City Year AmeriCorps Member | Full-Time Tutor and Mentor

ABOUT CITY YEAR

City Year helps students and schools succeed. Diverse teams of City Year AmeriCorps members provide support to students, classrooms and the whole school, helping to ensure that students in systemically under-resourced schools receive a high-quality education that prepares them with the skills and mindsets to thrive and contribute to their community. A 2015 study shows thatschools that partner with City Year were up to two-to-three times more likely to improve on math and English assessments. A proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network, City Year is supported by the Corporation for National and Community Service, local school districts and private philanthropy. City Year partners with public schools in 29 communities across the U.S. andthrough international affiliates in the U.K. and South Africa.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Your service will focus on helping students get and/or remain on track to graduate by providing academic support, delivering behavior and attendance coaching and encouraging student engagement to promote a positive school climate. You'll be assigned to a diverse team of 8-15 young adults and serve with them during the 2020–2021 school year. Beginning each day before the first school bell rings and staying until the last child leaves the after-school program, you’ll serve students, schools and communities in a variety of ways.Primary responsibilities include:

Academic support:

Assist school administrators and teachers in identifying students who would benefit from participating in City Year programs

Plan tutoring sessions and provide small-group and one-to-one literacy and/or math tutoring to elementary, middle and high school youth

Support student academic success in the classroom by partnering with teachers and school staff to facilitate differentiated learning activities

Create, support and/or co-lead literacy and/or math-focused events to enrich school literacy and/or math culture and climate

Create, support and/or co-lead events or programs recognizing and appreciating growth and/or achievement in literacy and/or math

Record time spent with students providing small group and one-to-one tutoring in our data management system

Participate in and/or lead Facilitated Data Review and Student Progress Monitoring meetings utilizing business intelligence tools per team schedule

Support a positive classroom environment by reinforcing the teacher's classroom routines and expectations and encouraging on-task student engagement

Participate in leadership development training, be coached by staff members to improve performance and to participate as a member of the team and site

Engagement & Positive School Climate Participation

Provide small group and one-to-one social-emotional skills development programs and attendance coaching to elementary, middle and high school youth

Support and/or conduct extended day programming through the facilitation of enriching activities for students before, during and after school including, but not limited to, academic enrichment and intervention, homework support, recreation, service learning and leadership development

Create, support and/or co-lead events or programs to recognize and appreciate significant growth and achievement in the social-emotional development and positive behavior

Engage students as leaders to help plan and/or lead event elements

Record time spent with students providing social-emotional development programs, attendance coaching, and other services such as after-school programming in our data management system

Facilitate coaching sessions for small groups of students on building social-emotional learning skills

Promote a positive learning environment by modeling positive peer behaviors like respect, timeliness, attendance, and listening

Create an engaging classroom space

Secondary activities may include:

Contributing to overall school performance by engaging parents, coordinating enrichment programs for students, serving as role models and helping to enhance the school culture

Supporting and developing thematic events to engage community stakeholders

Supporting, creating and/or co-leading events or programs that recognize and appreciate significant growth and/or achievement in attendance

Welcoming students at the start of the school day

Placing calls to the homes of absent students

Providing homework assistance to a consistent group of students before and after school

Participate in and/or lead Facilitated Data Review and Student Progress Monitoring meetings utilizing business intelligence tools per team schedule

BENEFITS YOU'LL RECEIVE

Bi-weekly living stipend Post-service Segal education award (for those who have not earned the value of two full awards)

Option to enroll in City Year's AmeriCorps member health insurance plan

Loan forbearance on qualifying student loans

$500 (pre-tax) relocation payment if relocating 50 miles or more for service

Uniform provided by ARAMARK

Exclusive scholarships to over 100 colleges and universities

Networking and professional development Leadership development training

Childcare for parents who qualify

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

City Year AmeriCorps members are as diverse a group as the communities we serve. We’re looking for you if you want to build yourself, give back and are ready to change the world.

Applicants must:

Be between 18-25 years old

Be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident. Authorization to work in the U.S. is not sufficient. Those with DACA status, unfortunately, are not eligible at this time

Have a college degree, some college experience, GED or high school diploma

Have served no more than three terms in an AmeriCorps state or national program

Agree to and pass a criminal background check

Be able to begin City Year by July/August 1, 2020

Applications Accepted on a Rolling Basis for the following Locations:

Central Region

Baton Rouge, LA

Dallas, TX

New Orleans, LA

San Antonio, TX

Tulsa, OK

Midwest Region

Chicago, IL

Cleveland, OH

Columbus, OH

Detroit, MI

Kansas City, MO

Milwaukee, WI

East Region

Boston, MA

Buffalo, NY

Manchester, NH

New York, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Providence, RI

Washington, D.C.

South Region

Columbia, SC

Jacksonville, FL

Little Rock, AR

Memphis, TN

Miami, FL

Orlando, FL

West Region

Denver, CO

Los Angeles, CA

Sacramento, CA

San José, CA

Seattle, WA