Rising Experts: Mini Mentor Immersion (Grades 7-9)

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Rising Experts: Mini-Mentor Immersion

PTY’s Mini Mentor Immersion program is a unique experience offering in-depth exposure in an academic field and the potential for a culminating project to be created with expert feedback.

Rising Experts is a unique virtual experience designed specifically for 7th through 9th grade students. The program pairs approximately 10 students with a mentor/content expert in a field. This program offers students early exposure to the content of a field and the opportunity to complete a small project associated with the field. This project provides an introduction to the work associated with the interest area. Small mentor group sizes allow for more personalized experiences.

Each Rising Experts mini mentorship meets live and online for 4 hours a week (two hours twice a week) for a month. Mentorship times vary by experience. The times of the meetings will be posted with each specific mentorship description.

During this 1-month small group experience, students can expect 4 hours (2 hours twice a week) with their mentor and classmates each week, 1 optional hour of study hall/office hours each week to meet with their mentor and get support on individual projects, and approximately 1-2 hours per week of meaningful asynchronous work.