School-Based Service
Whole School, Whole Child
The majority of corps members serving at City Year Louisiana are responsible for executing City Year's holistic service model in schools throughout East Baton Rouge Parish and Orleans Parish. City Year believes that all children and youth are born with greatness. The Whole School, Whole Child model of service delivery is a three-tiered approach that provides:
- Academic Support: Reinforcing the skills that correlate with success and active learning in schools. Creating competence, self-cnfidence, and meaningful connection with a caring adult at school.
- Positive School Climate: Reinforcing an environment in which students want to engage in learning, are excited and connected to a diverse and peaceful peer network.
- After School Programming: Reinforcing key learning and development milestones that support learning efficacy such as positive peer relationships, school-family connection, and positive role modeling.
Youth Leadership
The Young Heroes program seeks to foster the development of middle and high school students into active citizens through out-of-school time service-learning and building their heroic charcter through the values of commitment, courage, cooperation and compassion.
The Heroes continuum is a service-learning, leadership development program for middle and high school students. Led by City Year corps members and community volunteers, the Heroes Continuum draws on the power of diversity, engaging students from all backgrounds to demonstrate their ability to transform communities and lead others into service.
Community Transformation
City Year Louisiana corps members participate in service projects throughout the year. Projects range from small projects like passing out fire safety information to residents in Baton Rouge, to large projects like transforming elementary schools in New Orleans. For information about how groups of employees or conventions can become involved with physical service in Baton Rouge or New Orleans, please visit our Care Force site, or contact Beth Bagneris-Pasquier.
Interested in becoming a corps member? Check out the Join Us page.