The knoxAchieves Board of Directors is looking for volunteer mentors for our new community college tuition-assistance program. knoxAchieves will award 500 tuition-assistance scholarships to members of the Class of 2009 who want to attend either Pellissippi, Roane or Walters State Community College. We are looking for mentors to help our public high school seniors work through the college application process.
What does it mean to be a mentor?
- Each mentor will be assigned to a County high school and will work as part of the school's knoxAchieves team. Each school will have a team leader to provide support to individual mentors.
- Each mentor will be assigned 3-5 students to shepherd through the college application process.
- Mentors will attend a training session in early December that will outline the college application process, define the mentor's specific responsibilities and provide general information about working with students.
- Mentors will work with their assigned students to help them meet the deadlines and complete the paperwork required for ACT testing, the federal financial aid application (FAFSA)*, college application and class enrollment.
The minimum time commitment for being a knoxAchieves mentor is January through December 2009. Optimally, mentors will continue to encourage their students throughout their two years in community college.
