Interested in a full time position at the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps? Now Hiring for three AmeriCorps VISTA positions to begin service at HQ in late August or mid November!
The VYCC experience rests in the hands of highly trained, capable, and passionate leaders. The quality and success of our program is due in a large part to their leadership and commitment. Meet our 2007 Conservation and Community Leadership Program Crew Leaders.
Learn about our AmeriCorps Conservation and Community Leadership Program
Featured Alumni - The VYCC has served over 3,000 young adults since its inception in 1985. See what these folks have to say. Meet a small sampling of our Corps Members and Alumni.
We have 35 Crew Leader positions, over 200 Corps Member positions, and 22 full-time AmeriCorps National Direct positions available for summer 2007. If you or someone you know would like to enroll, lead a crew, or be a national service volunteer, please check our website or contact us for more information!
Our staff and crews will complete high-priority conservation projects and live in the beautiful Vermont outdoors for the summer. These are incredible positions to build one’s resume, inspire personal and professional growth, and be challenged! Our crews operate ten months of the year with new positions starting as early as March 2007.
All positions are paid, and an AmeriCorps education award is available for certain positions for qualified applicants. Click here for more information or to apply online! For more information, please contact Matt Brantner at 434-3969 ext. 200 or info@vycc.org.
The Youth in Agriculture & Natural Resources Team from Mount Mansfield Union High School had a Blacksmithing unit in mid-February. Students spent the day with Matt Dragon, our Technical Skills Program Specialist and Jim Fecteau of Huntington River Smithy in his shop, where they were able to learn traditional smithing techniques to repair important pieces of the VYCC tool cache.
Students gave overwhelmingly positive feedback about the unit, saying, “This was a direct and educational way to learn many different life lessons and incorporate math, reading, and real-life job skills. It presses us to really assess the situation and act responsibly.â€
This is one of the two crews which operate year-round as part of our new work-based alternative education partnership with UVM Extension and Smokey House Center. Students attend traditional classes for the first part of the school day, and then come to the VYCC Youth Leadership, Education, and Training Center for the rest of the academic day where they earn a full compliment of credits as well as a small stipend.
VYCC Instructor, Center for Technology at Essex Partnership
The purpose of the Essex Center for Technology (CTE) Instructor position is to work with a team of professionals to develop an applied learning educational model which technical centers statewide can adopt to enrich their own educational programs. This position’s primary role will be to lead a team of up to four students during the traditional school year in a series of work based learning units. This person will work with a licensed CTE instructor to develop educational units, tie them to Vermont’s Educational framework, and evaluate the students. The VYCC instructor will help develop and employ policies, be the point person for school-to-VYCC communication, and oversee program objectives. The instructor will work closely with VYCC’s Technical Skills Program to accomplish the goals of the applied learning model. This is an ideal position for someone interested in being on the creative front lines of a significant educational initiative in Vermont.
Job Description - VYCC Instructor, Center for Technology at Essex Partnership
You can apply online - Corps Members and Crew Leaders.
We have 35 Crew Leader positions, over 200 Corps Member positions, and 22 full-time AmeriCorps National Direct positions available for Summer 2007. If you or someone you know would like to enroll, lead a crew, or be a national service volunteer, please check our website or contact us for more information! Our staff and crews will complete high priority conservation projects and live in the beautiful Vermont outdoors for the summer. These are incredible positions to build one’s resume, inspire personal and professional growth and be challenged! Our crews operate ten months of the year with new positions starting as early as March 2007. All positions are paid, and an AmeriCorps education award is available for qualified applicants. Visit our website to apply online! For more information, please contact Matt Brantner at 434-3969 ext. 200 or info@vycc.org.
Today’s Burlington Free Press contains a front page article featuring long-time VYCC supporters Wendy and Scott McArdle, who chose to give each other a $1,000 brick to support the West Monitor Barn restoration project in lieu of traditional gift giving. From the Ben & Jerry’s Alternative Gift Fair on December 6, at which the VYCC was a designated charity, to one of our donors who made 21 gifts of $50 in honor of each of his employees, the VYCC has been touched by the swell of people’s desire to give to the VYCC in honor of someone they care about for the holiday season! Click here to read the article.
From a gift to the VYCC of a WoRD book ($10 gift), a shovel ($28 gift) or a personalized engraved brick ($1,000 gift), every dollar given as an alternative gift counts as we expand our programs and complete our West Monitor Barn Capital Campaign. Please make a gift to Vermont’s youth this holiday season, and help us reach more youth in new and exciting ways! For more information, please contact Kate Villa at 434-3969 ext. 110 or kate@vycc.org.
VYCC continues to send crews to help support Hurricane Katrina victims as part of the VYCC’s Disaster Relief program. Our fourth nine-person VYCC Crew this year departed Vermont for the Gulf Coast on November 30th, joining crews from Florida, Utah, and Minnesota as part of a Gulf Coast Recovery Corps sponsored by the National Association of Service and Conservation Corps (NASCC). The Vermont crew is currently working at Buccaneer State Park, a 398-acre Mississippi State Park that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, where they are helping to restore the park by hauling debris, restoring trails, rebuilding fences and barriers, and performing other critical work.
The crew will return home on Wednesday, December 20. In addition to the work they have completed, we are hoping to send another crew in February, if funding allows, to continue helping to rebuild and repair areas that are still devastated one year later. This holiday season, please support our Hurricane Katrina Recovery Crews and make a donation to help send another crew to the Gulf Coast. For more information, please contact Kate Villa at 434-3969 ext. 110 or kate@vycc.org.