City Year San Antonio
San Antonio is home to a close-knit and welcoming community known for its rich cultural heritage. City Year San Antonio works alongside teachers and community partners to support students across the city.
Serving in San Antonio
While San Antonio is widely known for being a vibrant center for academia, business, tech and medicine, some students in San Antonio face significant challenges every day. The San Antonio School District serves more than 15,000 students across 125 schools.
Your corps experience
City Year is a key partner to the San Antonio Independent School District in creating equitable learning opportunities for all students and developing the city’s future leaders. AmeriCorps members support teachers and staff in delivering instruction that serves the development of the whole child and is responsive to the diverse racial, cultural and linguistic needs of San Antonio youth.
With more than 76% of students tutored by AmeriCorps members last year improving their test scores, AmeriCorps members are truly making an impact. A close-knit community with ample opportunities to develop meaningful personal and professional relationships, San Antonio is an ideal place to serve.
Work with a committed and diverse group of 8–15 City Year AmeriCorps members who share your passion for service and personal growth.
Professional development
Each City Year school team is led by an Impact Manager who is fully invested in your City Year experience and professional development, so you graduate your City Year prepared for another year of service or your future aspirations.
City Year AmeriCorps members receive more than 340 hours of training to develop their skills in the classroom and beyond. Training takes place in a variety of ways including instructor-led sessions, e-learning, practical exercises, instruction and events.
Throughout the year, you will receive training in several formats:
- Basic Training Academy (BTA)
- Learning and Development Days (LDDs)
- Community leader panels
- Community and professional networking events
- Leadership and reflecting
Example training topics and areas of support include:
- Using data to inform social-emotional and academic instruction
- Strategies to enhance school-wide culture and conditions for learning
- Using a strength-based approach with students that respects and responds to their developmental needs
- Building reflective practitioners of cultural competency in a diverse setting
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Belonging strategies
- Behavior management strategies
- Continual coaching and feedback from site staff
Become part of our community
Over the years, we have built a robust relationship with San Antonio Public Schools, teachers, families and the community at large. We can’t wait to welcome you.
Our stories
The past three months, while challenging and unprecedented for everyone, provided the City Year San Antonio community opportunity to rise and serve students...
Read more about CYSA Service and Impact During COVID-19In July, City Year San Antonio will welcome a new incoming class of 90 young people for the 2020-21 service...
Read more about Welcome 2020-21 AmeriCorps MembersCity Year San Antonio celebrated our 90 AmeriCorps members on Friday, May 29 in our first-ever virtual Graduation Ceremony. We...
Read more about Celebrating Our CYSA GraduatesWaking up at 9am. Microsoft Teams calls. Zoom Calls. Virtual high-fives. “Don’t forget to screenshot!” This is the new normal,...
Read more about Ending My Service Year in QuarantineConnect with us to learn more or apply today!
Over the last few years we have built robust relationships with our partner schools, teachers, families and the community at large. We can’t wait to welcome you.
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This year, 90 City Year AmeriCorps members will support over 6,500 students in 8 San Antonio schools.
Every year we hold events to celebrate our corps, students and the community at large.
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Our amazing education and corporate partners help make our work in San Antonio possible.
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Systemic racism is an engine of inequity. Opposing it is essential and central to our mission to create educational equity and to prepare the next generation of civically engaged leaders.
Using your collective voice, our alumni have shown you are inspired to help us do better while also surfacing the need for City Year to be more deliberately transparent with alumni about our anti-racism efforts.
Visit the link in our bio to read more about City Year San Antonio’s commitment to standing with and acting to support our Black community.
These past weeks, our focus has been on our people and community. One immediate step was to ensure our staff has the flexibility to take time and space for healing and self-care or to engage as citizens in solidarity.
Our staff care deeply about this issue. On their own time, many staff are choosing to engage in peaceful protests, to support black owned businesses, to spend time within our teams in reflection and to read books about anti-racism and white fragility. We encourage our community to continue educating themselves and finding ways to support in the fight against systematic racism and injustice.
#blacklivesstillmatter #takingcareofourpeople Art by @bbbarrios
City Year San Antonio proudly acknowledges and celebrates Juneteenth, Freedom Day. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration honoring the end of slavery in the United States. A celebration of Black-American freedom, culture, & voices.⠀⠀
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#happyjuneteenth #blacklivesmatter #blm #blackliberation #juneteenth #repost #blackhistory #freedom via @cityyearnewyork
One way to combat learning loss caused by COVID-19 and ensure that students have access to the resources they need to thrive is to infuse schools with Student Success Coaches, like City Year AmeriCorps members. These near-peer mentors and tutors are trained to deliver holistic supports that help students to engage more deeply with their learning, persist through setbacks and explore their talents. Read a proposal by City Year CEO, Jim Balfanz, and Bethany Little EducationCounsel LLC. Link in our bio.
There is no educational equity without racial justice.
We stand with Black staff, AmeriCorps members, partners, community leaders, and the students we support in schools and their families, to demand justice for the Black people killed by brutal police action. We oppose racist policies and everyday racist practices and actions—all of which are propped up and sustained by centuries of anti-Blackness and racist beliefs—that oppress and silence Black people. Read more from our website through the link in our bio.
Resources to learn more about Police Violence and Anti-Racism in America are linked in our bio. #blacklivesmatter
