Apply to be a Power Up Facilitator!

Are you passionate about girls’ empowerment? Are you interested in mentoring or being a positive role model? Have you thought about pursuing a career in education or women’s issues and want to gain hands-on experience? 

Power Up is a girls’ empowerment club for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade girls from local elementary schools. The goals of Power Up are to improve self-esteem, promote the importance of education, and teach leadership skills through fun and interactive activities by University of Maryland students and mentors. The two cohorts of Power Up will be working together to create a community of mentorship. The club, proven to be very successful over the last two years, is entering its third year!

For the Fall 2015 semester, joining Power Up is a one-day a week commitment. Based on schedule preferences, if you are invited to be a mentor, you will be assigned to a specific school and schedule. Sessions will take place Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 1:45pm to 4:15pm. Transportation will be provided to and from the schools and this time block includes transportation time. In addition to your Monday or Wednesday afternoon session, facilitators will also attend once a week meetings to reflect, touch base, and plan for the following week. 

Those chosen as mentors will be required to participate in the entirety of the program, which begins this upcoming fall semester (exact date TBD). Weekly group meetings are also mandatory. All facilitators are required to complete a background check through the Prince George’s Country Public School Administration. This background check must be completed before the start of the sessions. We will arrange exact details about this later on.   

Due to the nature of the group, we are only taking applications from women. 

Here's the link to the application: http://goo.gl/forms/rSd14LlXjd 

If you have questions please feel free to email Amanda at powerup.umd@gmail.com