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You have a whole team of staff available to support your learning and development throughout the year. Although your Impact Manager and Team Leader will be the folx you work with most closely, you will also receive support from a team focused on helping you feel confident and competent in serving students and reflecting on your own growth.

Learning and development programs

Although most of your learning will occur in informal or social settings, we have a comprehensive learning program that you will participate in that includes:

Basic training academy

The first four weeks of your service are an intensive training and community building time called basic training academy. Although skills for tutoring and service students are important, they only work when built upon a strong foundation, and the relationships we develop with our peers and teams are critical for delivering the best possible service to students. For that reason, Basic Training Academy is focused on

1. building community
2. learning the theory behind our service model and the work you do with students
3. the very basics of building relationships students and in schools.

Learning & development days

Once the foundation is built, we will slowly begin providing training in more specific student support and tutoring skills. This will occur one day per week (with the rest of the days focused on service directly supporting students). This more specific training starts around the fifth week of service.

Observations, coaching, feedback, formal performance conversations

In order to support you in developing your service skills, your Impact Director, along with your Impact Manager and Team Leader will occasionally observe you in action with your students. Afterwards, they will provide a space for you to think critically about your performance and ways that you would like to improve. They will provide you feedback and resources to support your growth.

Equity summits

Our many social identities (e.g. racial, gender, ability, etc.) have a strong influence on how we see the world. Through your work with ��ɫ��Ƶ, you will be working with people from backgrounds very different from your own. That is why it is important that we take the time to reflect on our identities and experiences and recognize what we have been taught about people with different backgrounds throughout our lives. Multiple times throughout the year, we will come together as a full site for an equity summit. This is a space to reflect upon our identities and our roles in the larger systems at play in our community, city, and nation. Equity summits focus on learning, unlearning and thinking critically about topics related to systems of oppression and privilege, justice, and equity.

Career services/networking opportunities

Throughout your service year, you will have many opportunities to consider and plan for your next steps after ��ɫ��Ƶ. These include:

• Career planning conversations with your manager
• Networking events
• Mentoring opportunities
• Connecting with our corporate partners
• Training in career topics (resumes, cover letter, interviewing, etc.)