Ohio FCCLA Youth Advisory Board Financial Literacy Grant Intern Intern Qualifications

Ohio FCCLA Youth Advisory Board Financial Literacy Grant Intern

Intern Qualifications:  Previous state and/or national FCCLA officer  High school graduate currently enrolled in a university  Well versed in professional communication skills: written & verbal  Conducts oneself in a professional demeanor: personally and professionally ORC#  Candidate must be in good standing at the university.  Versed in Word, Excel, Power Point and Publishing programs  Available for grant activities- March 1, 2009-March 1, 2010 (See attached 2009-2010 Ohio FCCLA Dates)  Basic knowledge of financial literacy

Required Activities:  State Leadership Conference April 16/17, 2009  SEC meetings May, June, December, and February (*designated time @ meetings)  Attend FEFE in Arizona in June  Attend Peer Educator Camp and Training in October

Job Responsibilities:  Mentor high school students to enable them to peer mentor  Oversee high school peer mentoring and mentoring programs to elementary and middle school students.  Create a service learning financial education program that coordinates with the FCS Standards in the area of Financial Literacy.  Work closely with the Financial Literacy Peer Education Team and the Ohio FCCLA State officers and other advocates.  Create the Financial Literacy Program that will address a diverse population that will be introduced and used in local chapters statewide.  Develop a Financial Literacy Service Learning Mentorship Resource Guide  Develop a training manual for peer education team that includes scripts and handouts for the training.  Communicate with peer educators once month (conference calls are permissible)  Collect resources and assemble a Resource Guide for mentoring elementary/middle school children.  Train Ohio FCCLA Financial Literacy Peer Educators (40-50) at Leadership Camp  Create Financial Literacy Mini Grant Application, evaluate applications and select recipients of the grants.  Promote Financial Literacy Projects through Web sites  Network and share our project with FCCLA members from other states through workshops at National FCCLA events.  Provide leadership to local FCCLA chapters  Promote the Financial Literacy Quiz Bowl and Financial Literacy Challenge Awards  Endorse FCCLA Saves Week and encourage sign up for the FCCLA Saves program  Communicate regularly with the State Farm Youth Advisory Board and Regional State Farm Contact. Application Process

Intern position will be posted until February 21 on Web sites.

Applications are due February 20 to Paulette Farago , [email protected] .

Application  Email resume including any financial literacy background  Email transcript of university grades (does not required a certified transcript)

Application Screening  Applications will be screened by the Board of Directors Committee and narrow down to a few candidates  Selected candidates will be asked to interview by a conference call

Conference Call  A Board of Directors Committee will conduct the interviews  Interview individually candidates for the intern position

Final Decision

 Final Decision will be made the first part of March, 2009

Financial Literacy Contract  Contract will be March 1, 2009 to March 1, 2010.  Contract stipend is $2250 per intern  Available 2 intern positions

For further information please contact Paulette Farago @ [email protected] ,

Please note that the intern will not attend the whole meeting. The interns will a small portion of the meetings (1 to 3 hours)

Interns will work from own apparment or campus dorm room.

Expenses are paid to attend the FEFE this summer.