While Boston’s nickname is The Hub, known for being a vibrant center for academia, business, tech and medicine, some students in Greater Boston face significant challenges every day. Together we can help students build on their strengths and thrive.
While Boston is known for being a vibrant center for academic, business, tech and medicine, some students face significant education inequities and challenges every day. As the largest school district in Massachusetts, Boston Public Schools enrolls more than 53,000 students across 125 schools.
I signed up for a year of service because I wanted to fully dedicate my time to a cause that is larger than myself. Our students are at the forefront of our service.
Sophia Riviello First-year AmeriCorps member proudly serving at the Madeline English School
Your Corps Experience
City Year Greater Boston partners with Boston and Everett Public Schools to help create environments where all students can build on their strengths and fully engage in their learning. Our AmeriCorps members serve in schools all day, every day, preparing students with the skills and mindsets to thrive in school and in life.
They serve as tutors, mentors, and role models to students who need extra time and support to engage in school and stay on track to graduation. For many students, having this one-on-one attention is so important. We have some of the finest teachers in the country, but teachers can’t do it alone. And that’s where City Year lends a hand.
AmeriCorps members are truly making an impact. Last school year, math scores dropped by 16%. Students with an AmeriCorps member increased an entire grade level. What’s more is that City Year is having an impact on whole school outcomes. 98% of our school partners share that City Year AmeriCorps members serve as positive role models and add important resources to their classrooms. This close-knit community with ample opportunities to develop meaningful personal and professional relationships makes Greater Boston an ideal place to serve.
Our Schools
As the largest school district in Massachusetts, Boston Public Schools (BPS) enrolls more than 53,000 students across 125 schools. Boston Public Schools is home to a wide variety of students, who come from many different backgrounds and ethnicities, with many different languages spoken by families and students. 42.5% of students are Hispanic, 33% Black, 14% White, 9% Asian and 1.5% multi-racial or other. 45% of students do not speak English as their first language.
In the 2021-2022 school year, 160 AmeriCorps members served in 16 Boston Public Schools elementary,middle and high schools. And 40 AmeriCorps members served in five K-8 Everett Public Schools.
Transportation to School
Most schools within Boston and Everett Public Schools are accessible by public transportation, the MBTA.
Professional Development
One of City Year Greater Boston’s priorities is to support the personal and professional growth of AmeriCorps members by offering programming throughout the year designed to help you discover or pursue your post-service plans and ways you can continue to be a leader after your time with City Year.
18-Minute Networking – A networking event hosted by Deloitte that includes professional development workshops on networking, job searching and financial planning, as well as an opportunity to speak with professionals in a field of your interest.
Comcast Careers Day – As part of our national partnership, Comcast NBCUniversal provides a day of professional development to support City Year AmeriCorps members preparedness for college and career following your year of service.
Public Speaking – Throughout the year, City Year Greater Boston hosts a number of events where AmeriCorps members share their service story through writing and public speaking.
Comms Crew – Working closely with City Year Greater Boston’s communications department, help share service stories and highlight AmeriCorps members’ work in Boston and Everett Public Schools through the school team’s Instagram account and other storytelling opportunities.
Community Involvement
Create a positive climate of civic engagement that ripples throughout the Greater Boston community! During the service year, AmeriCorps members participate in community service across the city and help beautify the community by painting murals and common spaces in schools and creating school supply kits for students and classrooms.
Over the last 30 years we have built robust relationships with Boston and Everett Public Schools, teachers, families and the community at large. We can’t wait to welcome you.
"As a former AmeriCorps member and long-time City Year staff member, the City Year community is important to me, and I think that Greater Boston Training Academy is the bedrock that allows our AmeriCorps members to do the hard work that is: full-time service." -Kevin Tucker, Impact Director
💪🏾 At City Year Greater Boston, we begin every new service year with Greater Boston Training Academy (GBTA), an intensive 4-week training program for our AmeriCorps members.
✏️ In this month’s blog post, written by Impact Director, Kevin Tucker, you can learn more about this year’s in-person programming and how CYGB partners with educational experts to prepare AmeriCorps members to provide academic and social-emotional support to the students we serve.
🔗 See Kevin's full blog post for insights on Greater Boston Training Academy at the link in bio....
As student success coaches, our AmeriCorps members build positive, caring and consistent relationships with the students they serve.
✏️ They are near-peer tutors, mentors and role models—mature enough to offer guidance while young enough to relate to students’ perspectives.
🫱🏼🫲🏾 Our AmeriCorps members partner with educators and school administrators to achieve goals. These teachers and administrators let us know how our services help to meet their local needs, respond to changing environments and priorities, and advance their school improvement goals.
👩🏾🏫 Through quarterly surveys, we asked our partner principals what they look for in their partner organizations--the most common response was flexibility and a willingness to align with school goals and priorities.
📚 Learn more about how we continuously improve our service model through feedback from key partners at the link in bio!...
Did you know that City Year has designed equity-focused pathways into teaching for AmeriCorps members interested in entering the teaching profession? #workforcedevelopment
👩🏾🏫 Our Teacher Pathways initiative is designed to widen and diversify the pool of young educators available and prepared to support systemically under-resourced schools and help to create welcoming and engaging learning environments.
✌🏽Two primary areas of focus for the Teacher Pathways initiative are:
1. Identify and support future teachers who can meet students’ growing academic, social and emotional needs.
2. Address two of the biggest challenges facing education: retention and diversity.
✏️ A year (or two!) of service with City Year offers valuable experience for young adults who are considering teaching either short-term or as a long-term career path.
🔗 Learn more about the Teacher Pathways initiative at the #linkinbio and discover new paths forward for a career and Master's in Education - and beyond.
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead
⬆️ If you have spent time in City Year's Headquarters and City Year Greater Boston's primary office, then you might recall reading this quote as you ride up the elevator.
💪🏾 It serves as a reminder of the collective impact we have when we work together. #WeareChangemakers
🥹 At #CYGB, we are proud of our exceptional team of staff members and Senior AmeriCorps members who came together last week to connect and strategize about how we can most positively impact the Greater Boston community, AmeriCorps members and most importantly, the schools and students we serve.
📢 Take action today! #Support students and AmeriCorps members in preparation for a new school year this Fall. #linkinbio
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The wait is over! We're now accepting nominations for awesome alums with a demonstrated commitment to social justice for the 2022 City Year Alumni Leadership Awards. And guess what? This year you can nominate yourself!
Don't walk, run over to the application to nominate either yourself or another fabulous alum! Link in bio. #cityyearalums...
