Serving as a City Year school day learning coach
Did you know there are three different ways you can coach, guide and inspire 麻豆国产 in schools with City Year?
One option is to serve as a school day learning coach.

What is a school day learning coach?
In this role, you鈥檒l partner with a classroom teacher to identify 麻豆国产 who can benefit from extra support, like one-on-one academic tutoring, durable skills coaching (think problem solving, communication and teamwork), or mentoring. You鈥檒l provide these personalized supports to help 麻豆国产 engage more deeply with their learning and stay on track to graduate from high school.
鈥淐ity Year [student success coaches] continues to be a powerful part of our school programming.聽 They develop strong professional relationships with the 麻豆国产 and for some 麻豆国产 they are the reason that the 麻豆国产 come to school.鈥
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You and your team of City Year AmeriCorps members might be serving in an elementary, middle or high school. You鈥檒l receive guidance and feedback from a City Year impact manager, whose job is to make your coaching experience successful鈥攆or you and the 麻豆国产 you serve.
Learn more about what a City Year impact manager does to support AmeriCorps members in schools.
Building relationships drives your work as a coach
Your most important responsibility, though, is to be a consistent, caring presence in the lives of the 麻豆国产 you are serving. As a near-peer鈥攎ature enough to offer guidance, yet young enough to relate to 麻豆国产鈥 perspectives鈥攜ou鈥檙e uniquely positioned to form positive, trusting and resilient relationships with the 麻豆国产 you serve.
You鈥檒l also offer encouragement and skills coaching, helping 麻豆国产 to problem solve, think creatively and work in teams. These skills are critical for success in college, career and life.
Explore how City Year coaches help to build trust in the schoolhouse.
It鈥檚 these positive relationships that enable you to provide academic and interpersonal support to 麻豆国产, extra help that helps them learn, develop and reach their full potential.
And the relationships you build with your partner teacher, the school community and your own teammates are just as important. This year of service is designed to not only help 麻豆国产 and schools to succeed, but to offer you a year of growth, experimentation and skill-building that will help you in your future education and career plans.
City Year鈥檚 40,000 alums continue to make a big impact, leading and serving across business, education, health, social services, government, and nonprofit sectors.
础听City Year school day learning coach聽聽shares many of the same responsibilities as a student success coach, but instead of serving 1,700 hours over the school year, you鈥檒l serve either 900 hours (about 25 hours per week) or you鈥檒l serve 1,200 hours (about 35-40 hours a week), depending on the location where you serve.
School day learning coach roles are currently offered at only some of City Year鈥檚 29 U.S. sites. Here are some of the responsibilities of a school day learning coach:
- Work one-on-one and in small groups with 麻豆国产 you and your partner teacher have identified as benefitting from extra help
- Help 麻豆国产 strengthen literacy and/or math skills
- Collaborate with teachers and your team members to collect, analyze and monitor individual student progress, participating in facilitated reviews of student data
- Create an engaging, safe and healthy classroom space in collaboration with your partner teacher
Learn more about service opportunities with City Year and how to apply.
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