Steps to applying:

1. Learn more about mentoring and teaching.
2. Fill out an application.
3. Enroll in our support class.
4. Schedule a TB test.

Volunteers can choose to either mentor or teach with YSP. Your choice will depend upon your motivations, availability, and experience working with youth.

- Commit: 3 hours per week for two semesters. Hours are flexible around your and your mentee's schedules, but you must meet the 3 hours/week requirement.
- Get Support: Earn up to two units in our Wednesday night support class, taught at UC Berkeley from 5-6pm. New mentors must enroll.
- Change a Life: Become a role model for success. Learn about the Berkeley community. Work with a middle school student.

Learn more by exploring the Mentoring Page.

- Commit: 4 hours per week for two semesters. Teachers must be available to teach after school Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday 3-4:30pm (2-3:30pm on Wednesdays).
- Get Support: Earn up to two units in our Wednesday night support class, taught at UC Berkeley from 5-6pm. All teachers must enroll.
- Change lives: Teach enrichment classes in math or English to help students get up to grade level or excel beyond the classroom. Create your own projects to supplement learning.

Learn more by exploring the Enrichment Class Page.

We are currently looking for dedicated people who would like to become a volunteer mentor and/or teacher. Applications are accepted at the beginning of each semester (early applications OK).

Click on one of the mentor or teacher application links above to download our application.
You can then:

• Email it to us at YouthSupportProgram@berkeley.net
• Hand it in in person at our office: 2425 Stuart Street, off of Telegraph towards Regent St. (see map)
• Bring it to our Wednesday class (details below).

New mentors and teachers must enroll in our support class.

Mentors meet: Wednesdays, 5-7pm, 56 Barrows
Teachers meet: Tuesdays, 5-6pm, 30 Wheeler

To receive units on Telebears for YSP, use the CCN's below. Make sure to select 1-2 units for your participation.

Very important: make sure to sign up for the right section or you will be enrolled with another instructor who will give you an NP.

Please enroll in ONE of the following for Fall 2011:

Education 97/197 (2 units)
ED 97: 23569, section 25
ED 197: 23827, section 25

Social Welfare CCNs (1-2 units)
SW 97: 80727, section 8
SW 197: 80796, section 8

DeCal CCNs for mentors (2 units)
ED98: 4502, section 41
ED198: 24508, section 41

DeCal CCNs for teachers (1 unit)
ED98: 24499, section 40
ED198: 24505, section 40

Freshman and sophomores register for the 97s/98s, juniors and seniors register for the 197s/198s. The class is graded on a P/NP basis.

Any volunteer with the school district must get a TB (tuberculosis) test and submit the results to YSP before beginning any work with children--this is a statewide policy. Please consider turning in the results of your TB test with your application.

Ways to complete the TB test requirement:

• Tang Center: Drop-in TB testing at the University Tang Center's Specialty Clinic (first floor). Cost: $20 for students with and without SHIP. For more information visit: http://uhs.berkeley.edu
• Free Clinic: TB testing at the Berkeley Free Clinic, located on 2339 Durant between Dana and Ellsworth. Cost: free. For a schedule of TB testing and a phone number for appointments, please visit: http://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org/generalMedical.html
• Berkeley Public Health Clinic: The City of Berkeley offers TB testing at its Public Health Clinic at 830 University (accessible via bus route 51). The cost is a sliding scale between free and $30. Learn more at: http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=11302
• If you have had a TB test within the past year, you do not need to take another one. Please submit a copy of your results to the YSP office (a record can usually be obtained from your doctor if you do not already have it).

Fingerprinting for new mentors will take place at the YSP office once each semester. You will be given more information about this after you apply. After that, fingerprinting will take place at our Richmond office.

Got more questions? Want to learn more about the program before applying? Contact us!