City Year Patch

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What You'll Do

As a City Year corps member, you will serve full-time as a tutor or mentor in schools, running after-school programs, leading and developing youth leadership programs, and vacation camps to make a difference in the lives of children and their communities. Although most of your corps experience will be working with kids, you will also help rebuild neighborhoods and perform a variety of transformative physical service projects.

A TYPICAL DAY 

Photo by Andy DeanYour typical day at City Year will start early and end late. Your time will be invested well as you meet critical community needs, helping children succeed and finding solutions for community problems.

A typical day varies from one corps member to another, however, a typical day for many corps members includes making a difference in the lives of children and communities in the following ways: Photo by Andy Dean

  • 8:00 am Meet fellow corps members for Unity Rally and PT (physical training)
  • 8:30 am Preparing the next day's lessons
  • 9:30 am Providing one-on-one or small group tutoring
  • 10:30 am Provide academic support in the classroom
  • 12:00 pm Lunchtime activity such as organizing service clubs and student councils
  • 3:00 pm Serving in after-school programs or performing physical service projects
  • 5:00 pm Team debrief and finishing lesson plans and projects.
  • 6:00 pm Break for the day

You will also receive training on service-related issues and skills one day per week.

 

 
 
Photos by Jennifer Cogswell, Andy Dean, John Gillooly/PEI, Kevin Jenkins, Jim Harrison and Todd Shapera.