Urban 4-H youth development internship and volunteer opportunities

Internship opportunities with Urban 4-H

Urban 4-H Americorps Promise Fellow

TITLE:

Promise Fellow – Center for Youth Development—Urban 4-H
Site Based 4-H Club Development
Center for Youth Development, University of Minnesota Extension

PLACEMENT SITES:

Home office location:

• Urban Youth Development Office on St. Paul Campus at University of Minnesota, 90 Coffey Hall, 1420 Eckles Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108

Program site:

• American Indian Magnet School, 1075 East 3rd St., St. Paul, MN 55106

SUPERVISOR:

Urban Youth Development Office Staff

Full job description and application instructions

Contact:

Jessica Russo
Urban 4-H Director
Urban Youth Development Office
University of Minnesota Extension
90 Coffey Hall, 1420 Eckles Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
phone: 612-624-7625
fax: 612-624-7793
e-mail: pier0239@umn.edu

Volunteer opportunities with Urban 4-H

All applicants must be screened before being placed into their roles and identified as 4-H volunteers (this includes chaperones). The screening process includes:

• Completion of a volunteer application
• Completion of a background check
• Completion of orientation survey
• Completion of an interview by 4-H staff

Read more about volunteering with Minnesota 4-H.

Club leaders

• If you are interested in starting your own 4-H Club, we can help you get started. Club leaders are expected to guide a positive, youth-driven learning experience for young people. You will guide meetings led by youth, help youth plan yearly club programs, guide youth officers, inform youth and families of 4-H activities and responsibilities, attend volunteer leader meetings and trainings, and recruit new members.

Program assistants

• Program assistants help to plan or deliver Urban 4-H youth groups. These groups, which occur during nonschool hours in both school and community-based settings, allow youth to explore a variety of interests through hands-on learning experiences. Activities may include 4-H project development, enrichment activities, homework help, state or county fair preparation, recreation, and field trips.

Project leader

• Project leaders share their interests and skills (e.g. photography, rocketry, computer science, performing arts) with a small group of youth and possibly adult volunteers. Demonstrations may be over a period of weeks or only one time, lasting from 45 minutes to 2 hours.

Other roles

• There is really no limit to the opportunities we have available for volunteers. Do you have a skill you would like to share, either with young people, or behind the scenes? Are you only available to help out at one-time events? Let us know! Together we can create a volunteer experience that is both meaningful for you and beneficial to our youth.

Unpaid internship/specialized volunteer opportunities:
Listed here are just some of our specialized positions currently available in addition to our more general volunteer and/or intern positions. Click on the title for a full position description and contact information.

• APC Youth Leadership Volunteer
• CWF Resource Development Specialist position
• North High Youth Entrepreneurship
• Phyllis Wheatley position
• Urban STEM mentoring club leader position

For questions or an application please contact:

1-612-624-7626
urbanyd@umn.edu