Job Title: Training Coordinator, AmeriCorps VISTA
Organization: Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence (ISPN)
Location: Providence, RI
Salary: 
Start Date: 4/17/07 (must hire by March 9)
Full Time
unspecified

Job Description
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Training Coordinator, AmeriCorps VISTA
Salary:  $10,908 Living Stipend, plus cell phone, gas and $4,725 AmeriCorps
Education Award (also eligible for food stamps)

Job Description:  The Training Coordinator will assist the Director of
Training in all aspects of planning, implementation and evaluation of
Institute‚s nonviolence training sessions.  This VISTA position will
research best practices in nonviolence and peacebuilding education and help
improve, prepare and compile all needed materials for training sessions.
The Training Coordinator will attend an ISPN Training of Trainers to become
a Nonviolence Trainer, and will serve as substitute trainer when needed.
This position will also help facilitate a new training initiative: a
comprehensive effort for building safe and nonviolent school environments
(starting in at least one urban elementary school in a high crime area).
This position will work directly with school personnel, ISPN trainers and
other office staff and report to the Director of Training.

The Nonviolence Training Program is an interactive training series based on
Dr. King‚s theory on nonviolence.  Each training is tailored to meet the
needs of those going through it.  Trainings take place in schools of all
levels and settings.  School departments, community centers, churches,
police departments.  The nonviolence training program has trained over 5,000
youth and adults in the basic steps and principals of nonviolence, as well
as 60 adults who have completed the Training of Trainers Program.  All
participants in the training program study the methods and thinking behind
one of the worlds greatest displays of nonviolence: the Civil Rights
Movement.  Each participant gains the tools necessary to solve potentially
violent situations with nonviolent solutions.

Position Requirements:  This position requires someone who has a strong
interest in or previous experience working with a diverse group of people of
all ages.  Must have a desire to learn and practice nonviolence.
Organizational, communication (written and verbal), technology (computer,
audio, video) skills helpful.  Must have dependable transportation.
Bi-lingual preferred but not required.

The Organization:  The mission of ISPN is to teach by word and example the
principles and practices of nonviolence, and to foster a community that
addresses potentially violent situations with nonviolent resolution.  ISPN
was created in the summer of 2000, in direct response to the rise in teen
deaths due to acts of extreme violence, as a long-term solution to systemic
community violence.  The Institute‚s main programs are: the Providence
Streetworker Program, the Nonviolence Training Program, the Beloved
Community Summer Jobs Program, and the Victims‚ Advocacy & Support Program.
The Streetworker Program sends outreach workers into the community to help
teenagers and residents prevent and deal with conflict in positive ways.
The Training Program teaches students and community members about the basic
principles and steps of nonviolence and gives them the skills and support
needed to solve conflicts without violence.  The Summer Jobs Program
provides jobs, training and perso!
 nal mentoring for inner-city teenagers during the summer months.   The
Victims‚ Advocacy & Support Program provides education, training, outreach
and support for crime victims and survivors.


How to Apply
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How to Apply:  Please send cover letter, resume and two references via
email, fax or mail to:  Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence,
239 Oxford Street, Providence RI 02905, Attention:  PJ Fox,
[log in to unmask], phone: (401) 785-2320, fax: (401) 461-6164.  Or
visit www.americorps.org to fill out an online application.  Applications
due March 7, 2007.

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