Starts with P
Founding Stories
Leadership Styles
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The Uniform
100
We use this to get our minds, bodies, and spirits energized for a powerful day of service.
What is PT, or physical training?
100
This founding story was featured on Goldfish cracker bags and talks about a little girl making a difference even though others doubt her.
What is "The Starfish Story"?
100
This City Year tool helps define different leadership styles.
What is the leadership compass?
100
In FY 2015 City Year Miami serves this many schools.
What is 18?
100
This company made City Year's first uniform.
What is Timberland?
200
The term "PM" stands for this position in City Year.
What is program manager?
200
These are only three of several founding stories.
What are Be the Change; the beloved community; the bridge builder; cathedral building; everybody can be great; it takes a village; it's in yoru hands; the lighthouse; the long walk; love and joy; moccasins; never doubt; night into day; the rabbi's gift; ripples; sand into diamonds; seven generations; the starfish story; stone soup; the traveler; ubuntu; up the river; and water.
200
Someone who is this direction on the leadership compass is quick to act, thinks about the bottom line, enjoys challenges and variety, and finds it hard to delegate.
What is a North?
200
The one elementary school CY Miami serves.
What is Pine Villa Elementary?
200
These four powerful qualities are featured in the PT cadence.
What are spirit, discipline, purpose, and pride?
300
This is the name for Michael Brown's collection of ideas and wisdom that guides our service and helps implement our mission everyday.
What is PITW or Putting Idealism to Work?
300
This founding story's name is translated as "I am a person through other people. My humanity is tied to yours."
What is "Ubuntu"?
300
Known as the 'idea person', this style offers vision and brainstorming expertise to any team.
What is an East?
300
City Year Miami was founded in this year.
When is 2008?
300
As part of the City Year readiness check, we review required uniform parts. Name them, in order of how we check them.
What is: boots or shoes, black or white socks, pants clean and pressed, black belt, shirt tucked in, name tag (... heart and mind, can do, and soul)
400
The phrase "serve with an open heart and open mind" is but one line of this CY culture piece.
What is the pledge?
400
This founding story, based on a African folktale, captures the power of perception when encountering the unknown.
What is the story of the Traveler?
400
This person is generally responsible for logistics.
What is a West?
400
This service program was once network wide until two years ago when City Year Miami was the last to take part in it's programming.
What is City Year Young Heroes?
400
These two City Year sites wear yellow - not red - outwear.
What are San Jose / Silicon Valley and Los Angeles?
500
Miami's CE team uses gallons of it on certain service days.
What is paint?
500
President Obama read an abbreviated version of this founding story to a group of children during his campaign.
What is "the Starfish Story"?
500
These directions of the leadership compass are identified by vision and empathy respectfully.
What is East and South?
500
These are 6 neighborhoods and their schools that City Year serves in.
Allapattah, Booker T, Carol City Sr + Middle, Edison, North Western, Brownsville, Homestead Sr + Middle, Jackson, Norland, Central, Pine Villa, Cutler Bay, Redland Middle, Southridge, North Miami, Madison Middle,
500
We wear the uniform to represent this value.
What is One City Year.
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