UCLA Art Student and Alumni Opportunities

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Corps Members will attend weekly team meetings for programmatic updates and site discussions.
• Corps Members will tutor small groups of 3-5 assigned students or conduct individual tutoring sessions with their assigned students.

• America Reads tutors (Elementary School Sites) will focus on literacy
• America Counts Tutors (Middle School and High School Sites) will focus on algebraic proficiency

• Corps members will communicate regularly with mentor teachers to create a plan of action for their assigned students’ academic progress.
• Corps Members will track their students’ progress by collecting semester grades.
• Corps Members will assess programmatic efficiency and efforts by dispersing and collecting Mentor Teacher Evaluations and Mentor Teacher Assessments.
• Corps Members will foster a “college-going” culture among students and parents at their assigned school sites through the preparation and promotion of:

• Family Involvement Events: Corps members will prepare age-appropriate workshops about college (i.e.: introducing majors and minors, financial aid, a-g requirements, college admission process)

• Corps Members will advertise the Family Involvement Event, fundraise in the community and gather donations from local businesses to provide food, school supplies, prizes etc. at their event.

• Corps Members will partake in service learning events (including beautification events, campus tours etc.) across the Los Angeles area or at events taking place at sites we currently serve.
• Corps Members will facilitate BruinCorps’ annual Spring Family Involvement Event during which 200-300 students come from our respective sites

• Corps members will facilitate workshops and campus tours

Candidate Requirements

• Ability to pass federal, state and local background checks
• Ability to work a minimum of 6-8 hours per week
• Ability to commit for three quarters