City Year Los Angeles engages young people between the ages of 17 to 24 to serve a year of full-time service. As a City Year Los Angeles corps member, you will serve as a tutor, mentor and role model to help students and schools succeed by leading school-based service programs and community transformation.
School-Based Service
Through City Year's Whole School, Whole Child service model, you will serve as a tutor, mentor and role model to help improve student attendance, behavior and coursework in grades K-8 by providing:
- Academic Support - You will provide small group and one-on-one tutoring in literacy and math.
- Attendance Monitoring and Support - You will work closely with students to monitor and improve their daily attendance through morning greeting of all students, school-wide and classroom incentive programs for perfect attendance, and communications with parents/guardians.
- Positive Behavior Support - You will coach students toward positive behavior through school-wide and classroom incentive programs, informal and formal mentoring, and report card goal-setting.
After-School Programming - You will lead students in an hour of tutoring and homework help, followed by an hour of enrichment activities focused on topics such as leadership, community service, and social justice issues.
- Positive School Climate - You will lead in-school programs that create a welcoming environment in school by implementing lunch enrichment clubs, assisting with school-wide assemblies, and holding school-wide events like family literacy nights and talent shows.
Community Transformation
Throughout the year, corps members lead transformative physical service projects by beautifying school campuses and creating welcoming learning environments for children. These team-based projects engage more than 1,000 citizens of all ages in service to transform communities. City Year also leads physical service projects at special events and holidays including our annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service.
For more information on ways to volunteer with City Year Los Angeles, please contact Laura Lee at LLee11@cityyear.org.