Become a mentor for young people in the Study Compass (Dresden)

Do you want to volunteer and contribute to more equal opportunities in the transition from school to university and working life? You want to work together with young people in Dresden? Then we cordially invite you to support students in the Studienkompass support program as a volunteer mentor!
Further information can be found here: https://www.studienkompass.de/fuer-ehrenamtliche/

The Studienkompass supports young people from families without academic experience in discovering their potential and finding an individually suitable educational path after graduating from high school. Participants are intensively accompanied and supported for three years during the transition from school to university or vocational training. In the course of the support, the young people learn to shape their educational path independently and make a future-oriented career decision.

In 2023, more than 1,100 young people took part in the program. Around 3,800 alumni have already successfully completed the sponsorship at more than 30 locations nationwide. In regional groups, around 20 students each work together on their future. The core elements of the support are various workshops to improve self-assessment, to competently evaluate information on fields of study and universities, and to take the initiative in planning their own study and career paths. In order to get to know occupational profiles in practice on site, the sponsored students visit universities and companies. The funding is supplemented by various focus workshops with topics such as digital education, entrepreneurship, cultural education or MINT.

Volunteer mentors accompany the group over the entire three-year period - in the last two years of school and in the first year at university or in training - giving advice, providing motivational support, and shaping the support program together with the young people by designing digital & analog workshops and organizing group meetings & excursions. Individual discussions with the participants are also part of the program. Currently, more than 200 mentors are involved in the Study Compass throughout Germany. They are closely supported and trained by the office staff. We look forward to your support in Dresden.

We are looking for mentors who enjoy working with young people and who want to pass on their own experience from their studies or vocational training to young people from families without academic experience. They should accompany the young people from August 2024 for at least 2 years, preferably 3 years. If you are interested, please contact us and we will arrange an individual meeting to get to know each other.