Support High Schoolers. Become a BUILD Academic Mentor!

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ORGANIZATION: BUILD

Looking for amazing Bay Area volunteer opportunities? BUILD is an innovative, college preparatory program, whose mission is to use entrepreneurship to excite and propel disengaged, low-income high school students to college and career success.

VOLUNTEER AS A BUILD ACADEMIC MENTOR! BUILD ignites the potential of youth from under-resourced communities through experiential learning. Academic Mentors provide academic advising, counseling and support to our 11 th grade BUILDers. Academic Mentors will have 15-20 minute, one-on-one check-ins with students. This will involve reviewing grades, helping students establish priorities, action steps to meet their goals, and conversations about college and career passions. The time commitment is one evening a week for one school year (September - May).

Here are some details on what a mentoring commitment looks like:

  • Location: Redwood City
  • Time commitment: 2 hours (5:30-7:30pm), once a week (Tues or Wed)
  • Session runs: September 2016 - May 2017 (with winter and spring breaks)
  • Training and resources provided

Get started! Fill out our online application here: http://goo.gl/forms/zqnr5LhrCMUtczHL2

Got questions? Email Community Engagement Manager, Krupa Asher at kasher@build.org

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

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

2385 Bay RoadRedwood City, CA 94063

(37.485077,-122.21106)
 

DATE POSTED

May 30, 2017

SKILLS

  • Mentoring
  • Teaching / Instruction
  • Life Coaching
  • Relationship Building

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 21
  • Orientation or Training
  • 2 hours, one evening a week for one academic year

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