Mentor – Get Started!
The STEM-CTE Teach Program will be accepting mentors to participate in the GYOTP Program. Interested? Complete these two steps to apply.
Step 1: Read the Mentor Information Session Slides
Step 2: Fill Out the Mentor Application Form
Why Become a GYOTP Mentor?
- Get paid: $300 stipend per semester/per student (max $600 per semester); Mentors can be matched over multiple semester
- Be part of a network of mentor teachers and future teachers with access to community events
- Cultivate and mentor the next generation of teachers
- Increase your community voice and ownership in education
- Long-term employment solution: Be part of recruiting and training teachers who can later be employed at your school/district
- Teacher leadership and professional development opportunities
Mentor Eligibility
- Be a current teacher with a classroom
- Clear credential
- Teaching in PK-12 grade level
- Be part of one of the named partner school districts that Río Hondo, Cerritos, and West LA community colleges are working with on GYOTP project
- Special invitation and call our for mentors who identify as BIPOC, community college alumni, and first-generation college student
Mentor Expectations
- Mentoring max 2 community college students on the teaching pathway
- Minimum of 1 year commitment
- The only paperwork needed will be to fill out a monthly mentorship form
- Host weekly meetings and/or classroom visitations with the mentees
- Participate in asynchronous online mentor trainings
- Approximately one meeting with project staff per month (but additional meetings can be scheduled as needed)
- Communicate with project staff as needed to complete duties
Mission Statement
Río Hondo College is committed to the success of its diverse students and communities by providing dynamic educational opportunities and resources that lead to degrees, certificates, transfer, career and technical pathways, basic skills proficiency, and lifelong learning.
Contact
Use our contact form to reach out to us.
M. Lea Martinez
T123, Applied Technology Bldg.
Career and Workforce Education Division
(562) 463-3152
lmartinez@ríohondo.edu