Jumpstart is now hiring Corps Members and Team Leaders for the Summer and Fall Semesters! Jumpstart is a national early education organization that recruits and trains college students and community volunteers to work with preschool children in low-income neighborhoods. Through a proven curriculum, these children develop the language and literacy skills they need to be ready for school, setting them on a path to close the achievement gap before it is too late.

Jumpstart Corps members have the unique opportunity to inspire young children to learn, serve in a local community, work on a team, and build professional skills. All Corps members receive professional-caliber training to help them implement Jumpstart’s outcome-based program, promote children’s school success, and build family involvement.

 Corps members complete an intensive commitment and make a substantial impact in the life of a young child. During the school year, Corps members participate in the following activities:

• Serve part-time, 8-12 hours per week, during the school year, including:
  • Jumpstart sessions with team and small groups of children, 4 hours per week (two sessions per week for two hours each)
  • Team planning meetings and session preparation, which includes planning, reflection, and/or training, 2-3 hours per week
  • 2  hours each week in a preschool classroom during the regular school day
  • 1 hour of individual planning and preparation for Jumpstart sessions

• Communicate with children’s family
• Participate in intensive pre-service and on-going trainings
• Attend periodic service days, often held on weekends

Join us to work toward the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed. Learn more and apply at www.jstart.org.

 
Fall Semester application deadline is September 4th.

    You can also contact Stephanie Travis the Georgia Tech Site Manager by email at stephanie.travis@jstart.org, by phone 404-385-0314 or visit our office located at 2211 Student Center Commons, 350 Ferst Drive Atlanta, GA 30332-0285.