What You’ll Do

Team-based service is at the heart of City Year. You will be assigned to a diverse team of 8-15 young adults and you will serve with that team for the duration of the 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 through:

• Academic Support: Provide one-on-one or small group tutoring before, during and after school.

• Attendance and Positive Behavior Encouragement: Lead energetic morning greetings, make attendance and positive phone calls to home, lead mentor groups.

• Community and School Improvements: Organize and lead activities, celebrations and projects to improve the community and school environment.

Eligibility Requirements

City Year AmeriCorps members are as diverse a group as the communities they serve. We’re looking for you if you want to give back and are ready to change the world. Applicants must:

• Be between the ages of 18 and 25

• Be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident alien

• Have a college degree OR attended some college OR have a high school diploma or GED

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

• Agree to and pass a criminal background check

Previous experiences with service (domestic or military), tutoring, mentoring or leadership strengthens candidacy, but is not required.

Benefits You’ll Receive

Most importantly, you’ll feel a sense of pride by seeing the impact that you are having on some of our country’s highest-need students. In addition, you will receive:

• $5,734 education award

• Bi-weekly living stipend

• Health insurance

• Eligibility for exclusive scholarships at over 90 leading colleges and graduate schools

• Student Loan forbearance

• Networking sessions and professional development

• Leadership development trainings

City Year was founded in 1988 on the belief that young people can change the world. City Year is an education focused, nonprofit organization that unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service aimed at keeping students in school and on track to graduation. At City Year’s 28 urban locations across the United States and two international affiliates, teams of trained young people called AmeriCorps members serve full-time in schools during the academic year as tutors, mentors and role models. By focusing on attendance, behavior and course performance, which identify students who are at risk of not graduating on time, AmeriCorps members are uniquely positioned to help students and schools succeed.