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Overview
The mission of Montana Campus Corps is to actively engage college students in meeting community-identified needs through meaningful service. Each year, this AmeriCorps program places students from MTCC member institutions with community agencies, non-profit organizations, schools, and healthcare facilities to address Montana's most challenging problems. Campus Corps members serve in the fields of education, human services, public health and safety, the environment, and homeland security, and are helping to improve our state while gaining valuable connections and skills, and insight into communities and careers in the common good.
Service Team and Service-Learning Members
The program has two equally important parts: Service Team members are part of a team-based corps that primarily focuses on extra-curricular service, while the service of Service-Learning members is focused on addressing community needs while meeting academic goals. All members who successfully complete a term of service receive an Education Award. Many Service-Learning members are combining AmeriCorps service with their academic work, so they also receive course credit for their service term hours, in addition to an Education Award.
Training
Students serving with Campus Corps receive training so that they are better equipped with the skills required to address community needs. As a result of their academic course work, Service-Learning members receive discipline-specific training, such as lesson planning and teaching techniques, nursing and radiologic procedures, and social work and counseling practices. Service Team members receive service-specific training in such areas as volunteer recruitment and management, project planning, time management, and team work skills. All Campus Corps members reflect upon their service and the type of impact it will have on the local community, in order to better understand communities and themselves. Local and regional training is partially sponsored by the Campus Corps Training Ground grant initiative..
Community Partner Information
Each year, Campus Corps partners with hundreds of community agencies, nonprofits, public schools and healthcare facilities. These "community partners" form a network of Campus Corps host sites throughout the state. Representatives of these community agencies apply directly to a local campus to request the assistance of Campus Corps members at their school or agency, and agree to take on the responsibility of daily oversight and supervision throughout the service year. At the end of a member's term of service with Campus Corps, community partner representatives are asked to complete a brief Community Partner Survey to report on the impact of the program at their school or agency.
Please click the following link to submit a Community Partner Survey:
Submit a Community Partner Survey (formerly "Site Supervisor Survey")
Program Coordinator Information
Campus Corps Program Coordinators are campus-based staff or faculty members at member institutions who recruit, supervise, and coordinate Campus Corps members. To enroll in the program, a student must first speak with the program coordinator on their campus or in their department regarding the Campus Corps opportunities that may be available and orientation schedule(s).
Please click the link below for a complete list of Campus Corps Coordinators:
Campus Corps 2009-2010 Program Coordinator Roster
The following list of forms are intended for Program Coordinators to use for local program administration. For forms not found in this list, please check below in the Member Information section or contact the MTCC office.
Program Overview
Program Roles & Responsibilities
About the Team Leader Position
Campus Corps Frequently Asked Questions
Education Award Frequently Asked Questions
Accessing and Using Your Education Award
09-10 Training Ground Grant Application
Campus Corps 2009-2010 File Management Guide
Table Of Contents
Enrollment Section
Steps to Member Enrollment
Processing the Paper Enrollment Packet
Running a Criminal Background Check
Determining Member Start Dates
Managing Your Members Files
Tracking and Communicating with Members
Websites Specific to Members and Coordinators
Sample Enrollment Packet 09--10
AmeriCorps Enrollment Form (for manual enrollments)
Exit Section
Before a member is exited, please make sure that the following online exit forms have been submitted:
Member Exit Survey Submissions
Community Partner Survey Submissions
Great Stories and Volunteer Surveys for ‘09-’10 members can be viewed under ‘Manage Members’ from a Coordinators account on the Campus Corps site.
Members enrolled during the ‘08-‘09 program year (and prior) do not have access to the Campus Corps account. Check the following Google Doc links for their Great Stories and Volunteer Surveys:
Great Stories Submissions
Volunteer Survey Submissions
Please reference the eGrants Exit Guide for instructions on unlocking member Exit Forms, verifying Exit document submission and finalizing a member exits in eGrants.
Refer to these alternative procedures in the event a member uses a paper CNCS Exit Form, exits without an Education Award or exits with partial Award.
Full Award; Paper Exit Form
No Award; Member Unavailable to Sign
Sample Exit with Award Email* --*Attach PowerPoint from below
My AmeriCorps Portal and Online Payments PowerPoint
Exit with No Award Email* -- *Attach Exit Form.
CNCS Exit Form
Campuses must document that members were notified of ‘No Award Exits ’ as well as an attempt to obtain the Exit Form. Print your email and add to member’s file.
Reporting Tools
Mid-term Member Performance Evaluation - all 900-hr and 1700-hr members must have a mid-term performance evaluation completed by their supervisor!
Site Supervisor Survey (see Submit a Community Partner Survey link above)
End-of-term Member Performance Evaluation
Provisions, Guidelines, & Instruments
2009 AmeriCorps Provisions
09-10 Member Agreement
09-10 Reporting and Training Calendar
09-10 Stipend Payment Guidance
09-10 Scope of Work
Sample Memoranda of Understanding (MOU)
Sample Leader Work Plan
Campus Corps Branding Guidelines
Sample Emails for Common Time Log Errors
Cannot Accept a Photocopied Timesheet
Exceeded Member Development Limit
Service Hours are Limited to 16hr per day and 65hr per wk
Service Hours Submitted are prior to Campus Corps start date
You are eligible for 12 more Member Development Hours
Recruitment Materials
Campus Corps Informational Brochureback to top
Member Information
All informational documents are available here for download in PDF format.
Program Resources
New Member In Service Training
MTCC Network Office Staff
Campus Corps Frequently Asked Questions
Program Roles & Responsibilities
Careers in the Common Good Scholarship
Enrollment
Pre-Service Orientation
09-10 Campus Corps Enrollment Packet
09-10 Member Agreement
Service Site Needs Statement- for Student Teachers ONLY
Timelogs, Reporting & Evaluation
To receive a timelog for a month other than one listed below, please contact our office!
Timelogs:
August 2009
September 2009
October 2009
November 2009
December 2009
January 2010
February 2010
March 2010
April 2010
May 2010
June 2010
July 2010
August 2010
Mid-term Member Performance Evaluation - all 900-hr and 1700-hr members must have a mid-term performance evaluation completed by their supervisor!
Team and Special Projects form
Exit
2009-2010 Campus Corps Exit Checklist
End-of-Term Performance Evaluation
2008/2009 Exit Forms* (*TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY W. 08/09 MEMBERS)
2008-2009 Campus Corps Exit Packet
2008-2009 End-of-term Member Performance Evaluation
Education Award Information
Accessing and Using Your Education Award
CNCS Education Award online resource
Education Award Frequently Asked Questions
Newsletters
Read about what Campus Corps members across the state of Montana are doing to improve the lives of their fellow citizens and "get things done for America" in these issues of the Campus Corps Connections newsletter.
Volume 1: Issue 1 (February 2005), Issue 2 (May 2005), Issue 3 (August 2005), Issue 4 (December 2005)
Volume 2: Issue 1 (March 2006), Issue 2 (May 2006), Issue 3 (August 2006), Issue 4 (December 2006)
Volume 3: Issue 1 (February 2007), Issue 2 (May 2007), Issue 3 (November 2007)
Volume 4: Issue 1 (November 2007), Issue 2 (April/May 2008), Issue 3 (July 2008)
Volume 5: Issue 1 (December 2008), Issue 2 (Spring 2009)
Volume 6: Issue 1 (December 2009)
Resources
Ways to Serve Your Community Over the Summer
Tutoring & Mentoring evaluation forms:
- America*Reads pre-post
- America*Counts pre-post
- Grades K-2 smiley
- Grades 3-4 smiley
- Upward Bound mentee survey
- MTCC mentee survey
- MTCC youth skills inventory
For More Information
For help with questions or more information about Montana Campus Corps, please contact:
Eric Cardella, Campus Corps Program Manager (243-5177 x.6)
Emily Clark, Campus Corps Program Specialist (243-5177 x.5)
Josh Vanek, MTCC Network Services Director (243-5177 x.2)
Chrissy Orangio Campus Corps Senior Leader (243-5177 x.7)
