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ATTENTION: Hiring Near Peer Mentors for the 2024-2025 School Year!
The Near Peer Mentor program at 国产真实迷奸 Public Schools is looking for incoming/current college students or students attending trade schools who are passionate about education equity and invested in serving their community in collaboration with high school teachers. Positions are available for the 2024-2025 school year at Alliance (Meek Campus), Benson, Cleveland, Grant, Franklin, Ida B. Wells, Lincoln, Jefferson, McDaniel & Roosevelt High Schools.
Click on the flyer below and scan the QR code or click here to get to the PPS new applications site (Job ID#27463). Or, click on the link to learn more about what it means to be a near peer mentor.
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Near Peer Mentors (NPMs)Integrating resources and insights of families, educators, and mentors is key to creating an academic environment where students thrive, have the tools and skills to succeed, and aspire to higher education and careers. To take action on that vision, the Near Peer Mentor Program places teams of college-attending mentors, young pre-professionals recruited from the local community, with partner teachers to provide mentoring services in the classroom. THE NEAR PEER MENTOR PROGRAM CAN BE IMPLEMENTED FOR TEACHERS IN ALL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS AND ONE ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL - ALLIANCE @ MEEK CAMPUS.
Near Peer Mentors 2023-24
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What do NPMs do in the classroom? NPMs collaborate with teacher partners to enrich the classroom environment and engage students by sharing their voice and lived experience, model behaviors and attitudes conducive to academic success, provide college and career exposure activities, and help students develop a strong, positive college- and career identity.
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How are NPMs and their Partner Teachers supported? GEAR UP, in partnership with College & Career Readiness, provides wrap-around support for NPMs with a team of School College Coordinators, AmeriCorps members, and TOSAs. NPMs receive close supervision, quality coaching, and professional development retreats throughout their term of service.
