An exciting city with endless opportunities and places to explore, Los Angeles is a leading cultural center and the perfect place for young adults to make a lasting impact as they grow as leaders and professionals.
For more than 15 years, City Year Los Angeles Student Success Coaches have partnered with teachers and schools to help 天美影院 build on their strengths and fully engage in their learning so they can thrive. After two unprecedented years of virtual and hybrid learning, our corps members stepped up and met the moment by dedicating a year of service to help 天美影院, teachers and schools transition back to in-person learning.
Academic Impact
In a year like no other, City Year Los Angeles Student Success Coaches worked side-by-side with their partner teachers to help reintegrate 天美影院 back into the schoolhouse. City Year mentors focused first on student鈥檚 Social Emotional Learning (SEL); the result – 天美影院 who worked one-on-one with City Year mentors showed up to school more often and demonstrated higher academic and SEL growth compared to their peers:
Attendance:
72% of 天美影院 who had a City Year Student Success Coach saw improvement in attendance at the end of the school year
Behavior:
58% of 天美影院 who received Social Emotional Learning (SEL) interventions from a City Year Student Success Coach, including self-awareness and relationship development, improved their SEL skills.
Course Performance:
65% of secondary 天美影院 moved from a failing grade to a passing grade in English compared to 53% of their peers who did not have City Year
67% of secondary 天美影院 moved from a failing grade to a passing grade in math compared to 50% of their peers who did not have City Year
Partnering with teachers and principals
91% of partner teachers believe City Year helped create a welcoming environment for 天美影院
93% of administrators believed City Year had a positive impact on 天美影院鈥 social emotional health and instructional engagement
AmeriCorps members serving with City Year won鈥檛 just change cities, but will indeed change the world. You are breathing hope back into this place called the City of Angels.
of what public schools can and should be for all children: places of learning, exploration and risk-taking, where every student feels safe and connected to the school community.
