The Program Support Intern will work closely with Programs and Volunteers Team members to support elementary, middle, and high school programs across Young Storytellers sites in Los Angeles. The Program Support Intern supports the collection and input of student, teacher, volunteer, and family paperwork, and helps to communicate essential information to students and their families, ensuring that they have everything that they need to be active and engaged participants in our program. The Program Support Intern’s work allows Young Storytellers to reach hundreds of students each semester, and for those students to express their unique voices in a brave space during a time when it is needed most. Young Storytellers LACAC Interns will begin in August 2022, work 400 hours before March 1, 2023, and be paid $16.04/hour ($6,416 total) for the 400 hours worked.
A working knowledge of Los Angeles geography will be helpful in this position.
Young Storytellers sparks creative self-discovery through storytelling. Our programs highlight young people as the center of their own narratives, emphasize that their stories matter, and celebrate their unique voices as the ones telling them. Through a creative storytelling program that engages youth at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, our organization offers a Common Core-aligned, scaling curriculum to address targeted needs in public education. We aim to integrate culturally competent social emotional learning opportunities and social justice standards, and to be centered in anti-racism, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, so that our students feel respected and comfortable with expressing themselves. Young Storytellers works towards a future where young people experience the impact that their thoughts, feelings, and words can have on the world in which they live.
Anticipated start date is August 2022 and applications will be accepted until the position is full. To apply, please visit https://bit.ly/yslacacinternship2022 to fill out an application and upload the following in PDF form: Resume / CV; A brief statement or cover letter that includes why you are interested in working with Young Storytellers.