With some 200 volunteers, the program reaches 1,800 to 2,200 students each year in New Castle County. The program is an outreach initiative of the Delaware Center for Teacher Education. From fourth grade up, we offer different programs to start students thinking about the career opportunities open to them and the importance and relevance of education to achieve their goals.
Volunteers visit classrooms and are introduced only by name.
For the first part of the program, students question the mystery guests and try to figure out their careers. In the last part of the program, the children interview the visitors about their jobs. The volunteers also bring a tool associated with their work or sample of what they do. Those in the human resources field may stage mock job interviews with the children and ask about their skills and education, which reinforces the importance of staying in school and studying. It gives them an opportunity to visit the schools in a meaningful way and see classrooms in action.