Are you a DU student interested in education?

Do you want to build meaningful relationships with students in Denver Public Schools? Do you want to learn more about the public school system and working with other DU students who care about youth and education?

Then using your Work-Study award while working in one of CCESL's school partners could be for you.

Through DU's Community Work-Study program, students can earn their work-study money by working with the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning's school partners.  Students can choose to work with CCESL's signature program--Public Achievement--or through our other tutoring and school-based opportunities.

Public Achievement:
At CCESL, our signature program is Public Achievement (PA).   In PA, DU students serve as coaches to a group of middle or high school students who want to work for change in their school and community.  Coaches begin by building relationships with students, and with this foundation move forward to address issues that the students deeply care about in their schools and communities.  Coaches will see students become empowered and more connected to their schools through Public Achievement.  You will also learn about what it takes to navigate the public school system and work with students, teachers and administrators.

CCESL will provide training for coaches initially and throughout the year.  This position requires students to be at their partner school at least once a week and work with a team of DU student coaches to plan each Public Achievement session.  Public Achievement works with high school students at the following schools:

South High School
North High School
Manual High School
Bruce Randolph School
Denver Center for International Studies

Other School-Based Opportunities:
If you are interested in using your Community Work-Study award to work with younger students or in a not listed, we do have additional opportunities.  Students are needed to coordinate tutoring programs, after-school programs, college recruitment efforts, service-learning, athletics programming, and many other school needs. 

For more information on using your Community Work-Study in schools contact Sarah McCauley at sarah.mccauley@du.edu, or 303. 871.3527.

Community Work-Study with Other Non-Profit Partners:
To work with a community-based organization that is not one our school partners, but is an eligible non-profit within the Denver community, your first step is to reach out to the community-based organization to see if they are eligible and are able to pay the 30% cost share (30% of your work study award) for hosting a Community-Service Work Study.

To work with a community-based organization that is not one our school partners such as The 1010 Project or the African Community Center, please contact Student Employment at stuemp@du.edu or 303.871.6792.