As a tutor and mentor with City Year, you will make a difference in children’s lives and help develop a new generation of leaders. City Year Chicago’s service programs include in-school and after-school service, youth leadership, and community transformation.
WHOLE SCHOOL, WHOLE CHILD
As a City Year Chicago corps member, you will respond to the challenges facing public education by providing:
- Academic Support: Through the meaningful connections you develop with the students you serve, you will strengthen students’ skills that correlate with success and active learning in schools, such as encouraging competence and self-confidence.
- Positive School Climate: You will support an environment where students want and are excited to learn by providing a diverse and peaceful peer network.
- After-School Programming: As a positive role model and mentor, you will reinforce key learning and development milestones and provide social enrichment programming that helps children succeed.
You will also participate in the following specialized City Year Chicago programs:
IN-SCHOOL SERVICE:
LITERACY TUTORINGCity Year Chicago corps members provide intense, one-on-one, pull-out literacy tutoring during the school day. Through partnerships with the University of Chicago’s Center for Urban School Improvement and the Chicago Public Schools’ Offices of Literacy and Extended Learning, you will receive training to accurately evaluate a student’s skill level and tutor them accordingly so the child makes the most progress possible. | .jpg "Literacy Tutoring, J. Barr")
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AFTER-SCHOOL SERVICE: STARFISH CORPSCity Year Chicago corps members serve in after-school programs to provide students with a safe, structured, and engaging environment through City Year’s Starfish Corps. |  |
YOUTH LEADERSHIP
One of the important ways City Year Chicago corps members share their belief in service and their commitment to helping children is by leading programs that teach Chicago’s elementary, middle school, and high school students about their ability to make a difference.
Starfish Corps
In the Starfish Corps, second through fifth graders experience a “mini-City Year,” learning about diversity, the environment, world hunger and conflict resolution in this literacy-based service program.
Young Heroes
Young Heroes is City Year’s premier youth leadership initiative. Middle school students serve 100 hours on Saturdays from January through May and earn the Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award for their efforts.
City Heroes
City Heroes is a weekend leadership development and social awareness program for high school students, who learn to lead others in tackling issues that directly affect their communities. 2007 marks the launch of City Year Chicago’s City Heroes program.
Learn more about joining our Youth Leadership programs.
COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION
 | In addition to helping schools and students reach new heights, City Year corps members transform communities through physical service projects such as: - Painting murals
- Planting gardens
- Creating playspaces
- Renovating schools
- Refurbishing community centers
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By engaging community members, corporate partners, and civic leaders in this work, corps members help share the power of service.
Camp City Year Chicago
Camp City Year Chicago is a positive day camp experience conducted during Chicago Public School’s Spring Break, providing assistance to working parents while teaching the core City Year values of diversity, service and responsibility.
Sign up for Camp City Year Chicago.