City Year LA Orientation Guide May. 2015 | Page 11

City Year Policies &
Inspirational Standards
Serving as an AmeriCorps Member with City Year is more than a job. You will be a role model for our
community and part of something bigger than yourself, filling in the boots of many before you.
City Year recognizes that our ambitious goals for transformational change can only
be realized through disciplined, rigorous, tireless attention to detail. Excellence is
both an inspiring vision and a daily practice; it informs the aspirational nature of
the goals that we set for discipline, as well as the attention, focus, and ourselves
we bring to every activity that must be completed on the way to achieving those
goals.
In this section, we’ve included some organizational policies and standards that are
especially important to know prior to the start of your service

Attendance Policy
Consistent and reliable attendance is essential for performing excellent service.
The schools, teachers and the students we work with are expecting us and investing in us being there. Our
absence policy mirrors that of our school district and the expectations of the teachers that we have the
opportunity to serve alongside.
The following is City Year’s attendance policy as taken directly from the AmeriCorps Member Service
Agreement, which you must sign electronically as part of your online pre-registration work:

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In addition to the Program’s organizational holidays, members may request personal days off
during the course of the year to be used for illnesses, doctor’s appointments, childcare
emergencies, bereavement, academic or career visits/interviews, or to obser