[Ncabs] Summer Mentoring Opportunity in VA

[Alan A. Chase]

Seeking: Blind Mentors for 2014 LIFE Program

Are you looking for a job this summer?
Are you a blind college student or young blind professional who is
enthusiastic and confident in your blindness skills?
Do you want to inspire while promoting a positive image of blindness
to up and coming blind youth and young adults?
Do you want to work with blind youth to help them reach their full
potential and encourage them to have high expectations for themselves?

If the answer to these questions is a resounding YES, then the VRCBVI
2014 LIFE summer program needs you to work as a mentor!

The Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired
(VRCBVI) is seeking three blind college-age mentors to work with our
2014 LIFE Program with the possibility of working in our 2014 College
Assessment Program.

Learning Independence, Feeling Empowered (LIFE) is a five week
residential summer program for high school-age blind and
vision-impaired youth who want to learn the skills of blindness,
develop a positive attitude about blindness, and have fun while
getting to know their blind peers from across the state.

VRCBVI is recruiting for three mentors who will work alongside our
instructional staff in the areas of Braille, Personal and Home
Management, Access Technology, and during after-hours confidence
building activities.  If you are enthusiastic about giving back to the
next generation of blind and vision-impaired youth and you want to
have fun while working, then being a mentor in the 2014 LIFE Program
is the place for you.

Dates of the LIFE Program: July 6 - August 8, 2014
Where: On the campus of VRCBVI in Richmond, VA
Hours: 40 hours a week which includes some evenings and weekends
**Dates of employment for mentors: July 4 - August 8, 2013.
Rate of pay: $9.00 an hour plus room and board

**Special note: there is the possibility that the mentors will have
the opportunity to work with our College Assessment Program (CAP). In
that case, mentors will need to arrive on June 10.

Requirements for mentors:

·        Excellent blindness skills - Braille, ability to travel
independently using a long white cane or dog guide, proficiency in
non-visual Access Technology, etc.
·        Maturity - ability to remain professional at all times
·        A level head, sense of humor, and enthusiastic sense of adventure.
·        Mentors will live in the dorm apartments on the VRCBVI campus
·        Pass background check

How to Apply:
·        Submit the following by mail to Amy Phelps, 401 Azalea Ave,
Richmond VA, 23227 or by email to amy.phelps at dbvi.virginia.gov
o   Cover letter
o   Resume
o   Three professional references
o   500 word essay explaining why you would be the best candidate for
the position and the role mentoring has played in your success

·        Deadline for application: All items must be received by no
later than April 21, 2014.




Amy C. Phelps, CRC, NOMC
Assistant Director for Instruction
Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind & Vision Impaired
401 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23227
Phone: 804.371.3052
Email: amy.phelps at dbvi.virginia.gov
Worldwide Web: http://www.vrcbvi.org
-- 
Alan A. Chase, M.Ed.
Exceptional Children Program Facilitator, Durham Public Schools
Program Coordinator, Envisioning Youth Empowerment Retreat
President, North Carolina Association of Blind Students
Secretary, Governor Morehead School Alumni Association