Volunteer Opportunity: Virtual Academic Mentor

Portland OR

Description

Sign up with Be A Mentor to be an Academic Mentor to a struggling youth. We need your special skills and perspective to show a young person what opportunities they have and give them the confidence to work towards big goals. An Academic Mentor is a trusted caring adult that spends at least one hour per week with their mentee using Be A Mentor’s Virtual Mentoring Platform. Mentors focus on goal setting, homework help, and career exploration. While there may be a focus on homework help in the meetings, these sessions are more than just tutoring. Mentees form a personal relationship with their mentor to build resilience, social engagement, and a support network. Virtual mentoring removes barriers of distance, requires no commute time, and can offer a flexible schedule. Sign up here: https://beamentor.org/wp/become-an-academic-mentor/