- School Day Tutoring
350 AmeriCorps members will tutor 3,500 students (10 per member on average) as reported in America Learns online reports, with 95% of tutored students improving their reading performance by at least one letter grade over what would normally be expected as measured by Classroom Teacher Surveys.
- Extended School Day and Year Tutoring
350 AmeriCorps members will tutor 1,400 students (4 students per member per on average) for 1,400 hours (4 hours per member on average) each week before and after school, in the summer and during school breaks in public schools and pre-schools, and in community and faith-based organizations as reported in America Learns online reports, resulting in 95% of the tutored students who are tutored regularly (2 or more times per week) improving class work, attitude toward school, and behavior in school by one letter grade over what would normally be expected as measured by mid and end of year Classroom Teacher Surveys.
- Volunteer Recruitment for School and Community Service
350 AmeriCorps members will collaborate with state and local community and faith-based organizations to recruit 25,000 volunteers who will serve 125,000 hours serving as volunteer readers and assisting with National Service Day Projects (9/11, Make a Difference Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Read Across America Day, Global Youth Service Day, and AmeriCorps Week), performing such duties as posting event announcements, registering participants, setting up, manning activity stations, painting/restoration, planting trees, area clean-up, and passing out health or education related literature benefitting 95,000 people as measured by the America Learns online reports.
- Member Training and Development
350 AmeriCorps members will participate in monthly (on average) trainings conducted in collaboration with state agencies, partnering universities and community and faith-based organizatons with members rating the quality of the trainings at least three (good) on a four point scale based on monthly member Training Evaluations and End of Year Member Surveys.
- Member Team Leader Training and Development
Member team leaders (one from each school service site) will attend two state trainings on leadership skills, national service day projects, giving public presentations, and specialized volunteer recruitment and management training resulting in 95% of the member team leaders indicating that they have improved their leadership skills based on the America Learns online reports.
- Citizenship, Civic Engagement, and Homeland Security
350 AmeriCorps members will conduct Citizenship / Civic Engagement and Homeland Security activities by starting a Jr. Citizens Corps Club at their school service site and conducting one public community workshop about homeland security and disaster / emergency preparedness, with materials, support, and technical assistance (from MEMA, the Red Cross, and ARM Program Staff) and in collaboration with state agencies and local community and faith-based organizations, resulting in a total of all school teams conducting projects benefiting 3,500 people as measured by the Citizenship / Civic Engagement and Homeland Security Project Reports.
7. Other Specialized Member Training
Specialized training will be provided for smaller sub-groups of the Corps including Team Leader Corps and Future Teacher Corps.
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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