City Year Patch

A Day in the Life

When you serve with City Year Los Angeles each day provides an opportunity for you to make a difference.  No two days will be exactly alike, but below is an example of what a typical day might be like with City Year Los Angeles.

 Vanessa with  Children      CYLA Logo 

A typical day for a corps member serving in schools:

6:30 am - Wake up and prepare for the day.

7:30 am - Travel to school service site.

8:30 am - Corps members arrive and gather for physical training (PT).

8:40 am - Lead PT with the students.

8:50 am - Lead a warm-up activity with students on personal heroes.

9:00 am - Provide one-on-one tutoring and mentoring.

10:00 am - Break

10:15 am - Provide one-on-one tutoring and mentoring.

11:45 am - Lunch and facilitate lunch time enrichment activities.

12:15 pm - Support the teacher-led literacy activity for the class.

1:15 pm - Provide one-on-one tutoring and mentoring.

2:30 pm  - Take a break and finalize afternoon service activities.

3:00 pm -  Lead interactive after-school programming.

5:30 pm - Break for the day and GO HOME!

Clich here to read about the City Year Los Angeles experience from corps members.