>>MELANIE LAWSON: WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. YOU KNOW, MAKING A DIFFERENCE HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE AND A SPACE THAT
DEFINITELY NEEDS YOU. SO CITY
YEARS ACTIVELY RECRUITING
THOSE TO SERVE AS STUDENT
SUCCESS COACHES. THESE ARE
MEMBERS THAT WILL WORK
ALONGSIDE TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS
AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO
SUPPORT STUDENTS IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS ALL YEAR. SO THIS
SUPPORT IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL
AS WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE
TEACHER SHORTAGE IS THAT EVERY
SCHOOL AND EVERY DISTRICT
REALLY IS EXPERIENCING RIGHT
NOW. SO LET ME TALK ABOUT THIS
AND HOW YOU ALL CAN GET
INVOLVED AT TO FOLKS. WE HAVE
VERONICA MCDOUGAL HAS BEEN
THERE DONE THAT OR IN BUCK,
WHO’S ALSO A FORMER PRINCIPAL,
RIGHT? WHAT’S IN WITH CITY
YEAR. JACKSONVILLE, THANK YOU
ALL FOR JOINING US. PLEASURE.
YOU KNOW, IT’S IT SOUNDS LIKE
KIND OF LIKE THAT DREAM JOB
WHEN YOU’RE YOUNG AND YOU’RE
BRIGHT EYED AND BUSHY TAILED,
YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF
STUDENTS ARE IN THE AND IN THE
CITY. SO TALK ABOUT YOUR
EXPERIENCE BECAUSE YOU DID
THAT.
>>MELANIE LAWSON: A FEW SHORT
YEARS AGO. YES, SO ABOUT 10
YEARS AGO OR SO AMERICA MEMBER
MYSELF AT CITY OF COLUMBIA AND
THEN AT TRAVEL TO JACKSONVILLE
AND I WAS A YOUNG PERSON FRESH
OUT OF COLLEGE, THEN REALLY
KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO. BUT
NOW I WANT TO GIVE BACK AND
WORK WITH KIDS. SO CITY ARE
REALLY UNLOCKED.
>> THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME
WHERE I WAS ABLE TO GIVE BACK
TO STUDENTS WORK ALONGSIDE
TEACHERS, BUT ALSO BUILD A
CAREER. NOW I’M ABLE TO
ACTUALLY SERVE YOUNG PEOPLE
AND PRINCIPALS AND SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO REALLY DO 2
THINGS AT ONCE. DOES A CORNER
MYSELF. YES, YOU’RE LOOKING
FOR FOLKS. 18 TO 25 I ALWAYS
SAY YOU NEED A GOOD
INTERNSHIP, YOU KNOW, TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO
DO. AND THIS IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GET
THAT HANDS ON EXPERIENCE.
YEAH. ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE
TALK ABOUT THIS IS AS A GAP
YEAR.
>> SO STUDENTS RECENTLY
GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL OR
FROM COLLEGE AND THEY NEED
THAT ADDITIONAL YEAR TO KIND
OF FIGURE SOME THINGS OUT, TRY
A NEW EXPERIENCE AND REALLY
SEE WHAT THEY’RE PASSIONATE
ABOUT, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO
FOR THE REST OF LIVES. SO CITY
YEARS HAD SOME UP WITH AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
PROVIDES A LIVING STIPEND. A
GENEROUS SCHOLARSHIP AT THE
END OF THE PROGRAM. AND IT’S A
NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF
AMERICORPS AND CITY ARE ALUMNI
THAT THEY’RE TAPPED INTO FOR
THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. GOING
TO BE REALLY PROUD OF. YOU
REMEMBER ANYTHING IN
PARTICULAR THAT REALLY JUST
KIND OF STUCK OUT AND SET THE
STAGE FOR YOU ARE TODAY? YEAH,
I THINK IT WAS REALLY THE
PEOPLE THAT POURED INTO ME. I
THINK AS AN AMERICORPS MEMBER,
YOU GET SUPPORT FROM NOT ONLY
THE STAFF ARE CITY YEAR, BUT
ALSO THE SCHOOLS IN YOUR
STUDENTS. I THINK THAT AN
IMPORTANT THING WHEN YOU WORK
WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY POUR
IN TO YOU JUST AS MUCH AS YOU
POINT TO THEM. AND THAT’S
REALLY WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME
ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE. I AGREE,
YOU KNOW, AS A ABOUT A
COORDINATOR AT AN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL WHEN I FIRST STARTED
HERE.
>> AND I I REMEMBER THAT LIKE
IT TOUCH ME. YOU KNOW, I
REMEMBER THE KIDS. I REMEMBER
THE PARENTS REMEMBER THE
STRUGGLES AND I THINK IT MADE
ME STRONGER. I MEAN, YOU’VE
BEEN IN THE CITY FOR A LONG
TIME WORKING IN EDUCATION. SO,
YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF TO HAVE
THAT YOUNG PERSON THEY LOOK,
THEY LOOK UP TO IS REALLY
IMPORTANT. AND I THINK THAT’S
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE’RE
MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THERE
ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS
COMMUNITY THAT ARE VERY
PASSIONATE ABOUT CHILDREN
HELPING OUT STUDENTS.
>> WHETHER THEY REPRESENT A
LARGE ORGANIZATION OR A PTA.
WE WANT THEM TO THINK ABOUT
CITY YEAR IS A PLACE THAT
THOSE STUDENTS THAT. MIGHT
JUST KIND OF FALL THROUGH THE
CRACKS A LITTLE BIT CAN GO AND
REALLY ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES
WITH A YEAR OF SERVICE AND
THEN A LIFETIME OF ONGOING
SUPPORT. SO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
PARTNERS THAT CAN HELP US FIND
THOSE DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH
THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE
COMMUNITY. WHAT TYPE OF PERSON
IS GOOD FOR THIS? SOMEBODY
THAT IS AN IDEALIST THAT
BELIEVES THAT THEY CAN HAVE AN
INTO INDIVIDUAL IMPACT ON
MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER
PLACE AND THEY’RE WILLING TO
PUT IN THE WORK TO DO IT AND
JOIN AN AMAZING TEAM AND
HONESTLY JUST HAVE A LOT OF
FUN, YOU KNOW, IS ABLE TO SEE
OUR TRAINING THIS SUMMER.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME UP CLOSE
AND IT WAS A BALL LAST. I CAN
IMAGINE THAT A NEW NISSAN 18
TO 25. BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET
PAST THAT YOU’RE LIKE, WHAT
SUCCUMBING TO ALL RIGHT. SO
REALLY ARE ASKING FOR, YOU
KNOW, FAMILIES OR BUSINESSES,
IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WITHIN
THAT AGE GROUP, THAT IDEAL IS
THAT PERSON REALLY WANTS TO
GIVE BACK. YOU CAN REACH OUT
AND THE ENROLLMENT DATE IS
OCTOBER. IT.
>>MELANIE LAWSON: FOR OCTOBER
SEPTEMBER, 27 FOR JANUARY IS
DECEMBER 7TH, IT CITY OR DOT
ORG SLASH EXPERIENCE SLASH
APPLICATION DAS PROCESS.
SIMPLE EMAIL WARNED THAT BUCK
AT CITY YEAR DOT ORG WILL GET
ALL THAT INFORMATION ON NEWS.
4 JAX OF THAT.
>> PEOPLE CAN THAT THROUGH. I
MEAN, I’M LIKE DON’T MISS THE
OPPORTUNITY. YOU’RE ONLY YOUNG