What are the expectations of an Ionia County AmeriCorps member?
To The Team • Welcome the diversity among the team members • Support and enjoy each other • Look for the strengths in each other • Calmly, with a positive heart, acknowledge and persist through any conflicts • Ask for help in figuring out things • Communicate, communicate, communicate, communicate • Smile, laugh, and whistle while you work (Whistling is not really mandatory!) • Attendance and active participation in Orientation • Attendance and active participation in team meetings taking turns facilitating meetings in pairs (Create the agenda with the Program Director ahead of time, lead ice breaker or team builder, present a learning opportunity, facilitate agenda, type and distribute minutes) • Actively participate in developing and distributing resources and training about developing and coordinating effective school-based mentoring programs • One member to actively serve on the state Member Council • Conduct the countywide F.R.E.E.
