ReInvent Schools Las Vegas AmeriCorps Program focuses on academic achievement, expanded learning, wraparound services, and family and community engagement in the communities surrounding underperforming urban core schools.

This year the program will place 66 AmeriCorps members in 4 areas of the Youth Development and Social Innovation Department of the City of Las Vegas office. Members will provide services to students both during the school day and in after-school programming, and to participants in the school neighborhoods for students and families not only seeking education but also resources and opportunities as well. Members will be education mentors, chronic absenteeism mentors, teen leadership mentors, community navigators, and more. 

Contact Program Director Brandi Catlin (bcatlin@lasvegasnevada.gov)  or Christina Gomez (cgomez@lasvegasnevada.gov) to learn more about the ReInvent Schools Las Vegas program or to apply year round!

• Search “ReInvent Schools” on my.americorps.gov, register, create an application and submit that complete application!
• Having issues? Check out this guide here!

United Readers AmeriCorps program is design to support the literacy acquisition and Kindergarten readiness skills into order to improve third grade reading scores. Members serving in the Early Childhood Mentor positions will serve children 0-5 and their families providing literacy and kindergarten readiness skills using pre-determined lesson plans in groups of eight families at a time throughout the year. Early childhood mentors will also provide recorded services and one-on-one sessions with families who live in rural areas or who are unable to attend family session. In-School Mentors will provide literacy acquisition and reading fluency services using predetermined lesson plans during school hours with K-3 students who are identified by classroom teachers and literacy specialists as in need of extra reading supports. After School Mentors will provide extra and extended day literacy and reading fluency support services using predetermined lesson plans to K-3 students enrolled in afterschool programs.

Contact Program Director Krystal Hoefling-Nevada (krystal.hoefling@uwnns.org) to learn more about the Nevada Recovery Corps program or to apply year round!

• Search “United Readers” on my.americorps.gov, register, create an application and submit that complete application!
• Having issues? Check out this guide here!

Great Basin Institute’s Nevada Conservation Corps harnesses the energy and idealism of youth to meet the needs of Nevada public lands and communities. This year NCC will place 183 AmeriCorps members throughout the state of Nevada. As a product of their service, 3000 acres of Nevada land will be improved through forest fuels reduction, prescribed burns, invasive plant removal, and native planting projects. This will be directly supporting burned area restoration efforts on public lands and mitigating the threat of future wildland fires. Service members will also leverage 550 volunteers who will be engaged in forest stewardship activities.

Contact Program Director Scott Scherbinski (sscherbinski@thegreatbasininstitute.org) to learn more about the Nevada Conservation Corps program or to apply year round!

Great Basin Institute Employment Opportunities Page

AmeriCorps Wetland Restoration Technicians with Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation are serving their community through habitat restoration, increasing availability of open space for community members, and providing educational opportunities to the public. This is being accomplished through the removal of invasive plant species, the establishment of native vegetation, trail and bridge rehabilitation, educational and interpretive sign development, and community events. The restoration area, which is currently closed to the public, will be opened and allow for increased, free recreational opportunities for the Reno/Sparks area and its visitors.

Contact Program Director Elena Larsen (elena@tmparksfoundation.org) to learn more about the Wetland Restoration program or to apply year round!

Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation Career Opportunities Page

The Walker Basin Conservancy (WBC) proposes to have 64 AmeriCorps members who will complete a variety of conservation, recreation, and environmental education activities in the Walker River Basin of Nevada. At the end of the first program year, the AmeriCorps members will be responsible for enhancing 500 acres of public lands, improving 8 miles of trail, fence, and river corridor, and increasing knowledge and awareness of environmental issues within the basin. In addition, the AmeriCorps members will leverage 30 local community volunteers who will be engaged in conservation efforts within the basin.

Contact Program Director Miguel Gonzales (miguel.gonzales@walkerbasin.org) to learn more about the Walker Basin Conservancy program or to apply year round!

Walker Basin Conservancy Join AmeriCorps Page

The Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation Student Stewards AmeriCorps Program is a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), standards-based curriculum that uses citizen science to engage kids with their local parks. This program introduces students to the importance of STEM fields and to the ever-growing opportunities in STEM jobs.

This year TMPF will place 43 AmeriCorps member who will teach citizen science-based education programs using public lands as learning laboratories in Washoe, Carson, Clark and Elko counties who will act as educators to students in the most underserved and underscoring schools that will lead to an outcome of increased interest in school and educational aspirations while increasing the academic engagement of more than 1,500 opportunity youth. AmeriCorps members will also leverage 100 volunteers who will be engaged in citizen science projects, community outreach, stewardship of public lands, and support of the Student Stewards Program.

Contact Program Director Devin Genovese (devin@tmparksfoundation.org) to learn more about the Student Stewards program or to apply year round!

Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation Career Opportunities Page

Aligned with the City of Henderson’s mission to provide services and resources that enhance the quality of life for those who live, learn, work, and play in the City, the City of Henderson AmeriCorps Program strives to improve students’ social connection, academic engagement and self-efficacy. Members will be Academic Enrichment Specialists who will serve alongside the City’s Education Initiatives Team and Parks & Recreation Safekey staff to provide academic support for students, including homework help, mentoring, social-emotional skill building, and high-yield learning activities. STEM and Literacy will be primary areas of focus for high-yield learning activities in additional to social-emotional skill building.

Contact Program Director Sofia Cano-Allison (email: sofia.canoallison@cityofhenderson.com or 702-267-2044) to learn more about the City of Henderson program or to apply year round!

AmeriCorps Opportunities | Henderson, NV (cityofhenderson.com)

The Nevada Outdoor School AmeriCorps Program is a community development program that provides professional and life-skills training for community members, and collaborations for best practices to increase the overall outreach of rural nonprofits. Nevada Outdoor School’s AmeriCorps State program will place 27 full-time, part-time, and summer AmeriCorps members members at organizations throughout northern Nevada to serve as mentors, naturalists, and outreach assistants serving low income families, students and senior citizens. Members engage the community in understanding natural sciences and interconnectedness of nature systems, increase awareness of their public lands through instruction of why they need to be improved or conserved among many other activities, and increase the number of disadvantaged senior citizens receiving information on or referrals for health care. Members will also leverage more than 400 volunteers to help them reach these goals this year.

Contact Program Director Zulma Mayorga (zulma.mayorga@nevadaoutdoorschool.org) to learn more about the Nevada Outdoor School Program or to apply year round!

Nevada Outdoor School AmeriCorps Positions Page