Goodwill VISTA* Maine Green Schools Coordination VISTA

The Goodwill VISTA Maine Green Schools Coordination VISTA role at AmeriCorps focuses on enhancing environmental and climate literacy in Maine's rural communities. The position involves building a cohesive statewide network for educators and youth, organizing resources, and creating partnerships to improve educational access and reduce costs. The role offers benefits like an education award, living allowance, and health coverage, while allowing for school attendance and other job opportunities.
The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) leads statewide efforts to expand environmental and climate literacy. The MDOE Maine Green Schools Program is designated by statute to play a central role in the development of the Green School Network (GSN). Established in 2025, the Green Schools Network is designed to connect educators, administrators, community partners, and youth to strengthen practices, improve school facilities, and expand access to curriculum. MDOE collaborates with statewide networks such as the Nature Based Education Consortium (NBEC), the Maine Environmental Education Association (MEEA), Maine Early Childhood Outdoors (MeECO) and other community-based nonprofit organizations, to support outdoor learning, education, school planning and career pathways for all Maine youth. The host site will provide statewide communication tools, existing partnerships, and programmatic leadership that the VISTA volunteer will help organize into a cohesive statewide network.





















Member Duties : Maine’s rural communities experience persistent poverty and limited access to educational resources. Many schools in these areas lack funding, staffing, and curriculum support. Rural districts also have fewer pathways for youth to connect to Maine’s growing economy, limiting long-term economic mobility. The VISTA project addresses this by building the capacity of statewide systems that expand access to learning, reduce school operating costs, create youth leadership opportunities, and strengthen pathways to living-wage careers for students from disadvantaged communities. The VISTA will assemble existing materials into a resource hub, organizing and centralizing curriculum, funding opportunities, and community-based learning programs while engaging youth, educators, and key school personnel as leaders into their own virtual discussion groups to ensure long-term momentum and creating cross-sector partnerships to reduce school costs and expand future opportunities for students.









Program Benefits : Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Living Allowance , Stipend , Training , Relocation Allowance , Childcare assistance if eligible , Health Coverage* .
















Terms :


Permits attendance at school during off hours , Car recommended , Permits working at another job during off hours .









Service Areas :


Technology , Environment , Community and Economic Development , Education , Children/Youth .









Skills :


Communications , Writing/Editing , Computers/Technology , Education , Environment , Community Organization .
























SUMMARY






Program Type:






AmeriCorps VISTA













Program






Goodwill VISTA Maine Green Schools Coordination VISTA













Program Start/End Date






05/04/2026 - 05/03/2027













Work Schedule


Full Time













Age Requirement






Minimum: 18 Maximum: None













Program Locations


MAINE













Accepting Applications






From 01/02/2026 To 06/01/2026













Contact


Sol Carpenter






Goodwill NNE Americorps






Portland ME 04103






207-298-7016






sol.carpenter@goodwillnne.org






https://goodwillnne.org/workforce-services/americorps/













Listing ID


128237