Serveminnesota

See schedule o.americorps americorps provides opportunities for citizens to serve their communities and country each year. people who join americorps commit to a three to 12-month term of service in exchange for a modest living allowance and an education award that can be applied to past or future schooling. americorps is real-life education and work experience wrapped into one. the americorps motto is "get things done and members accomplish this through a wide range of service opportunities. americorps members tutor and mentor children and youth, build affordable housing, teach computer skills, clean parks and streams, provide support to after-school programs, and help communities respond to disasters. they also recruit, train, and supervise community volunteers to extend and complement their community efforts. since its creation in 1994, serveminnesota has mobilized 41,000 americorps members who have trained and supported more than 500,000 volunteers.

See schedule o.math corps - minnesota math corps, an americorps program modeled after minnesota reading corps, is designed to help kindergarten-8th graders achieve proficiency in math. incomplete math knowledge begins as early as elementary school and increases over time. math corps helps prepare students for high school algebra, a prerequisite for college and a foundational component in the growing stem (science, technology, engineering and math) job sector. math corps provides schools with a tool to bridge current math research with the capacity to apply that research within their classrooms. rigorously trained tutors supported by math experts not only achieve results for individual students, but also whole schools. math corps is provided free of charge to students during the school day. students who receive free math corps tutoring improve their math skills at nearly twice the rate of comparable students. plus, math corps students build self-confidence, which directly translates into greater interest in more complex coursework. in 2023-24, minnesota math corps tutors served 8,692 students who needed help building core math skills. math corps utilizes nationally-recognized instructional recommendations from the institute of education science (ies) for students in need of moderate to strong support. students receive explicit targeted instruction, immediate feedback, and visual supports throughout each lesson to build the strong foundation needed for solving progressively more challenging lessons.math corps undergoes a robust statewide program evaluation annually to understand program impact and drive continuous improvements to the model. an independent evaluation funded by the laura and john arnold foundation (now arnold ventures) found that math corps students made significantly larger gains in math skills than students who did not receive math corps tutoring. at the conclusion of the study, math corps students were a semester ahead of their expected trajectory and getting on track for the academic and career success associated with math proficiency. math corps has been identified as having the highest level of evidence by the evidence for essa clearinghouse at johns hopkins university.students who receive math corps tutoring are catching up to their peers in the classroom: 94% of k-3 students improved their skills and 53% of students in grade 4-8 exceeded their growth expectations, encouraging results given that 100% of math corps students were below proficient prior to tutoring. nearly 74% of students demonstrated growth in fact fluency. math corps also offers a year-end survey to internal coaches and building administrators to better understand the impact of the program on student achievement, data-based decision making, and overall satisfaction. through that survey, 82% of administrators agreed that participation in math corps had a positive impact in academic skills, confidence, and engagement on students. in fact, math corps tutors provide interventions to students who