When you serve with City Year every day is a chance to make a difference. No two days will be exactly alike, but here is an example of what a typical day might be like with City Year Chicago:
7:11 am – Get on the bus to arrive for your team’s first meeting of the day and a powerful day of service. If Friday, take the EL (Chicago’s elevated train) to get to Federal Plaza for Unity Rally. Unity Rally prepares corps members for a powerful day of service through PT (physical training), and daily announcements.
8:15 am – Meet with team at school for announcements and discuss goals for the day.
8:30 am – Meet with team for Starfish Corps planning. Use additional time to prepare lesson plans for literacy tutoring.
10:30 am – Pick up Alejandro from his 3rd grade class to start his literacy tutoring session.
11:00 am – Eat Lunch before afternoon tutoring sessions begin
12:00 pm through 2:30 pm – One-on-one tutoring with children
- Brenda (12:00– 12:30)
- Mayrani (12:30–1:00)
- Khadija (1:00–1:20) only twenty minutes today because the teacher needs Khadija for a quiz.
- Lillian (1:30–2:00)
- Daniel (2:00–2:30) Daniel is really excited that he read his favorite book without help today!
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2:30 pm – You and your teammates prepare to lead after-school origami activity as part of our “Cultures of the World” lesson in the Starfish Program.
2:45 pm – Lead after-school activity with second through fifth graders.
5:15 pm – Debrief the day with team and review schedule for tomorrow.
5:35 pm – Take the bus and the EL to City Year Chicago Headquarters to help recruitment with an information session. Review talking points for corps member testimonial.
6:30 pm – Give testimonial to prospective corps members and answer their questions about service.
7:30 pm – Head home to get some rest!