When you serve with City Year every day is a chance to make a difference.
No two days will be exactly alike, but here is an example of what a typical day might be like with City Year Seattle/King County:
A typical day for a Whole School, Whole Child corps member:
7:30 Arrive at Roxhill Elementary School in West Seattle. Readiness check and morning circle with entire team.
7:40 Prepare for Homework Club.
8:00 Morning greeting begins, and students are ushered into the cafeteria to begin Homework Club. Corps members do one-on-one and small group tutoring, play academic-based games to prepare students’ minds for the school day and check in with students.
8:45 Corps members eat breakfast with students and form relationships through conversation.
9:00 All Corps members go outside for recess which includes facilitating games and supervision.
9:25 Corps members head to class with their students and make sure each student is prepared for the powerful day of learning.
9:35 “Star Intervention” block begins for all students. This is a time set aside by the school for corps members and all staff to engage a group of 5-6 students in targeted intervention in either Reading or Math.
10:05 Students begin Computer/PE. Corps members have the opportunity to join their students or time to collaborate and meet with teachers.
10:35 Recess begins! A big part of a corps member’s job is behavior management and ensuring the students follow the playground rules, but this is also a time to interact with students informally and just have fun!
11:00 Students go back to class for math mini-lesson with teacher while corps members supports positive behavior and help students stay on task.
11:30 Corps members have structured small group tutoring sessions with focus list students.
12:30 Corps members have planning period for afterschool programming, student intervention plans, or event planning.
1:00 Corps members have personal lunch time.
1:30 Word Study. Corps members work with a group of students who struggle with spelling and word comprehension.
1:50 Corps members support teacher in Reader’s Workshop mini-lesson.
2:20 Corps members provide students with small group and/or one on one literacy tutoring.
2:55 City Year team comes together to prepare for afterschool programming and any other team-related duties or tasks.
3:25 Students are released from school day. Afterschool participants join corps members on the playground. This is a time for recess, snack, and homework help.
4:00 Corps members facilitate afterschool program lesson and activities.
4:45 Corps members dismiss students from Afterschool program and make sure that each student gets home safely.
5:00 Corps members come together for final circle and reflection for the day.
5:15 Corps members break and end their day.