Transforming education with research-based innovations.
Our difference: we’re always adapting for the best results.
Through ongoing research and evaluation, we can identify an emerging need in schools. Leveraging a history of success with our programs, we create new initiatives that provide specific solutions and support it with the people power of AmeriCorps. Like our larger programs, our initiatives help students become successful learners and create maximum impact in our communities.
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Introducing Our Initiatives
Our team works with educational programs to research, launch, evaluate and scale new ways to help kids go further. Take a look around and you’ll find we’re one of the few organizations who constantly innovates to ensure we’re addressing current educational challenges that are impacting kids today!
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Infant and Toddler Initiative
Every moment of connection with a child in their first 1,000 days of life has an impact. Interactions and relationships between infants, toddlers and their important caregivers are key to the developing brain. As part of the Infant and Toddler Initiative, AmeriCorps members serve as Early Learning Partners and provide support for children during their first years of life.
Working closely with a team of educators and caregivers at an Early Head Start or childcare site, Early Learning Partners enhance daily activities, help our youngest learners build important skills, and support essential caregivers. Members receive great training and coaching to make an incredible impact and help set young children up for success!
Find OpportunitiesMNGOT + Reading Corps
In collaboration with The University of Minnesota, Reading Corps is offering an exciting new pathway to becoming a teacher. The Minnesota Grow Your Own Teacher (MNGOT) initiative is focused on preparing new educators, increasing diversity, and helping to address a growing teacher shortage in rural Minnesota.
Rooted in service, the program is designed to build on Reading Corps experience and be completed while serving as a tutor. The five-semester program is 36 credits and prepares participants for K-6 licensure. Coursework is completed through a hybrid model that includes weekly online classes and in-person learning twice a semester. Generous scholarships are available through the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities College of Education and Human Development to cover the costs of tuition.
You can begin the process by completing a short form online.
Eligibility
- Bachelor’s degree
- Have completed 1-2 terms of service as a Reading Corps tutor or equivalent experience in a school setting (paraprofessional, education assistant, teaching assistant, substitute teacher, after school employee.)
- Are located or willing to relocate/commute to a site in Greater Minnesota
Total Learning Classroom
Minnesota has some of the largest education disparities in the nation and the Total Learning Classroom Initiative of Reading Corps is working to change this. As part of the Total Learning Classroom Initiative, AmeriCorps members serve as Scholar Coaches and help students build stronger skills, support teachers in the classroom, and collaborate with school leaders to improve systems. Together, this support leads to measurable gains in student literacy, increased teacher satisfaction, and improvements to school-level infrastructure.
Scholar Coaches join a K-3 classroom and partner with a teacher to help improve reading skills and increase educational engagement. Serving as a Scholar Coach is great bridge to graduate programs and careers in education and public service. Members receive excellent training and are part of a team of Scholar Coaches at their school.
Learn More Find OpportunitiesInitiative Stories
Infant and Toddler Initiative Creating Brighter Futures
For more than 20 years, Early Learning Corps has been supporting the cognitive and social development of children aged three…
Alexis Harrison
“I’m excited to come to work every day and excited to learn and try new things. The trainings were exceptional. The staff and management are exceptional.”
Crystal Loken
“People in the university, people in the school district, and my Reading Corps supervisors were all very supportive. I would recommend it – I think it’s a really fabulous first step to being a teacher.”