Why this Program?
For girls, mentorship opportunities with professional women provide one of the most successful methods of ensuring career exploration and futures thinking. With this in mind, Girls Inc. of Northwest Oregon created the Associates Mentoring Program, which offers collective workplace mentoring for girls during the workday. Open to girls who attended our School-based and Community-based programs, the Associates Mentoring Program helps girls to develop the communication and problem-solving skills necessary for successful teamwork that is applicable in business, home and at school.
About the Program
The Associates Mentoring Program provides the opportunity for a team of professionals from a single business to collectively mentor a group of girls primarily in the workplace. Mentors and their girls meet at the company worksite twice a month for ninety minutes to work together on their Challenge—a project or product relevant to girls and related to the work of the company. Girls also receive individual mentoring once a month from one of the women, participate in Girls Inc. events, and have occasional recreational or service-oriented outings with their mentors centered on healthy fun.
In addition to the exceptional hands-on experience, girls participating in the Girls Inc. Associates Mentoring Program may choose to take advantage of an outstanding opportunity to earn a half credit towards the Pathway Portfolio during their mentorship. There are 4 Career-Related Learning Standards that they will develop and track during their mentorship: Teamwork, Communication, Personal Management, and Problem Solving. At the end of the mentorship there is a self-evaluation and reflection, as well as, a supervisor evaluation. Students will also create a resume. This opportunity is a great incentive for students to choose the Associates Mentoring Program to earn credit towards their Pathway Portfolio. It’s the perfect place to develop the four career-related learning standards in preparation for real world success!
Program Objectives & Goals
- Connect girls to professional women mentors
- Orient girls to futures thinking and opportunities
- Give girls the opportunity to collectively create a product or project that represents the interests of girls while introducing them to the many layers of a business organization
- Make mentoring accessible to busy professional women
- Increase the involvement of the business and service communities in all aspects of our programs through a strong volunteer mentoring program
About our mentors
Girls Inc. Associate Program Mentors are not only pioneers in their fields, they are also building the next-generation of outstanding professional women by instilling girls with strong work ethic, smart business practices, and bold futures. The Associate Program Mentors will:
- Meet with girls over 9–12 months to collectively work on their Challenge that emphasizes key learning points: how to work cooperatively; understanding work ethic and professional environment; experiencing healthy competition
- Participate in Girls Inc. annual events—the Fall Luncheon, Power of the Purse, and the United Girls Summit
- Support Girls Inc. as ambassadors in the workplace via employee giving campaigns, company match programs and/or event sponsorship—amounts to be determined by the mentoring team
Girls Inc. Associate Mentoring Sites:
REI
PGE
Northwest Staffing Resources
The Standard
Recess
CH2M Hill
To participate in the associates mentoring program
Please call 503-230-0054 x.4 to set up an informational meeting, or find out how to apply.
Girls--Apply for the 2008-2009 Associates Mentoring Program
The program provides mentorship with women in business to encourage career exploration, futures thinking, and provide positive, successful role models for girls, all with a fun twist. Girls Inc. of NW Oregon's mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold and this innovative new program does that by providing interaction with strong, smart, and bold women.
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