The Sage Mentorship Project is a one-on-one mentorship organization — the largest on UC Berkeley’s campus — created to address the major disconnect between tutoring and mentoring programs. Sage mentors aim to build meaningful connections with their mentees beyond academics. Sage’s ultimate goal is to provide Berkeley and Oakland elementary school students with a personal connection to their mentors, spending time every week on both academic and extracurricular activities in order to support mentees academically, socially, and emotionally.

The Sage DeCal is worth 1 unit. The class and mentoring portions of the course will run concurrently throughout the semester, encouraging students to directly apply the lessons learned in class to issues that come up while mentoring. This DeCal offers UC Berkeley students a unique opportunity to critically engage in the theory and practice of education and the mentorship process while simultaneously applying it. Ultimately the DeCal aims to facilitate discussions about mentorship and education more broadly to best equip mentors with the tools to support their mentees.

There are no prerequisites for the course --- if you are passionate about closing the education gap, giving back to underserved communities, or working with children, then we encourage you to enroll! Enrollment will be first come, first serve. All students enrolled in the course must attend one info session on Zoom, either on Tuesday, January 31st, or Wednesday, February 1st and be registered/in the process of registering as a Sage mentor. Attendance in class is mandatory.