E XPERIENCED TEACHERS DEAL KIDS WITH PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE At Startup Wonder safety is first. Instructors receive training on safety and conflict resolution. While some inter- personal differences among students or within their teams are expected and are a growth opportunity, they ultimately want students to learn and have a good time. Therefore, they have established procedures to address a disruptive participant that puts the safety, learning and comfort of oth- ers in jeopardy. Computer science majors or business majors teach classes. Teachers are often college undergrad or graduate students and are supervised by an experienced teacher. They often have a professional or an entrepreneur join the class, typically via videoconference and answer the stu- dent's questions. O PEN T O A LL Startup Wonder’s camps are open to all students of all abilities and backgrounds. Students need to understand and speak basic English. Computer classes require basic typing lesson. They provide a brief typing lesson in class and send a link prior to class to the families too. At Startup Wonder, they believe that every student is more motivated about what interests them. They ignite a student's motivation and ambition by teaching them the process of innovation and allow them to apply that to any-
thing they want.
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Startup Wonder provides need-based scholarships. They also provide leadership opportunities for teens in the form of a Counselor in Training. They hire college students as assistant teachers and college graduates as supervising teachers. Startup Wonder teen and young adult bloggers have the opportunity to interview professionals and entrepre- neurs and submit a Blog. This program encourages "infor- mational interview" research and investigations. See how its bloggers explored their future college majors, estab- lished mentorship or learned from experienced entrepre- neurs by writing for Startup Wonder Blog's "Interview An Entrepreneur" or "Career/Major Exploration" series. Startup Wonder also invites mentors to address a camp session and give an informative and Q/A style talk via video conferencing to any one of their camps at any time convenient for the mentor. Sign up to keep in touch, or be a mentor and speaker and to Give Forward, on their Contact page. See Startup Wonder.com/contact or Startup Wonder.com/jobs
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