Host a CTEP Member

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What's CTEP?

CTEP partners with nonprofits, libraries, community centers, and other organizations who serve our target populations: New Americans, low-income families, and individuals with disabilities. The ideal partner either already has technology literacy programming or aspires to build technology literacy programming that could be led or expanded by a CTEP member. 

DURATION

CTEP AmeriCorps positions last one year, beginning in October and completing in September. Your CTEP member may extend their service with your organization up to four years. In our experience, the most impactful CTEP contributions have been those which develop over multiple years.

SITE FEES

CTEP charges a one-time site fee to support the member’s living allowance, taxes and mandated fringe benefits.

  • Full-Time: $12,000

  • Three-Quarter-Time: $9,000

  • Half-Time: 6,000

The site is also responsible for reimbursing CTEP member travel to site-related duties in other locations. While sites are not permitted to formally raise a member’s salary, sites are encouraged to provide additional support to the CTEP member in the form of discounts on services, professional development training, rent subsidies, and the like.

  • "Working with Ben as a tech educator has been very helpful to me, and literally a lifeline during the Pandemic. His respectful and patient help has provided a level of support that has allowed me to learn at my own pace – exactly what I most needed to focus toward. Often people in our 60’s and older are tripped up by an aspect of technology that can slow us down and paralyze our work. Ben’s assistance has helped me to tackle Google Docs, Zoom, adding storage, and multiple issues with calendars, web research, and navigating files. While I still get tripped up, I now have more confidence and patience to look online for solutions and take the time to work them through, as this has been modeled by Ben. I have also increased my overall proficiency with issues that were paralyzing before.

    My work with Ben positioned me to be ready professionally for virtual work opportunities. I was able to secure a contract with the University of Minnesota conducting virtual consulting. This work with Ben allowed me to confidently and competently navigate Zoom with no problems. I was on time to the interview and all meetings with no audio or video issues, which was a great relief, allowing me to provide much needed service to the University during a time of crises."

HOST SITE FAQS

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  • National Service is different from both employment and volunteering. CTEP members receive a biweekly living allowance from the CTEP program, but this is not classified as wages for employment, and National Service is not meant to compete with the job market. A CTEP member's work should supplement the work that site employees do, rather than replacing or duplicating employee responsibilities. The CTEP program is designed to support the work that community partners are already doing and leave a lasting impact through capacity building; it is expected that CTEP will not be a long term staffing solution, and CTEP members will train staff in how to take over for them when they leave. 

  • SPNN manages the CTEP program including employing the Program Director, the Program Manager, and managing the federal award from AmeriCorps. Through CTEP staff, SPNN recruits members and host sites, develops policies and procedures, completes required reporting, monitoring and evaluation, and ensures compliance with federal regulations.

  • The site supervisor provides day to day work direction, guidance, orientation and training for their member. This equates to approximately 15 hours per month for member support.

    Professional development for members is an additional goal of the CTEP program. Supervisors have the opportunity to be a positive influence on a member’s career trajectory.  A CTEP placement could possibly be a member’s first introduction to nonprofit work, and for some members it will be the discovery of a lifelong calling.  

    As program partners, site supervisors are responsible for enforcing AmeriCorps policies and procedures, and orienting other staff members to AmeriCorps as needed. 

    Other responsibilities include:

    • Developing a service plan for their member,

    • Approve their member’s timesheet,

    • Complete their own timesheet for time spent on CTEP

    • Attend CTEP sponsored supervisor meetings

    • Be the only one to assign members tasks.

    • Service commitment of up to 1700 hours over 12 months.

    • Ability to help strengthen your organization’s digital literacy program impact and reach.

    • Ability to recruit new or manage existing volunteers.

    • A fresh perspective and a passion for serving clients.

    • The combined wisdom and experience of the CTEP cohort

    • Training for the site supervisor on AmeriCorps policies and procedures

    • Paid Red Cross First Aid training for your member(s)

    • Paid subscription for the Northstar Digital Literacy Assessments

    • Engaged, professional staff ready to support you and your member all year long

    • Valuable networking opportunities with similar organizations in the Twin Cities

    • Feedback on programming intended to lessen the digital divide