City of Lakes AmeriCorps

Meet Gaozouapa Vue our new City of Lakes Americorps Coordinator. She comes from Minneapolis Public School's Early Childhood Program. This is her second year with MPS. Welcome Gaozouapa!

Meet COL member Ian Lockhart, serving 8th grade ESL students at Justice Page Middle School. Ian decided to serve with CoL because he wanted to give back to the community where he grew up in and to make sure that education is the right career path that he wants to pursue.

Meet COL Americorps member Clayton Delp, a second-year member serving 8th grade ESL students at Andersen Middle School. Clayton had taught English in the CDF's Freedom Schools and music at a summer camp. He hopes that COL will give him a better sense of direction as to whether teaching is in his future.

Meet COL Americorps member Caden Salo, serving 6th grade ESL students at Andersen Middle School. Caden speaks multiple languages and thought that working with EL students was a great opportunity he didn’t want it to pass up.

Meet Max Sheck, COL Americorps member serving 8th grade ESL students at Anwatin Middle School. Max wanted to gain more experience by serving and plans to travel abroad to teach English in Japan.

COL Americorps members delve deeper discussions into national immigration time line. Indigenous and African American specific policies/events, MN specific language/education policy, immigration patterns, and resistance.

Meet Katya Spielvogel, COL Americorps member serving 6th grade ESL students at Justice Page Middle School. Katya wanted to serve with COL because she's passionate about working with EL students and has had first-hand experience learning a second language. She believes that serving with COL would further develop her skills and provide the experiences she needs to achieve her career goals.

Meet Finn Hawkins COL Americorps member serving at Northeast Middle School. Finn loves working with youth and seeing their progress. Finn likes seeing himself and his students grow this year and feel a sense that he’s done something of a positive impact on others. Finn says what he loves about middle schoolers are how funny they are.

Meet Lu (Tom) Yang our new COL Americorps staff member this year. He's been in the education field for many many years and enjoys working with students, staff, parents, and families. His hobbies include singing, fishing, exercising, and hunting.

A big thank you to former COL alumni members for coming today to share your knowledge and experience with current COL members on various career pathways such as youth work, counseling, teaching, and classroom supports. We really appreciate it!

We're hiring! Visit http://col.mpls.k12.mn.us/apply.html to learn more.

Applications for the 2022-23 program year are now open on My AmeriCorps (https://my.americorps.gov), Service Year (https://serviceyear.org/city_of_lakes/english-language-tutor/2xKqOZ/) and Handshake (https://joinhandshake.com/). Visit http://col.mpls.k12.mn.us/apply.html to learn more!