Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee
“Find opportunities to not only advance yourself and your cause but figure out ways how your vision can interact with other systems for mutual improvement of the systems and those impacted by them.”
Program Director, CAC AmeriCorps
Design and manage systems to optimize national service opportunities in East Tennessee.
A "day-in-the-life" varies significantly by season, but my role can be broken down into several major focuses. Orientation / Acclimation of Corps (August - September), Program Design and Grant Writing (October-January), All the while recruitment is happening, site visits are happening, and partnerships are being developed and maintained for the purposes of sustaining and expanding opportunity. Service events are being planned. Fires are being put out.
Here's the first step for everyone
To break into the national service sector as program or CNCS staff, the best advice I can give you is start by serving as a member. In addition, the vast majority of positions will require a Bachelors Degree, a Masters Degree won't hurt. Focus of Bachelors is less important than Masters, would recommend business or public administration if looking to serve as executive management within the national service sector. In some cases masters can be different if it supports a program focus.
"What could you ever do with an art degree? How does this all come together? "
