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AmeriCorps
Education Award Only
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For Student Teachers
As a part of the AmeriCorps Education Awards
Only program, FTUSL allows student teachers to earn an education
award for serving their community through their practicum experience
while studying service-learning.
Download
the FTUSL brochure.
What do I have to do?
The FTUSL program is designed for students who are interested in studying Service-Learning, and serving while engaged in their practicum experience:
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Attend an orientation session at your campus before you sign up.
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Meet once a semester on your campus for conversations about your effects on the classroom, community, and the world.
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Engage in monthly internet discussions with student teachers across the state.
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Design a potential service-learning unit based on your class's specific community, grade, and curriculum to provide as resource for your class, and for student teachers around the state.
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Meet with FTUSL members from around the state at the end of the year to celebrate and reflect on your work this year.
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Complete the requirements from your teacher education department.
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Document all your activities on monthly time sheets, tracking your effects on the class, and their effects on the classroom and community.
What's an Education Award?
See the AmeriCorps Education Award Only page for details.
What can I count for hours towards my Education Award?
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Hours preparing for and during my practicum
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Developing a service-learning curriculum
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Conversations about service-learning with other student teachers
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Training (20% of your hours may come from training, including conferences or classes)
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Other community service activities
Am I Eligible?
If you are:
- A United States Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident
- Doing your practicum in an American education institution
- Enrolled in a participating teacher education program at a Vermont Instiution*
You are eligible!
*Bennington College, Champlain College, Middlebury College, and University of Vermont are currently participating in the program. If your teacher education program is interested, please contact John Coutley to find out how.
How do I sign up?
All students must attend an orientation before signing
up.
For more information or to find out when the next orientation is,
contact your teacher education program for more information or contact
John Coutley at 802-443-2511 or jcoutley@middlebury.edu.
This
year it became obvious that the key to true comprehension of the theory,
and the key to learning how rich teaching can be-- not just for a
classroom but for a whole community-- was service learning.
--Jennifer Hyatt, Associate Director, Center for Creative Teaching,
Bennington College
Contact John Coutley with any questions about Vermont Campus Compact's AmeriCorps Program
