CY Approaches
This dynamic encourages growth and success for students through connections with others:
What are Developmental Relationships?
Instead of immediately giving a student the answer when they are stuck, this strategy can guide them toward figuring it out themselves
What is Strategic Questioning?
If your teammate needs to leave a classroom full of students, you should do this before they go to ensure the students aren't left unsupervised.
What is calling the office for another staff member to supervise?
What should we always consider and allow for our IM’s when contacting them outside of work hours?
What is a healthy work/life balance?
This is the name of the place team members stayed at during the overnight retreat:
What is the Happy Valley Conference Center?
The three levels of the Whole School, Whole Child model are:
What are Whole School Support, Individualized Coaching, and Whole Class Support?
Three levels of instruction include:
What are whole group, guided practice, small group, partner work, and independent practice?
Name one type of relationship that AmeriCorps members are prohibited from having with students.
What is a romantic or sexual relationship?
What is the ideal length of time before which you should communicate if you are planning to use an allowed absence?
What is two weeks?
This organization just partnered with one of the same schools that CYBA serves at, facilitating multiple after school activities:
What is East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring (EPATT)?
These are two ways we can express care towards students:
What are learning names, listening actively, checking in, and celebrating accomplishments?
City Year uses this terminology to refer to generalized support which applies to every student:
Tier 1 Skill
If abuse occurs and warrants reporting, which government agency is specifically mentioned in the training?
What is Child Protective Services?
If we have a meeting with our partner teacher or school administrators where logistics are discussed, what should we do after the meeting?
What is follow up with an email?
As part of a skit in the SLI retreat, this member spit water all over the stage in an act of shock:
Who is Richard?
Because students are always watching us, we are this kind of figure to students:
What is a role model?
These two strategies help reinforce classroom expectations in a non-intrusive manner:
What are Mirroring and Circulation?
What two types of physical contact does City Year recommend AmeriCorps members use with students?
What are side hugs, high fives, and fist bumps?
How many days in a row of no-shows with no of further contact will result in an ACM's termination?
What is three days?
City Year gear gained a certain notoriety after being worn in photographs of this American lawyer and politician:
Who is Robert F Kennedy?
City Year’s application of frameworks which promote healthy relationships and development are used in underserved schools to counteract this force in students’ lives:
What is adversity-related stress?
Predicting, questioning, visualizing, clarifying, and summarizing can all be used as part of this learning strategy:
What is Think Aloud?
If there is any doubt about the identity of the person picking up a student, what must be required?
What is identification (ID)?
Ideally, these five parties representing CYBA and school interests should be aligned:
What are ACMs, TLs, IMs, principal, and teachers?
These two professional American sports leagues are national partners of City Year:
What are the NBA and NFL?