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ABLE Early Childhood

The ABLE acronym stands for AmeriCorps Builds Lives through Education. The ABLE Early Childhood program mobilizes individuals in national service to revive and strengthen educational environments, expanding opportunities for today's youth and transforming America's future - one student, one classroom, and one community at a time.

Individuals serving in the ABLE Early Childhood program enhance the quality and impact of early childhood programming in Western New York. The ABLE Early Childhood program focuses on Kindergarten readiness and addresses the need for more prepared early childhood teachers serving ethnically diverse, urban populations. ABLE Early Childhood members will serve full-time for up to 7.5 months beginning in the Fall in an early childhood classroom, and will implement evidence-based math games to increase student math comprehension. Members serve alongside lead teachers and are coached/mentored through daily hands-on service learning. Members also receive regular foundational early childhood educator training through the Child Care Resource Network, which can be applied to the nationally-recognized Childhood Development Associate (CDA) credential application. ABLE Early Childhood provides the tools to help members build careers in early childhood education and more effectively prevent future academic and developmental delays for students.

Members receive the following benefits:

• Living allowance paid out bi-weekly of $839.64
• Education Award of up to $4826.50
• Health insurance
• Child care (if eligible)
• Regular early childhood educator training
• Professional development
• Assigned staff supervisor/mentor
• Meaningful experience working with pre-K and kindergarten students
• Uniform items

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Candidates interested in serving as an ABLE Early Childhood AmeriCorps member should apply below. 

Organizations interested in partnering with the program to place AmeriCorps members in the classroom must submit our PARTNER APPLICATION HERE 

ABLE Summer Learning

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ABLE Summer Learning collaborates with schools and education-based organizations that share our mission of increasing the academic success of K-12 students in Western New York. ABLE Summer Learning mobilizes individuals in national service for eight to ten weeks during the summer, serving full-time. Service positions generally begin towards the end of June. Members work directly with students to prevent summer learning loss by providing additional math and/or literacy support. Members also support daily youth programming at their host site.

Members receive the following benefits:

• Living allowance paid out bi-weekly of $843.66
• Education Award of $1,374.60
• Meaningful experience working with K-12 students
• Opportunity to develop leadership and team-based skills
• Uniform items

2023 ABLE Summer Learning program's partner sites:

ABLE Education Response Corps