AmeriCorps College & Career Guide
Program Overview
Want to serve your community while growing personally and professionally? Join College Now’s AmeriCorps Ohio College & Career Guides Program! Our program is offered in partnership with the Ohio Commission on Service and Volunteerism (ServeOhio). AmeriCorps enables individuals to serve their community while earning a living allowance and an education award.
The goal of our program is to ensure that all Ohioans receive the information needed to prepare, access, and complete a postsecondary credential. AmeriCorps members provide workshops and advising on college and career exploration to 6th through 12th graders; provide support to 11th and 12th graders on postsecondary access and scholarship applications; and facilitate successful postsecondary transitions, persistence, and college affordability coaching with high school graduates.
AmeriCorps Ohio College & Career Guides is a corps of driven young professionals, whom students can relate to as they plan for their future.
Guides will serve in a full-time capacity (1,700 hours over 11 months) from August 4, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Half-term positions requiring 900 hours over 6 months may be available. We have programs in 3 locations: Cleveland, Columbus, and Stark County.
General Responsibilities:
- Present classroom workshops to students
- Assist students in making a post high school education plan
- Provide college and career information to students and families
- Help facilitate information sessions and programs for students and parents
- Assist students with their college/career-bound process
- Plan and chaperone college and career visits
- Assist school staff and host site staff with college and career fairs, community events, and tabling
- Participate in community service projects
- Enter data on all student interactions
Qualifications and Skill Requirements:
- Minimum of an Associate’s degree, with a Bachelor's degree or in senior year of college preferred.
- Excellent communication and public speaking skills.
- Ability to serve independently and be a contributing member of the AmeriCorps and host site team.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to serve in a fast-paced environment and multi-task effectively.
- Ability to commit to 1,700 hours of service in 11 months.
- Ability to serve for at least 8 hours in a row on any given weekday day.
- Ability to serve during minimal evenings and weekends as required.
- Ability to arrange own travel to and from service sites.
- Strong organization and task management skills and self-motivation.
- Proactive service delivery.
- Maturity, enthusiasm, positivity and great “people skills.”
- Satisfactory result of BCI and FBI background check, sexual predator check and drug screen.
- Strong commitment and passion for promoting access to and completion of higher education for everyone.
- Experience with a variety of computer programs including, but not limited to, Microsoft Office Suite.
Program benefits:
- Up to a $30,000 living allowance (please note, the living allowance is taxed).
- Upon successful completion of the full-time, 1,700-hour commitment, AmeriCorps members will be eligible for an education award up to $7,395.
- Healthcare coverage available.
- Qualified Federal student loans are eligible for forbearance during time of service.
- Statewide orientation in August 2025 and regional trainings throughout the service term.
- Intensive training at the beginning of the service term provided by your host site to prepare you for entering schools and beginning to provide service.
- Guidance and support for “Life After the Corps” goals.
- Member Assistance Program available for free to all members.
- Eligible to apply for childcare assistance through AmeriCorps.
- Eligible to apply for state food benefits.