Commit to Serve Your City Year! (Full Pay/Benefits – Academic Mentor)

City Year; Edwardsville (KS); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Bi-weekly living stipend

Relocation support

City Year / AmeriCorps Uniform parts

Career and University scholarships

Happier membership (Free 3-year)

Talkspace Therapy Program

Curalinc Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

City Year AmeriCorps members coach and mentor students across elementary, middle, and high school to help them achieve academic success, improve attendance, and develop positive behaviors.

You will plan and monitor individual progress, collaborate with teachers on in-class instruction, and contribute to whole-school initiatives with the team. Training is provided at the year's start, and a living stipend supports participants.

Qualifications

• Be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident
• Ages 17–25 by July 1, 2025
• GED or high school diploma, some college experience, or college degree
• Background check required
• Able to begin City Year by July/August 2025

Responsibilities

• Coach and mentor students to earn academic success and improve attendance
• Plan and monitor individual student progress and work with teachers
• Develop literacy and math skills with varied activities by student level
• Create an engaging, safe, and healthy classroom space with the teacher
• Support extended day and virtual programming, clubs and service learning

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Coaching

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Education

GED or high school diploma, some college experience, or college degree

Job description

Student success coach and mentor (entry level,

paid, full-time)

About City Year

City Year, an AmeriCorps program, helps students across schools succeed. Teams

of City Year AmeriCorps members provide support to students, classrooms and the

whole school, helping to ensure that students in schools receive a high-quality

education that prepares them with the skills and mindset to thrive and contribute

to their community.

What You’ll Do

As a City Year AmeriCorps member, your service will focus on coaching and

mentoring elementary, middle and/or high school students. You will help these

students earn academic success, improve their attendance, and develop positive

behaviors at school. You will plan and monitor individual student progress and

work with teachers on whole class instruction, breakout spaces and other in-class

student assistance.

Role and Responsibilities

Experience in all these tasks is not necessary. We provide 2-4 weeks of training at

the beginning of the year to support you. Plus, you will work with partner teachers

and school staff every step of the way.

Support academic coaching and interpersonal development for students:

• Work with identified students 1:1 and in small groups
• Develop literacy and/or math skills varying learning activities by student level, answering student questions and encouraging assignment completion
• Create and implement a behavior management system for students
• Develop interpersonal skills throughout their day, using proven strategies of learning, practicing, reflection and repetition
• Collaborate with teachers and team members to collect, record, analyze and monitor individual student progress, participating in facilitated reviews of student data collected and entered into City Year’s student data system
• Create an engaging, safe and healthy classroom space in collaboration with the teacher

Support Whole School initiatives to increase engagement with students and

families:

• Support and/or conduct extended day and virtual programming for students before, during and after school including, but not limited to, academic enrichment and intervention, homework support, recreation and student clubs, service learning, and leadership development
• Create, support and/or co-lead events or programs that recognize and appreciate student growth and/or achievement in math, literacy, attendance, and behavior

City Year benefits

You will receive:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Curalinc Employee Assistance Program
• Talkspace Therapy Program
• Free 3-year membership to Happier
• Benefit Advocate Center
• Bi-weekly living stipend
• Workers’ compensation
• Relocation support
• Benefits specific to City Year location
• Career and University partnerships and scholarships
• City Year / AmeriCorps Uniform parts

AmeriCorps and other federally-issued benefits

You will be eligible for:

• Segal AmeriCorps Education Award*
• Child care benefits paid by AmeriCorps
• Loan forbearance and interest accrual payments for qualified student loans
• Time accrual toward the U.S. Department of Education’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, (see Reduction of Education Costs)
• Income-based Loan Repayment Plan (IBR)Eligibility Requirements

City Year AmeriCorps members are as varied as the communities we serve. We’re looking for you if you want to build yourself, give back and are ready to change the world.

You will be eligible for:

• Be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident (Authorization to work in the U.S. is not sufficient. Those with DACA status unfortunately are not eligible at this time)
• Be 17-25 by July 1, 2025
• Have a GED or high school diploma, some college experience, or college degree
• Have served no more than three terms in an AmeriCorps state or national program*
• Agree to and complete a background check
• Be able to begin City Year by July/August 2025 (specific start date varies by location)