Tech Wizards Mentoring

Tech Wizards Mentoring

Teach youth to love science and technology!
By committing to become a Tech Wizards Mentor, you will receive training and support to become a Mentor to up to 4 youth between the ages of 9 and 15. You will learn how to facilitate fun activities and experiments with your Mentees that could include geocaching, robotics and computer coding, and help them to complete a 15 hour community improvement project in Ellenville.

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Position Description:
4-H Mentoring Programs in Ulster County provide life and academic skill mentoring to underserved youth in 5th-10th grades in Kingston and Ellenville. The Tech Wizards program achieves these goals through small group mentoring in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), fields in which underserved youth are typically underrepresented, and through the completion of community service projects. Each Tech Wizards Mentor is responsible for facilitating STEM activities with a small group of up to 4 youth in a structured afterschool environment.

Position Requirements:
• 1 year completed coursework in Psychology, Education, or related field preferred, but will consider applicants with appropriate subject-matter knowledge and at least 1 year of youth supervisory experience (ie babysitting, camp counselor etc)
• Attend 4 hour Mentor training
• Commitment of approximately 3 hours a week for 1 year
• Reliable transportation to and from mentoring location(s)

Deliverables:
Tech Wizards(Ellenville Public Library and Kingston Schools)
• Facilitate 1-2 1.5 hour sessions a week when school is in session around research-based STEM curricula
• Assist youth in completing a 15-hour community service project and help them to present the project
• Complete needed observations and reports for all mentees

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Ability to organize and facilitate an informal educational program
• Ability to teach and motivate youth about STEM subject areas, and community service projects
• High level communication skills including the ability to connect with youth and parents, communicate with Supervisor about serious issues, and share success in the program
• Must demonstrate youth development experience, and understanding of and commitment to positive youth development principles
• Deliver high-energy training workshops and provide youth with the supervision and feedback they need to thrive
• Dependability, including the ability to be on time and prepared to all trainings and facilitated sessions, and reliable transportation
• Ability to work effectively with diverse people and groups, including varying socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds
• Ability to work effectively with other Mentors, youth, parents, Tech Wizards Coordinator and school, community and professional leaders
• Demonstrated teaching and motivational skills
• Ability to creatively solve problems
• Demonstrated initiative, reliability and dependability in delivering program content
• Ability to evaluate or administer evaluations to youth and deliver to CCEUC Program Staff as needed
Special Requirements:
• Must learn, know and abide by association personnel policies, including background and DMV check

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Specify preferred specialized education, field and/or certifications.
Education and Experience Requirements:
• Coursework in education of STEM content highly preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Bi-lingual in Spanish highly preferred
• Knowledge of local county needs, and 4-H youth development.

For more information contact Melanie at maf357@cornell.edu or 845-340-3990 x341