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City of Lakes AmeriCorps The mission of City of Lakes AmeriCorps is to help students build the academic language skills needed to advocate for themselves and be able to use education as a means to reach their goals. Our mission for members is to build a learning community through service, reflection and inquiry. Quick Links Who We Are As a partnership between Minneapolis Community Education and the Multilingual Department, CoL strives to support the education and development of LTELs in Minneapolis Public Schools. This program is made possible by CNCS and ServeMinnesota. What is AmeriCorps? AmeriCorps is a national network of hundreds of programs that engage over 75,000 people in service across the nation. Learn more about AmeriCorps programs here. Join CoL CoL is now hiring both full-time Academic Coaches and part-time Youth Workers for the 2018-19 program year. If you are considering a year of service, check out our Become a Member section to learn more.		Meet Our Members CoL Member Spotlight on… Miranda Konar, Youth Worker leading after school programs at Sanford Middle School Why did you decide to serve with CoL? I decided I wanted to work specifically with the after-school aspect of CoL because I was so interested in what student-led programming would look like. But I'm glad there was the opportunity to work in day school as well. What's one thing you've learned through your service so far? One thing I've learned in my year is that you should ask around the community for anything you can think of! People love to help kids. You can get all kinds of things donated and guests to come in just by asking. YMCAs and local businesses are awesome resources in terms of finding experts in topics your students care about. What is one thing you love about working with middle schoolers? Something I love about middle schoolers is that they haven't fully learned all the rules we make up about how people or things should be. They say a lot of things that catch me off guard and they come up with ideas I would never think of. Click here to read more profiles of AmeriCorps members currently serving in CoL! Follow Us Follow City of Lakes AmeriCorps on Facebook and Twitter! Twitter Feed Tweets by @COL_AmeriCorps