AmeriCorps at Relay

Service Hours

• A full-time AmeriCorps service term is 1700hrs

• Relay’s AmeriCorps members perform AmeriCorps service when serving students in schools, attending Relay classes, and participating in service events.

• Relay teachers should easily serve the minimum requirement through their daily responsibilities and any required service events.

• The Relay AmeriCorps team tracks hours internally using an Alternative Timekeeping System. Members do not have to fill out timesheets.

Service Requirements

• You are required to post AmeriCorps Serves Here and Prohibited Activities printable signs in your classroom. Only print the state sign for which you are currently teaching. Click here to download signs. 

• You will receive and sign two AmeriCorps evaluations (Mid-year and End-of-term) through DocuSign during your service term.

• AmeriCorps grant officers, commission board members, and elected officials like to visit AmeriCorps programs and members. You may be asked to be observed in the classroom or while attending a Relay class session. You may also be interviewed by a grant officer about your AmeriCorps experience.

• All AmeriCorps members are encouraged to participate in  AmeriCorps special events during the year. These events are an opportunity to engage in your community and serve alongside fellow AmeriCorps members. The AmeriCorps Team will especially highlight opportunities for Veterans Day, MLK Day and AmeriCorps Week. 

SWAG

• As a member, you will receive swag to wear daily while serving in your classroom. You should each receive AmeriCorps branded items shipped to your home address. Please wear at least one AmeriCorps swag item daily to promote brand awareness.

• We are proud of our Relay AmeriCorps members and want your schools and students to know you are part of the program!

Prohibited Activities

• While earning AmeriCorps service and training hours, members may not engage in this list of activities. 

• AmeriCorps members may not engage in the above activities directly or indirectly by recruiting, training, or managing others for the primary purpose of engaging in one of the activities listed above. Individuals may exercise their rights as private citizens and may participate in the activities listed above on their initiative, on non-AmeriCorps time, and using non- AmeriCorps funds. Individuals should not wear the AmeriCorps logo while doing so. 

• Relay enrolled 623 Relay students in AmeriCorps for the 2024-25 Service Year.

• We have members serving in Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington DC.

• Relay AmeriCorps members will serve over 1 million collective service hours this year!

• Relay is grateful for our partnership with AmeriCorps since 2013. 

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