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Mentoring plays a significant role in the ReBUILDetroit. Unfortunately, too many young people today don't have that kind of support. Mentors will undergo an extensive train the trainer” workshops delivered by DES to ensure they understand their role and have the proper tools to deliver mentoring to meet the stated goals of the program.

In addition, scholarships will be awarded which are donated by local mentoring firms and ACE Michigan. The current design of the experiential leadership mentor program is shared as well as Best Practices” offered. Mentee Nava Gidanian-Kagan , Visual (Israel), paired with Mentor Matt Gosser, Visual (United States).

The number of students to be served will be determined based on the current chronic absenteeism data analysis being conducted for each of the pilot schools and the number of mentors who are recruited. In a partnership with Cristo Rey of Detroit, Yazaki has now opened its doors to high school students.

Since mentors often have busy work schedules, as you are well aware, these meetups tend to occur over Skype to reduce time while maximizing insightful solutions. Mentee Maria Linan , Folk Art (Peru), paired with Mentor Anel Flores , Visual and Literary (United States).

Peer mentoring provides social and emotional support for transiting detroit to college. He thanked the Detroit man for his inspiring words, but added that "this is our responsibility," as a Flint community, and that mentoring is the antidote for an increasing prison population and juvenile delinquency.

For 15 weeks throughout the school year, students from various high schools within Detroit Public Schools work with mentors from the architectural, construction and engineering industries to pursue a variety of approaches to a single goal…how to complete a selected project.

Our mentoring model is certified by multiple federal government departments as an Effective” evidence-based model in realizing positive outcomes for youth. When the program began in 2014, there were four schools and 40 mentors. The CAAP provide youth with awareness and access to opportunities for post-secondary education through site visits to Michigan colleges and universities and a visit to a HBCU.

The mentor relationship will serve as an invaluable resource for participants and is designed such that both mentors and students will receive intrinsic value from the relationship. African-American and Latino boys ages 11 to 18 at six schools in the main Detroit district will soon have the option to work with a mentor who looks like them.

Each cycle has proven to be an invaluable experience for mentees and mentors alike, and artists often remain connected well beyond the program. Detroit's Cristo Rey High School provides high-quality college preparatory education to students from local economically disadvantaged families.

That's likely why district school board member Sonya Mays put out a call for help on Mackinac Island where the state's business and political leaders were gathered for the Mackinac Policy Conference, Michigan's largest annual political event traditionally held the week after Memorial Day.

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