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PA eMentoring
Mentors sign up at: www.pa-ementor.org
Online Career Mentoring for High School Students
The PA e-Mentoring program allows schools to provide their students with an online career mentor within the classroom. eMentors communicate with students through emails and an online curriculum that leads to a college and career plan for each mentee. PA eMentoring offers working and retired adults, parents, and mature college students a fun, easy, and flexible alternative to traditional face-to-face mentoring, and offers employers a way to establish meaningful connections with youths and schools within the community.
Features:
- 10-12 week program
- Program built around 10 online curriculum activities
- Curriculum addresses PA’s Academic Standards for Career Education and Work
- Online and training provided for mentor and mentee
- Email communication archived for monitoring and evaluation purposes
- Allows parents, teachers and local employers to get involved in mentoring
- Face-to-face training available for schools
- Curriculum allows mentors to mentor more than one student at a time
- All mentors must pass a national criminal and child abuse screening
- Smart Futures staff will assist to promote local mentor recruitment
- Monitoring and reporting system provided for teachers
- A printable College and Career Plan
- Stronger career focus with increased awareness of available career paths
- Increased interest in 2-year education opportunities
- Higher self esteem
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