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26 people are interested
Classroom Assistant for a Photography Mentoring Program
ORGANIZATION: First Exposures
Please visit the new page to apply.
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26 people are interested
Work in the classroom with photography students and their mentors. Support photographers and their mentors in producing work from making the photos to editing them in Photoshop to getting them printed and ready for our final show.
Duties and Responsibilities: ● Work with Instructors to prepare classroom materials and lessons. ● Research upcoming field trips, classroom projects, and classroom supplies and provide administrative assistance, as needed, to coordinate logistics. ● Assist students and mentors in the classroom. ● Set-up and clean-up classrooms.
Fall Semester
September 7 - December 14, 2019
First Exposures is a a free mentoring program for young Bay Area creatives (ages 11-18) whose backgrounds may include foster care, former homelessness or current low-income living situations. Mentors come from a variety of backgrounds and professions, but all share a love of photography and a commitment to youth and education.
We are also accepting applications for the spring semester:
January 18 - May 16, 2020
For more information, visit https://www.firstexposures.org/volunteer.
More opportunities with First Exposures
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About First Exposures
Location:
PO Box 881971, San Francisco, CA 94188, US
Mission Statement
First Exposures: Empowering Youth Through Photography is a special interest mentoring program where academic skills and life skills are developed by combining the benefits of mentoring relationships with art education. The volunteer mentors are professional, commercial and fine art photographers with a commitment to youth and to education. Their students are creative young people, aged 11 -18, with backgrounds which include homelessness or low-income living situations. The students and mentors work together in one-to-one partnerships in a group setting. First Exposures fosters supportive intergenerational relationships in a stimulating environment of active learning.
Description
Volunteer mentors work every Saturday of the Academic year with the youth in our program for 5 hours each week. There are various levels of commitment, so please contact us with questions and for an application.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
428 3rd StSan Francisco, CA 94107
DATE POSTED
May 4, 2020
SKILLS
- Photography
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
- Teens
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Orientation or Training
- 6 hours per week each Saturday. Additional hours in the office may be scheduled as needed and according to your availability.