Kids2IT: we invite you to become a mentor of career guidance games from Kharkiv IT Cluster
Kharkiv IT Cluster invites young IT specialists, teachers, lecturers and students to become mentors of career guidance offline games Kids2IT!
Take this step if you:
- live in Kharkiv;
- have a proactive life position;
- want to engage in volunteer activities;
- want to take an active part in the public life of Kharkiv Oblast;
- are ready to devote up to two hours of your time several times a month to the career guidance of schoolchildren.
What is the value of participating in this initiative?
- Acquaintance and cooperation with one of the most powerful IT communities of Ukraine.
- The opportunity to participate in the development of a new generation of future IT specialists.
- Volunteering experience.
- A written gratitude for participating in the career guidance game from the Kharkiv IT Cluster.
We promise a good mood😉
What does a mentor need to do?
🔹 Share information about opportunities for youth in the IT sector.
🔹 Motivate students to choose their professions.
🔹 Conduct the career guidance game and support its participants. Each game lasts about an hour and takes place in Kharkiv.
Who can become a mentor for Kids2IT?
🔸 Computer science and mathematics teachers.
🔸 Instructors and students from technical fields of higher education institutions.
🔸 Young IT professionals.
What are the collaboration conditions?
🔹 Volunteer-based work.
🔹 Be offline in Kharkiv according to a pre-agreed schedule.
How to join?
💫 To become a game mentor, you only need to complete offline training. The first training is scheduled for November 15, at 15:00!
Please follow the link to register: https://forms.gle/CtAUbe42WUJs1tWL9
*To comply with safety regulations, the venue of the event will be notified to registered participants before the meeting.
About the Kids2IT project
👥Kids2IT — are offline and online career guidance games from Kharkiv IT Cluster for students of grades 8-11, as well as students of specialized colleges.
In the 2023/2024 academic year, the project Kids2IT more than 1,400 schoolchildren from 50 schools of Kharkiv region and Ukraine participated. And already in autumn semester of 2024/2025 Kharkiv IT Cluster together with Department of digital transformation and Department of Education of The Kharkiv City Council launched a series of activities for metro school children with 6 games. More to come 🤩
How is the game going?
👉The game lasts for an hour. After a short introduction, schoolchildren are divided into teams of 8-12 participants and start creating their startups! For this they:
- They generate an idea: their own or according to the proposed direction
- They choose a profession in IT that they want to try on today
- They work on creating a joint product within 40 minutes: from idea to presentation
At the end, the teams share their projects with each other.
Join the first training now!