E-Mentor Sign In
*Login Instructions
Once inside proceed to enter your information to complete phase one of your registration. Please read below for more detailed information.
How do you begin as an e-mentor?
Starting on November 16, 2011, WIT is ready for you to register for our e-mentoring program to benefit a group of 200 9th grade, Black male students from Philadelphia district and charter schools. WIT, powered by a web-based mentoring platform created by icouldbe.org, will engage mentors and mentees in structured activities focused on online safety, time management and study skills, internet literacy, building work experience, and explorations of different career paths.
Register NOW to Become a Mentor
WHAT IT TAKES MENTOR REGISTRATION
PLEASE NOTE:
Your application has to be approved before you can log in. To be approved as a mentor we have to get a background check clearance (the Trufina process you went through is the background check portion of our application) and that usually takes anywhere from a day to a week. It takes longer if there's an issue with verifying your identity – for example, if you've recently moved. Most clean results come back within 2 days.
Do note that Trufina does not need a social security number in order to process your background checks.
Here is a link that explains the Trufina process.
What is Trufina? http://www.trufina.com/help-new/what_is_trufina.php
Orientation
Take the next step and sign up for one of our upcoming mentor information and Orientation Webinars to learn the platform (attendance required at one session):
Nov 16 (6pm), Nov 17 (10am), Nov 18 (2pm), Nov 21 (12pm), Nov 22 (8pm), Nov 29(10am), Nov 30 (6pm), Dec 2 (10am)
Student E-Mentoring Start Date
Monday, December 5, 2011Program End Date
June 1, 2013BECOME A MENTOR
Time Commitment
Minimum of one-hour per week, any day any time as your schedule allows.
Location: Virtual, via WIT - icouldbe.org's secure technology platform
Please spread the word and help us to recruit additional mentors by sharing this opportunity with your friends or networks. Help us to retain others to be a part of a team of successful African-American males providing critical mentoring and coaching support to encourage and motivate young men towards success.
What It Takes (WIT) is a national outreach initiative that connects highly successful minority entrepreneurs, scientists, professional athletes, businessmen, military and medical professionals with hundreds of African-American males at risk of dropping out of high school. The mission of the program is to engage and motivate students towards success in their academic and professional endeavors. WIT is building upon these connections by establishing an e-mentoring component to the program. E-mentoring is a caring, structured relationship focused on the needs of the mentored participants that uses technology to connect people across time and/or distance. It provides greater flexibility for the mentee and mentors, enabling even those with constrained schedules to give back in a very big way.
Mentor Qualifications
- Black males, age 21+
- Highly successful entrepreneur or professional
- Able to inspire students, through support and guidance, to focus on education so they can create meaningful goals for success
- Able to commit to structured, on-line, meaningful exchanges with their mentee a minimum of once per week for at least 9 months
- Able to participate in face-to-face contacts with their mentees at What It Takes Symposia (tentatively scheduled for December 2011
