- School Day Tutoring- CNCS NATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE
350 AmeriCorps members will tutor 3,500 students per day in reading (10 students per member per day) resulting in 90% improving in reading by at least one reading level over what they would normally be expected without the tutoring as measured by mid and end of year teacher evaluations.
- Extended School Day and Year Tutoring
350 members will tutor 4 students after school in reading, 4 hours per week for a total of 42,000 hours by the entire Corps for the school year to an average of 1,400 students per week, resulting in 90% of tutored students demonstrating improvement in school attitude, behavior, class work, grades, and being promoted to the next grade.
- Volunteer Recruitment for School and Community Service
350 members will collaborate with community organizations, businesses, faith-based organizations and others to recruit 21,000 volunteers who will volunteer 73,500 hours assisting with National Service Day Projects, benefiting 95,000 people.
- Member Training and Development
350 members will participate in a comprehensive training program with regular trainings at six university centers around the state, as well as occasional centralized trainings in Jackson for select groups, conducted in collaboration with state agencies, partnering universities, and community and faith-based organizations with 95% of members rating the quality of training at least a three (good) on a four point scale..
- Service Learning Initiatives
350 AmeriCorps members will conduct Citizenship / Civic Engagement activities by starting a Jr. Citizens Corps Club at their school service site, with materials and support from MEMA, the Red Cross, and ARM Program Staff, and in collaboration with state agencies and local community and faith-based organizations, resulting in at least 1,500 students benefitting as reported by Serving Learning Reports.
Please note: ARM members should be aware of the program's performance measures and work to achieve and exceed them throughout the year. Members should be able to comment on their progress toward each objective. Each school's America Learns members complete weekly surveys indicating progress toward program objectives.
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