in a community can hours count toward the AmeriCorps experience so long as they are (1) providing capacity building services and are (2) providing services beyond the minimum requirements of their internship or student teaching experience.
If you question whether a member's service may count, ask Iowa Campus Compact.