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Expectations

  • To provide a space and experience where children and college students can explore the meaning, history and vision of peace making
  • To provide a space and experience where peacemaking can actually happen
  • To develop the ability to have meaningful relationships with children
  • To develop and refine organizational, planning and responsibility skills
  • To provide modeling of peaceful relationships through collaboration and communication
  • To apply professional standards to participation
  • To successfully achieve understanding and working relationships with diverse populations

Responsibilities

  • Planning and implementing a weekly activity that integrates a peacemaking theme, e.g. music or a project
  • Development of a lesson plan that will need to be given to coordinator at least a week in advance
  • Understanding of materials and lessons to be delivered by other mentors
  • Administrative tasks, including set up and clean up
  • Interaction with and having fun with peacemaker participants! 

Attendance

Arrive at the Leahy Center on Fridays of program by 3 p.m. If you are responsible for the content that week, you must be there by 2:30 p.m. Short debriefing at 5:30 p.m. every Friday of program.

Mentors must have an up to date (on an annual basis) PA criminal record check, FBI fingerprint background check, and child abuse clearance.

Thank you to our funding partners:

  • The University of Scranton
  • Gerrity’s Supermarkets
  • Wegmans

To register and for more information regarding the Peacemakers program, contact us at 570-941-6112.

Address: Leahy Center, 230 Kessler Court, McGurrin Hall Lower Level, Scranton, PA 18503