Mentor East Bay high school students + equip them with skills for success!

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ORGANIZATION: BUILD

BE A MENTOR. CHANGE A LIFE!

Did you know that 8,300 students drop out of high school each day? Of those that drop out, 47% blame boredom and a lack of motivation for their decision. And 70% believe that they could have graduated with the right push.

WHAT CAN YOU DO? Ignite the spark by becoming a BUILD mentor by sharing your wisdom, experience, and expertise to impact the lives of high school students in under-resourced communities. As a BUILD mentor you will help students create, market, and manage a business and equip them with the skills they need to not only graduate high school but go on to college success.

ABOUT BUILD: Through entrepreneurship-based, experiential learning, BUILD ignites the potential of disadvantaged students and equips them for high school, college and career success. To date, 99% of BUILD seniors have graduated from high school and 95% of those that graduate, have been accepted to college.

AS PART OF THE BUILD MENTOR COMMUNITY YOU WILL:

  • Support and inspire our students to get on the path to college!
  • Work alongside like-minded, community-oriented mentors from across the Bay Area
  • Receive training and support from the BUILD community

REQUIREMENTS:

  • A passion for working with high school students
  • A strong value for higher education

COMMITMENT: 90 minutes, weekly or biweekly during a regularly scheduled mentor session time (same time every week or every other week) from January - May at one of our Partner Schools.

LOCATIONS:

Mentor at 1 of our 6 partner high schools:

  • Golden State Preparatory Academy
  • Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy
  • MetWest High School

GET STARTED:

  • Fill out our online application at: www.build.org/mentor


BE THE SPARK FOR BAY AREA YOUTH AND BECOME A BUILD MENTOR!

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About BUILD

Location:

P.O. Box 3316, Redwood City, CA 94064, US

Mission Statement

Ignite the power of youth in under-resourced communities to build Career success, Entrepreneurial mindsets, and Opportunity. We help students become the CEO of their own lives!

Description

BUILD is supporting six LAUSD schools with the delivery of our business and entrepreneurship curriculum. Throughout the school year students will learn design thinking, form business teams, and develop an advanced prototype of a product to sell! BUILD recruiting volunteer business team mentors to support students as they form their business teams. Business team mentors are professional mentors who support and motivate a youth business team, provide recommendations for a company's vision, growth, and goals for the year, and build strong relationships with students. The volunteer commitment entails attending attend 10 class sessions throughout the second semester of the school year, 2 in person, 8 virtually.

CAUSE AREAS

Children & Youth
Education & Literacy
Children & Youth, Education & Literacy

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

1624 Franklin StreetOakland, CA 94612

(37.805756,-122.2682)
 

DATE POSTED

November 16, 2021

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