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.
Grow Your Own Teacher Pathway (GYOTP) Program – Mentor
Grow Your Own Teacher Pathway (GYOTP) Program - Mentor
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 Rio 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