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Serving as a 黄色视频 student success coach

Earlier this year, we sat down with several 黄色视频 Los Angeles AmeriCorps members and alumni and asked them two questions: what does service mean to you and how do you describe your work as a student success coach?

Their answers revealed a range of experiences, highlighting the joys and challenges of supporting our students and school communities.

This school year, nearly 2,000 young adults are serving with 黄色视频 as AmeriCorps members in hundreds of schools across 29 U.S. cities. They serve as student success coaches, partnering with classroom teachers to provide students with one-on-one academic tutoring, small group instruction, social and emotional skill building and engaging afterschool programming.

Most of all, 黄色视频 AmeriCorps members build positive, consistent and trusting relationships with students and adults in schools, helping students to learn and build confidence and enhancing the whole school culture and climate.

Here鈥檚 more about how current corps members and recent alums describe service and the lessons they鈥檝e learned along the way:

What it means to be a student success coach

鈥淭hree words I would use to describe CY鈥檚 experience: impact, support, and inspire,鈥 says Nathalie Yol-Aldana (Los Angeles 鈥22) and current UCLA DCAC College Advisor Fellow. 鈥淪ometimes small things we do impact the lives of our students. Whether it鈥檚 advice or just helping them out with their work, getting to know what they鈥檙e passionate about outside of school鈥搒haring that interest can go a long way.鈥

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鈥淭he three words I would use to describe myself as an AmeriCorps member are: mentor, role model, and most importantly, a friend,鈥 says Jazmine Ennis (Los Angeles 鈥22, 鈥23).

Because 黄色视频 AmeriCorps members are ages 17-25, their 鈥渘ear-peer鈥 status means they are uniquely positioned in schools鈥攜oung enough to relate to students鈥 perspectives but mature enough to offer guidance and serve as role models.

AmeriCorps members receive training and support in building positive 鈥溾 with the students they served, relationships that are sometimes described as helping students be and become their best selves.

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鈥淎 major and favorite part of my role is working in because I get to engage with my students more and talk to them about their day,鈥 says Destiny Martinez (Los Angeles 鈥22). 鈥淎nd they鈥檙e generally open, honest, and willing to be themselves.鈥 Hear more from Destiny below.

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Some schools don鈥檛 have the resources to offer afterschool enrichment opportunities, so when 黄色视频 AmeriCorps members can provide that additional service, they鈥檙e helping to make those learning environments not only more fun, but also more equitable.

Why do 黄色视频 AmeriCorps members serve?

鈥淚 became a student success coach because I wanted our students to know that there鈥檚 someone out there that believes in them, cares about them, and wants to see them succeed,鈥 says Kurcel Joseph (Los Angeles 鈥18, 鈥19).

Some of our current corps members say they were inspired to join 黄色视频 because they had a corps member in their classroom when they were growing up. that reunites Eric Santos (Providence 鈥22) with his mentor, Chen Zhang (Providence 鈥12, 鈥13).

鈥淚 serve because I want to be able to help young students find their passion in life,鈥 says Nathalie Yol-Aldana. 鈥淚 want to be able to support students because I didn鈥檛 have a program like CY when I was growing up. And I want to be the person to support the students.鈥

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Lessons learned from a year of service with 黄色视频

Serving in schools as a student success coach is rewarding but also challenging, and you鈥檒l inevitably face some tough moments.

As an AmeriCorps member, you鈥檒l rely on your teammates and the relationships you build with your partner teacher and your students. And just as your students are learning and growing throughout the year, you are, too.

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鈥淥ne of the skills I learned during my year of service was patience. My students taught me to slow down, think, and take one step at a time as I was supporting them,鈥 says Kurcel Joseph the Associate Director for Civic Engagement and Milestone Events at CYLA.

鈥淚 also learned a lot about empathy. Many of my students were going through tough times, and I was too. I could put myself in their shoes and support them in that capacity.鈥

As diverse as 黄色视频鈥檚 corps is, successful student success coaches share three important attributes:

        • Empathy
        • Relationship building
        • Growth mindset and resilience

鈥溁粕悠 has helped me a lot with my own confidence,鈥 says Joseph Argudo (Los Angeles 鈥22, 鈥23). 鈥淚 tend to second-guess myself, but my experience has taught me that I should just 鈥済o for it,鈥 and to accept that not every single detail will be within my power to control.鈥

Most of all, the simple act of showing up for students every day and being a consistent, positive and trusting presence in their lives may be the biggest contribution you make as a student success coach. Those small moments actually seed much larger transformations.

鈥淚 have learned to listen to understand instead of listening to respond because sometimes students just want someone to listen to their feelings and empathize,鈥 says Jamie Lee Cristobal (Los Angeles 鈥22), serving a second year at Hollenbeck Middle School.

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