Children of Adolescent Parents Support - Service LearningAt — Fristers

Service learning students will assist in childcare/school readiness program for children, ages 0-5 years old, at nonprofit, Fristers. Students will put their classroom education to work in the real world, leading activities, games and crafts which foster language development, cognitive development, motor development, and social/emotional development in newborns, toddlers and school age children. Students will help implement curriculum and weekly lesson plan, working one on one with children; utilize dialogic reading practices during story time to engage children; serve dinner to toddlers; assist with caring for infants' basic needs including feeding and changing, read to babies and engage babies in our sensory boards, give loving, individual attention to children. Students will be supervised by Senior Program Manager, Karina Cervantes, MA. Please visit our website at www.fristers.org for more information about our organization. If interested, please send your cover letter and resume to info@fristers.org.  

Schedule: 
Determined by student's location and availability and needs.

Monday-Santa Ana

Monday - Mission Viejo

Tuesday - Anaheim

Thursday - Santa Ana

Qualifications:
Major in Child and Adolescent Studies, Human Services, Psychology, Public Health or relevant field 
Friendly, warm, and welcoming attitude 
Self-starter, reliable, and detail oriented 
Physically capable of lifting 25lbs. 

Help implement the Kidsters curriculum and weekly lesson plan, working directly with children; assist with classroom set up; utilize dialogic reading practices during story time to engage children; serve dinner to toddlers; assist with caring for infants' basic needs including feeding and changing, read to babies and engage babies in our sensory boards, give loving, individual attention to children.

Learning Outcomes:

Understanding of nonprofit work in general
Experience working with at-risk children--children of teenage mothers
Hands-on experience caring for babies
Hands-on experience interacting with toddlers and school age children utilizing pre-school curriculum.
Understanding of developmental milestones and assessments of children
Learning how to read to children to spark interest and learning
Learning what it takes to run a program/organization