Kindergarten Family Literacy Initiative Service LearningAt — Maryland Elementary School

Position Description

Participates as a “leader in development” in various aspects of our kingergarten family literacy development initiative: organizing and attending family events, reading with children, monitoring progress of children, making videos, contacting families

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

• Overall vision of the kindergarten family literacy development initiative
• Developing competence in serving children with no formal preschool experience
• Developing competence in collaborative leadership
• Developing competence in assessing learner progress and initiative effectiveness
• Developing competence in effective home-school communication

Desired Qualifications

• Genuine passion for learning and helping children learn.
• Balanced stewardship of time, talent, and resources 
• Demonstrated ability to actively collaborate with others to collectively discern and work toward a common vision
• Openness to learning and growing (teachability)
• Reliable and sincere
• Bilingual
• Technological competence: making simple videos

Length of position 13 Weeks

Hours per week 5 hours

Application Instructions

• Complete intern application
• Submit letter of interest responding to the question: How will this internship opportunity be a mutual benfit for you and our children and families?
• Brief resume of life/work experiences leadership and working with children (including family sibling experiences)