Mentor a 7th or 8th grader in a CED field!
Mentorship Opportunity with Spark!
Make a difference in a young person's life by utilizing your passion and experience in architecture, city planning, or design by mentoring a 7th or 8th grade student whose dream job is to go into a design-oriented career path! In addition, there is almost no traveling involved as the student will be traveling to you.
About Spark: Spark is the only youth empowerment program in the country that addresses the dropout crisis by re-engaging at-risk, 7th and 8th grade students through hands-on, individualized apprenticeships (www.sparkprogram.org). These workplace-based apprenticeships—in professions each student has identified as a “dream job”—are complemented by a leadership curriculum, integrated in the student’s classroom as an elective. Over the course of a semester students will meet with his or her Mentor once a week for two hours, for eight weeks. During that time, an apprentice and their mentor will work on a small project for the culminating ceremony (called Discovery Night) that is held at the end of the semester. The Spark experience creates a powerful sense of relevance for students, while providing its students with a chance to connect classroom learning and individual interests to real-world experience. This ultimately prepares them to enter high school with the inspiration and motivation necessary to succeed beyond the classroom.
Feel free to check out the videos below to learn more about Spark experience, from a student, alumni and volunteer perspective. Additionally, check out a link to Spark’s segment on the Today Show.
The student perspective
The alumni perspective
The volunteer perspective
Spark on the Today Show!
Spark students have big dreams, and need caring adults to turn these dreams into reality. If you are interested in volunteering, or know someone who might be, please contact Becca Velasco, Bay Area Program Coordinator at rvelasco@sparkprogram.org or at (415) 626-5470 ex. 105. If you are interested in volunteering, please click here to fill out the online mentor application.
Make a difference in a young person's life by utilizing your passion and experience in architecture, city planning, or design by mentoring a 7th or 8th grade student whose dream job is to go into a design-oriented career path! In addition, there is almost no traveling involved as the student will be traveling to you.
About Spark: Spark is the only youth empowerment program in the country that addresses the dropout crisis by re-engaging at-risk, 7th and 8th grade students through hands-on, individualized apprenticeships (www.sparkprogram.org). These workplace-based apprenticeships—in professions each student has identified as a “dream job”—are complemented by a leadership curriculum, integrated in the student’s classroom as an elective. Over the course of a semester students will meet with his or her Mentor once a week for two hours, for eight weeks. During that time, an apprentice and their mentor will work on a small project for the culminating ceremony (called Discovery Night) that is held at the end of the semester. The Spark experience creates a powerful sense of relevance for students, while providing its students with a chance to connect classroom learning and individual interests to real-world experience. This ultimately prepares them to enter high school with the inspiration and motivation necessary to succeed beyond the classroom.
Feel free to check out the videos below to learn more about Spark experience, from a student, alumni and volunteer perspective. Additionally, check out a link to Spark’s segment on the Today Show.
The student perspective
The alumni perspective
The volunteer perspective
Spark on the Today Show!
Spark students have big dreams, and need caring adults to turn these dreams into reality. If you are interested in volunteering, or know someone who might be, please contact Becca Velasco, Bay Area Program Coordinator at rvelasco@sparkprogram.org or at (415) 626-5470 ex. 105. If you are interested in volunteering, please click here to fill out the online mentor application.