Archives: Postgrad Services

College Possible

College Possible ACTIVITIES: Coaching, mentoring students; grant-writing; events planning. CONTACT:View the contacts for each city location on our website. COMMITMENT: 1 year OVERVIEW: Coach low-income students to and through college. Dedicated AmeriCorps members serve as guides, mentoring students on their path to college graduation.

City Year

City Year ACTIVITIES: Tutor and mentor students. We seek to: help students and schools succeed, build stronger communities, break down social barriers, develop young leaders, and foster active citizenship. CONTACT:recruitment@cityyear.org COMMITMENT: 11 months OVERVIEW: City Year works to bridge the gap in high-poverty communities between the support that students actually need and what their schools are […]

Boston College Urban Catholic Teacher Corps (UCTC)

Boston College Urban Catholic Teacher Corps (UCTC) ACTIVITIES: Volunteer teachers are placed in Catholic schools serving the urban students of the Archdiocese of Boston. They also take classes to complete their master’s degree in Curriculum & Instruction at Boston College. CONTACT:Charles Cownie617-552-0602uctc@bc.edu COMMITMENT: 24 months OVERVIEW: Teaching in Boston Catholic schools serving urban students. Founded on […]

Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE)

Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) ACTIVITIES: Two summers studying in the Master of Education program at Notre Dame and two school years teaching in under-resourced Catholic schools across the country. CONTACT:Michael Comuniello574-631-7052mcomunie@nd.edu COMMITMENT: 24 months, including summers OVERVIEW: Full-time teaching in under-resourced Catholic schools across the U.S., while earning a Master’s of Education at Notre Dame. […]

Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL) Chicago

Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL) Chicago ACTIVITIES: Summer: Full-time graduate course work, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Friday at the university campus; it is an intense academic experience and a full-time commitment (or more). Classes are held from July to early August. School year: Residents work in classrooms with their mentor teacher Monday […]

White Violet Center for Eco-Justice

White Violet Center for Eco-Justice ACTIVITIES Interns work a full week, including occasional weekends and holidays, 35–45 hours a week total, in the areas of organic gardening, alpaca/animal husbandry, chicken/egg production, or fiber arts (skirting, felting, carding, and weaving), depending on time of year. BENEFITS REQUIREMENTS Must be physically fit—capable of lifting and carrying at […]

Farm of the Child

Farm of the Child ACTIVITIES: Social work/case management, special needs, elementary and middle school teaching, ESL, health clinic, house aides living with adolescents, maintenance work, administration, accounting, youth ministry and formation, vocational and life skills training CONTACT:missions@farmofthechild.org COMMITMENT: 27 months or 8-10 weeks in the summer OVERVIEW: Farm of the Child offers volunteers a unique opportunity […]

Rostro de Cristo

Rostro de Cristo ACTIVITIES: Volunteers serve in a variety of positions: teaching, tutoring, facilitating after-school programs, community outreach and organizing, leading retreat groups, assisting in parish activities, working at a hospital for Hansen’s Disease, and working with social services agencies. RdC also hosts 25 week-long immersion retreats for high school and college students each year; each […]

Kino Border Initiative

Kino Border Initiative ACTIVITIES: We are happy to welcome those with a heart for solidarity and accompaniment, an interest in collaborating in a bi-national, Spanish speaking environment, and an openness to honor and serve the divine in all human persons, particularly the migrant. The majority of our volunteers provide direct service in our migrant center located […]

United Way/AmeriCorps South Bend

United Way/AmeriCorps South Bend ACTIVITIES: AmeriCorps opportunities vary by agency. Recent volunteer sites have included: AIDS Ministries; Big Brothers/Big Sisters; Center for the Homeless; Head Start; REAL Services; South Bend Heritage Foundation; St. Margaret’s House; Stone Soup; Memorial Hospital; South Bend Community School Corporation; United Way; Youth Service Bureau; YWCA. CONTACT:Amber Werner574-232-8201 ext. 252 OVERVIEW: […]