Our full-time 1700-hour program cycle runs from August to July.
Now accepting applications for our 2022- 2023 program year.
Our full-time 1700-hour program cycle runs from August to July.
Now accepting applications for our 2022- 2023 program year.
Team Days have been very beneficial towards providing that extra boost I need to get through another week.
My Regional Supervisor’s commitment has made my AmeriCorps Term meaningful!
It was important for me to give back to my community because I was born and raised in Oakland.
My AmeriCorps Term has been meaningful towards preparing me for teaching. BAYAC has helped get me interested in teaching Latino populations at the elementary level. Team Days have benefited my development by improving my articulation and facilitation skills.
Honestly, one of the most meaningful aspects of my OCASA Term of Service has been making small connections with students and supporting them as they learn how to treat each other with basic respect and express themselves in an assertive way rather than an aggressive way.
This term of service has taught me that my career is centered around connecting with and motivating youth through speaking and sharing my story of overcoming challenges.
Having a great Regional Supervisor and Site Coordinator and working with a great staff at mt site has made my AmeriCorps Term meaningful. We’ve become so close it feels like family.
My service site has been very supportive. Staff and teachers have encouraged me to go to grad school in order to obtain my teacher’s credentials. Furthermore, they have offered a paying position as a tutor and teacher for summer school through the Fall semester of 2014. Life Academy has been great - I feel blessed and lucky!
Building positive and loving relationships with students has made my Term of Service meaningful. I’m now sure I want to teach more than ever and Team Days have provided the space for reflection and support.
BAYAC and my service site have not only allowed me to focus my career goals, but have also given me the skills to pursue those goals.
I serve because… I want to help youth understand and be understood. I want to give them purpose and insight as to why it is important to get an education and become great leaders in the future.