You and your workplace will be responsible for providing lunch for the students, and for organizing appropriate activities during the day. A representative from your worksite should plan to attend a one-hour training session that will help you prepare activities for your visiting students. The students will be responsible for preparing a biographical sketch, which will be given to their mentors prior to Shadowing Day. The College Alumni Society is initiating an ongoing workplace mentoring program that provides West Philadelphia high school students with exposure to the world of work. Objectives are for students to gain self-esteem, develop realistic career goals and plans to pursue them, improve academics, and gain a positive mentor.
Mentors contribute to the community by becoming a trusted friend and guide to a young person.
Mentoring sessions take place at your workplace one day a month for two hours from January to June. An orientation meeting for mentors will take place in late November or early December. Volunteers work with the Secondary School Committee of the Undergraduate Admissions Office on a variety of high school recruitment activities. Projects include, for example, attending college nights at local high schools. It has grown into a volunteer program that works with teachers and principals in West Philadelphia to expand their public schools into year-round community centers where students, parents, and other residents can acquire education and learn skills as they work on projects that benefit their community.