Leader Resources

Working with VISTA's (Recruiter, Mentor, Facilitator etc.)

Being an effective leader requires clear roles, understanding your team, effective communication, and more. Learn how to excel in your VISTA leader role with these key resources.

Enhance your leadership, project management, and implementation skills by checking out a wide range of materials created by previous leader teams.

Have you created a great resource that helps you in your leader role? Developed a successful training for your VISTAs? Looking for examples of newsletters, leave tracking systems, meeting agendas, or other tools? This section allows VISTA leaders to share resources they have developed.

Read this excerpt from the Supervisor Orientation workbook to learn about the VISTA leader program and see if a leader might be a good addition to your project.

Just as AmeriCorps VISTA members work to expand and build the capacity of community projects, Leaders work to expand and build the capacity of individual AmeriCorps VISTA members and their respective service sites.

Gain tools, strategies and resources to help you transition into an effective VISTA leader. This resource was developed by VISTA leaders.

Learn the responsibilities that a VISTA leader can take on, as well as ones that need to be handled by the VISTA supervisor.

No matter when you facilitate a reflection activity, your goal should be to help volunteers express their thoughts about the the project and answer three questions

As an AmeriCorps VISTA Member or Leader, you receive a living allowance. The Corporation determines the living allowance rate, which varies according to the local cost of living in the area where you serve. This document provides details on the living allowance rate depending on the State and County where you serve.