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Americorps VISTA Workers

Posted: December 10, 2012

Employer: Americorps
Location: North Mississippi
Website: http://www.americorps.gov/about/programs/vista.asp

Description:

If any of you are graduating and interested in a year-long AmeriCorps position, please consider Americorps. We are currently hiring for 11 full-time VISTA positions starting in January. Because VISTAs are full-time AmeriCorps members, they receive a living stipend and healthcare benefits, along with the full educational award. Our available positions are in North Mississippi.

Positions available:

VISTA in the DeSoto County Youth Court: Hernando, MS
VISTA in HealthWorks! North MS: Tupelo, MS
VISTA in Excel Commons: Okolona, MS
VISTA in the Gertrude Castellow Ford Center: Oxford, MS
VISTAs in Girl Scouts Heart of the South: Columbus and Corinth, MS
VISTA in the Luckyday Program at UM: Oxford, MS
VISTA at E.D.U.C.A.T.E.: Como, MS
VISTA at Rust College Comm. Development Corporation: Holly Springs, MS
VISTA at United Way of Northeast MS: Tupelo, MS
VISTA at United Way of Oxford and Lafayette County: Oxford, MS

How to Apply:

Contact:

Sharon Levine
College of Liberal Arts
Coordinator: UM VISTA Project
662-915-1905
Hume Hall 231
splevine@olemiss.edu

Education Minor

(18 Credit Hours)

 

Purpose: To enlighten the general public about the teaching profession with the goal of developing a k-12 educationally literate populace. Issues in education related to pedagogy, child development, philosophy, and foundations are focus areas of this minor.

Students wanting to get a minor in Education must take the following courses:

  • EDFD 209 Foundations in Education (3)
  • EDSP 308 Introduction to Special Education (3)
  • EDAV 427 Educational Technology (3)
  • And 9 additional hours of education courses at the 300 level or higher.

 

Math Education Minor

(18 Credit Hours)

 

[Note:] The Math Education minor is not approved for majors within the College of Liberal Arts.

Students wanting to get a minor in Math Education must take the following courses:

  • EDFD 209 Foundations in Education (3)
  • EDSP 308 Introduction to Special Education (3)
  • EDSE 410 Seminar in Secondary Education (3)
  • Math 245 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I (3)
  • Math 246 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II (3)
  • Math 390 Techniques in Teaching Secondary Math (3)

 

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