This archived resource was originally developed by Jayne Cravens for the
AmeriCorps for Community Engagement and Education Program (ACEE)
which, at the time (2000), was based at the University of Texas at Austin.
The handbook is provided as an example for other AmeriCorps programs.

The official, current web site of the ACEE program is elsewhere.
Please note that many of the links in this handbook no longer function, many of the activities are no longer undertaken,
and much of the information is outdated. In some cases, contact information and organization names have been deleted.

 

 
 
HANDBOOK CONTENTS:

Handbook Main Page

Getting Started

Working with Volunteers / Mentors

Volunteer Recruitment

ACEE Newsletter

Using the ACEE Web Site

Coordinating After School Clubs & Activities

Books on Tape

English as a Second Language

Food Bank

Harvest Fest

Health/Career Fair

Immigration Clinic

Piece by Peace

Painter Observatory

Reading is Fundamental (RIF)

Related-Dana Center Resources

Other Related Resources

 


ACEE Home Page

 
AmeriCorps Logo

Corporation for National Service: AmeriCorps

 

Charles A. Dana Center

 
 

 
    

Using the ACEE Web Site

 
The ACEE web site, http://www.utdanacenter.org/acee, serves many purposes: it promotes the successes of the ACEE program, recruits new members, shares resources developed by members, and supports the goals of the ACEE program in literacy and getting the local community active in Sanchez, Allison, and other elementary schools served by the program.

Selected items from the ACEE Newsletter The Catalyst , should be uploaded to the ACEE web site, particularly those items that promote the success of ACEE activities and that would show potential ACEE members what a worthwhile program it is.

You should also feel free to add resources or even new sections to the handbook you are reading now; get permission from Bryan FIRST, however, and let him read your draft documents, before you prepare them in .HTML for the web site.

You can get information prepared for the web site by:

  • Formatting the information yourself as .HTML documents, using another document on the ACEE web site as a template. New documents should have a similar look and feel to existing files on the site.

  • Recruiting an AmeriCorps member to do this for you.

  • Recruiting an online volunteer in the Austin area to do this for you (using the methods outlined elsewhere in this document).

  • Contact Jayne Cravens and ask her if the online volunteers for the Virtual Volunteering Project can do this for you.

When .HTML documents are ready to be uploaded to the site, contact Billie Pierce, and she will do this for you.

When the Web site is updated, ask Bryan if it would be appropriate for you to post a notice about the new information/resources on the site to these online discussion groups:

    ACLIST
    Links people interested and involved in AmeriCorps programs. Includes AmeriCorps members and program directors, state commissions, training and technical assistance providers and staff from the Corporation for National Service, AmeriCorps sponsoring agency. To become a part of this discussion, send the message SUBSCRIBE ACLIST to
    join-aclist@lists.etr.org

    Do not write anything else in the body of your message.

     
    CNSTECH
    A forum for all national service programs (Corporation for National Service, SeniorCorps, AmeriCorps, AmeriCorps VISTA, etc.) to help each other solve computer-related problems or use technology more efficiently. There's more information about this group at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/cnstech.html. To become a part of the group, send the message SUBSCRIBE CNSTECH "YOUR NAME" to
    listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu

    Replace "YOUR NAME" with your name (first and last name, no quotes). Do not write anything else in the body of your message and do not use commas.

     
    VISTA-L
    An announcement list e-mailed monthly during immediate VISTA assignment openings, program updates, and items of interests to career centers, libraries, professional groups and potential volunteers. To become a part of the group, send the message

      Subscribe VISTA-L Firstname Lastname

    to:
    LISTSERV@AMERICAN.EDU

     
    VistaNet
    An on-going discussion group for VISTAs, former VISTAs, AmeriCorps folks, and anyone interested in national service and social issues. To become a part of the group, send the message

      subscribe vistanet yourFirstName yourLastName
      to:
      listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu

     

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This archived resource was originally developed by Jayne Cravens for the
AmeriCorps for Community Engagement and Education Program (ACEE)
which, at the time (1998), was based at the University of Texas at Austin.
The official, current web site of the ACEE program is elsewhere.
Please note that many of the links in this handbook no longer function, and much of the information is outdated.

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