The coordinator is supported by the college department in which the AmeriCorps program resides, which includes Early Childhood Education, Vocational Education and Career Services, Student Services, Counseling and Guidance, Community Services, Support Services, and Instructional Development. A VISA volunteer serves at each college to recruit volunteers and develop book resources for the classrooms, develop lending libraries, promote the program in the community, and provide tutoring to members who need help in their class work. In addition to the 4-6 hours of Rolling Readers training, colleges have enhanced the training by developing accredited early childhood literacy courses for members, usually within the Early Childhood Education program with which the colleges are closely linked. In cooperation with the County Welfare Department, each college recruits and enrolls approximately 40 TANF recipients into the college AmeriCorps program. Non-TANF members are allowed to participate in the program after all efforts to recruit TANF recipients have been exhausted.
Every effort is made to connect members to campus support services.
AmeriCorps members will report each day to the school site and sign-in with either the classroom teacher or at the main office. Member's time will be tracked daily and reported to the Program Coordinator weekly. Training evaluations will be completed by each member and submitted to the instructor and Program Coordinator for review. A Member Performance Evaluation, which occurs after the first moth of tutoring, mid-way through the term of service, and at the end of the term of service, will be completed on each member. Performance evaluations will include the teacher's evaluations of the member's work maturity and tutoring skills, tutoring effectiveness, and will be maintained in the member's campus file.