Mentoring Program Coordinator, Big Brothers Big Sisters

[ Phone Rings ] >> Big Brothers Big Sisters. This is Kaitlin. I'm Kaitlin Webina [phonetic]. I work for Big Brothers Big Sisters, Southeastern Pennsylvania. We're a mentoring organization. We work in the greater Philadelphia area to match children with a mentor. Often times we match high risk children to mentors in successful corporations and stuff. I'm a school based program coordinator. So school based consists of Beyond School Walls Programs, which is when a classroom of children go to corporations and meet their bigs there and have lunch. We have on-site programs which is where professionals go to the schools to meet with their littles. And then we have college bigs, which is self-explanatory. Kids in college are mentoring children in elementary schools and they go during lunch to meet with them. I interview bigs and littles first. Then I make the matches. Then I run the Beyond School Walls Program. So I pick out activities and I, you know, get the kids to the program. And then I also do match support, which is kind of our bread and butter. Its how we make sure that matches are happy and effective and that everyone feels like they're on the same page. So that takes up a good chunk of my time. Usually it's nine to five, which is nice. I rarely am here super late. And, you know, nine to five, ten to six. On days when I have a program I usually head out to the school around like 10 or 11 depending on where it is. And then I run the program, I take the kids, get them on the bus, go to the corporation, you know, run an activity, get the kids back. Or if I'm just in the office, like I will be today, I make a lot of calls, do match support, just make sure I'm talking to a lot of people and making sure that they're happy and everyone's safe.