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Mentor High School Students in Baton Rouge
ORGANIZATION: BATON ROUGE YOUTH COALITION INC
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Volunteer mentors - or as we call them, "VIPs" - are essential citizens of BRYC’s college-preparatory community, a village of programs, participatory opportunities, and people that we wrap around our Fellows at no cost. The most important part of being a VIP is consistency. When VIPs commit to showing up week in, week out, they build trust with their Fellows, and then anything is possible. In many cases, the bonds formed during weekly programs and through offline communication remain strong years after Fellows enter college.
VIPs serve as one-on-one or small group mentors. They come ONE day per week (Mon-Wed) from 4:30-5:45pm OR 6:00-7:15pm during the school year. (Same day, same time every week.) VIPs either serve as A) "Learning Mentors" helping small groups of 8th-11th graders master self-regulated learning, strong study habits, and ACT test content, or B) as "College Mentors" helping one or two 12th-graders with their college application process. BRYC team members plan and lead every session; VIPs are there to support their Fellow(s) along the way.
Currently we have a need for:
- Tuesday Research Mentors at the Airline campus
- Wednesday Underclassmen Learning Mentors at the Downtown campus
- Wednesday Upperclassmen Learning Mentors at the Downtown campus
NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. BRYC will train you for success. Learn more: thebryc.org/volunteer
3 Shifts
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06:00 PM to 07:15 PM CST
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FULL
Tuesday Research Mentor (Airline): August - May
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06:00 PM to 07:15 PM CST
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FULL
Wednesday Underclassmen Learning Mentor (Downtown): August - May
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06:00 PM to 07:15 PM CST
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Spots available: 2
Wednesday Upperclassmen Learning Mentor (Downtown): August - May
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About BATON ROUGE YOUTH COALITION INC
Location:
460 N 11TH ST, BATON ROUGE, LA 70802, US
Mission Statement
The Baton Rouge Youth Coalition (BRYC) helps underserved youth excel in high school; enter, persist through, and graduate from college; and secure career-track jobs. We provide our students with the best college-preparatory, college persistence, and career placement services money can buy -- for free -- so they can maximize the economic value of their degrees, build the lives they want, and help future generations do the same.
Description
BRYC is a community of dedicated students (Fellows) and caring adults working together to advance equity through access to higher education. BRYC exists because lower-income students of color face tremendous barriers to the American Dream: the ability to convert education into opportunity. In 2023-2024, BRYC will serve 360 driven, lower-income high school students, and we have a team dedicated to supporting 675 alumni to ensure they graduate from college and secure jobs.
BRYC’s core programs take place Mon-Wed evenings. Program focuses are grade-specific. Eighth-10th-graders build self-regulated and socioemotional learning skills to become independent, empowered scholars. Juniors apply these skills in the context of ACT preparation. Seniors execute the college application, financial aid, and matriculation processes. One of the most important and successful components of BRYC’s model is our inclusion of volunteer mentors, who work one-on-one or in small groups with Fellows to support them along "The BRYC Way" (thebryc.org/bryc-way).
Now in our 14th year, BRYC has an 80% college completion rate for two- and four-year colleges, six times the national average for lower-income students. This is largely due to our Fellows’ hard work, but it’s also the result of BRYC’s programs, which prepare students to enter college with viable payment plans, maximize the economic value of their degree, and graduate fully-equipped to be an asset in their workplaces and communities.
CAUSE AREAS
Children & Youth,
Education & Literacy,
Employment
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
This opportunity has 3 shifts
WHERE
460 N 11th StreetBaton Rouge, LA 70802
(30.451586 ,-91.178535 )
DATE POSTED
October 21, 2024
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Literacy / Reading
- Math / Science Instruction
- Teaching / Instruction
- Financial Literacy
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- VIPs commit to 75 minutes per week (same day and time every week) for the school year.
- Not a requirement, but BRYC periodically hosts events for VIPs to meet socially or engage in professional networking.