An average day for a Promise Fellow

I have been volunteering for AmeriCorps now for two months and it has been exciting and challenging. I do my best to help students improve their grades and involve them in service-learning projects.

I've created a grading sheet for each student so they can ask their teachers what their grades are and track them on a weekly basis. They then report their grades to me so I know how I can help them whether it be by: recruiting volunteers for in-class support, one-on-one tutoring or assisting in hoework help during our after school programs. Most of my interaction with the students is after school and in that time we do homework help, creative writing, talk about service learning and reflect on our service-learning projects and our partner SEACC visits and presents on leadership.

I love the students here and I'm gaining a lot of experience being in a school setting and having a teacher role. I hope these experiences will help me decide which career path I want to travel down after my year of volunteering. I am looking forward to the next chapter in my life and this experience has had a major impact and opened my eyes to new careers I have never thought of before.