Jumpstart Boston At Wheelock College
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How YOU can GET INVOLVED
Jumpstart recruits highly-motivated college students to serve as Corps members and work one-to-one with a preschool child over the course of a school year. Do you share our belief that every child enters the world with potential… and deserves the resources and support necessary to start kindergarten ready to succeed in school and in life? Do you also want to earn money and gain valuable early childhood education experience? If so, read more about working with Jumpstart and apply to become a Corps member. Please also feel free to visit us in the Jumpstart office, Pilgrim Faculty Offices #105!
What are the benefits of being a Corps member?
- Earn your Work-Study award and possibly additional education award of up to $1,000 to pay for tuition, loans, or even books by serving with Jumpstart
- Build lasting friendships with a team of similarly motivated peers
- Serve your local community and participate in the national service movement
- Receive 60 hours of professional training in the areas of early childhood education and early childhood development
- Make a difference in the life of a child
- First year students can engage in Jumpstart as a first semester Human Growth and Development placement
- Corps members deepen their experience through participation in the 2 credit Jumpstart Reflective Seminar
What is it like to be a Corps member?
- Corps members work one-to-one with a preschool child through the Jumpstart model.
- See more detailed descriptions of the Corps member and other positions.
- Read testimonials from other Corps members across the country.
Apply Now for the 2006-2007 School Year
Latest News
- Jumpstart Volunteers in their community!
- Jumpstart honors Wheelock President- Jackie Jenkins-Scott
- Wheelock engages in community conversation in Roxbury
- Jumpstart’s Read for the Record
For Current Jumpstart and AmeriCorps Students
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- Idealist.org- Action without Borders
