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.
A typical day for a corps member serving in schools:
6:00 am - Wake up and prepare for the day.
6:45 am - Travel to school.
7:30 am - Corps member team arrives and greet students as they enter school.
8:00 am - Participate in attendance and tardiness initiatives at school, including phone calls home when children are absent.
9:00 am - Provide small group and one-on-one academic tutoring in the classroom.
10:00 am - Break
10:15 am - Provide small group and one-on-one academic tutoring in the classroom.
11:45 am - Lunch and facilitate lunchtime enrichment activities, such as playing sports or learning about food from different cultures.
12:15 pm - Team meeting, training or prep work.
1:15 pm - Provide small group and one-on-one academic tutoring in the classroom.
2:30 pm - End school day with children in classroom and walk them to City Year after-school program.
2:45 pm - City Year after-school program: 1 hour of homework help and 1 hour of enriching lesson plan, such as planning a service project around a social justice issue like poverty or the environment.
5:15 pm - Debrief with team.
5:30 pm - Break at school. Head home or occasionally into City Year's downtown office if the team needs to prep for an upcoming event or service day.
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