Prohibited Activities
A member is not allowed to bring this to the Perkins campus or use it while in AmeriCorps gear according to the Drug Free Workplace act, even if it is permitted by MA law. This is because AmeriCorps is a federal organization.
What is Cannabis/ drugs?
This organization promotes volunteerism across the state and handles AmeriCorps Grants on behalf of the Federal government in Massachusetts
What is MSA (Massachusetts Service Alliance)?
Whenever a service member is on the Perkins campus, they must wear this to indicate that they are serving through the AmeriCorps program.
What is the AmeriCorps landyard?
As an AmeriCorps you are known as this, which is different from being an employee, a temporary worker, or a volunteer
What is a service member?
This is the name of residential buildings on the Perkins campus.
What are cottages?
Because AmeriCorps is a federally funded program, members are prohibited from supporting any one political party or agenda while in AmeriCorps gear or on AmeriCorps time. In other words, it is important for AmeriCorps to remain this.
What is non-partisan?
Which new deal service opportunity, created by Franklin D. Roosevelt and lasting from 1933-1942, enabled millions of young people to serve terms of 6 to 18 months to help restore the nations' parks, revitalize the economy, and support their families and themselves?
During your service year, 80% of your time will be dedicated to direct service, and up to 20% will be dedicated to this
What is professional development?
AmeriCorps members use this platform to track hours served and submit a weekly timecard by 5PM every friday.
What is AmericaLearns?
This is the only way students with on campus jobs can access the money they have earned.
What is the Bank of Perkins?
This means that the service you provide as a member is not already being provided by anyone else. Meaning your services were not previously completed by staff or volunteers.
What is non-displacement/ non-duplication?
Which international service organization, created by John F. Kennedy, served as an inspiration for the domestic AmeriCorps program?
What is the Peace Corps?
Suzana Kantardzic hold this title at MSA, where as a part of the grievance process, if you believe a complaint cannot be settled between you and your program, or if there is an issue you would like to bring to the attention of the Massachusetts Service Alliance, you can reach out to her at: SKatntardzic@Mass-Service.org.
Who is the MSA AmeriCorps Director
The timeframe in which a member must request vacation time off in order for it to be authorized.
What is at least 30 days before the vacation day?
AmeriCorps members provide a vital role on campus supporting this component of student learning throughout every activity.
What is the expanded core curriculum (ECC)?
AmeriCorps must stay politically neutral because it is dependent on this kind of funding.
What is federal funding?
As part of the "War on Poverty," President Lyndon B. Johnson creates VISTA in order to provide opportunities for Americans to serve full-time to help thousands of low-income communities. The acronym VISTA stands for:
Volunteers in Service to America
This confidential, non-binding, and informal first option of the grievance process chosen by the aggrieved party results in a neutral party designated by the Program to attempt to facilitate a mutually agreeable resolution.
What is alternative dispute resolution or ADR?
This is the timeframe in which a member must make up any service hours missed in a month.
What is the month following?
Here, staff and volunteers craft custom adaptive equipment and learning materials for every Perkins classroom as well as many schools throughout New England.
What is the assistive device center?
While members are strongly encouraged to vote in upcoming elections and exercise their rights, it is prohibited for members to participate in these election related services/activities while on duty or in their gear
What is voter registration, protests, or political rallying?
In September 1993 President Bill Clinton signs this, creating this to expand opportunities for Americans to serve their communities. VISTA becomes part of AmeriCorps. State service commissions were established between 1993-1994 in states where they did not currently exist.
What is the National and Community Service Trust Act?
If ADR is not requested or does not come to a mutually agreeable resolution, a written notification of grievance and request for a hearing must be made to this Perkins Employee within one year of the date of the alleged occurrence.
Who is the Perkins AmeriCorps Program Grievance Coordinator Nan Qin?
As stated in the code of conduct, this is the first person a member should reach out to if they are unexpectedly absent or late.
Who is the person most impacted (ex: the teacher)?
This Perkins business line is designed to unlock the power of the entrepreneurial and disability communities to create purpose-built solutions for a more accessible world.
What is the Howe Innovation Center?