For Mentors
How it works
At TSC, our unique teen-to-teen teaching makes public speaking more relatable for students. Mentors, who are also teens, guide students through a personalized three-session program, providing one-on-one support. No prior public speaking experience is needed to become a mentor — extensive training is provided.
Interested in joining our TSC family?
Apply today or reach out to learn more!
Mentor Responsibilities
Mentors are responsible for teaching the TSC course, supporting students, assessing individual skill needs, demonstrating public speaking techniques, and building trust with teens to enhance their learning experience.
Be supportive and patient with students.
Build trusting relationships with students to help them improve more effectively.
Be thoroughly familiar with all TSC materials.
Feel comfortable working with teens close in age.
Confidently demonstrate public speaking tasks and skills.
Training
Prospective TSC Mentors will need to go through our training process prior to becoming a mentor. Similar to how TSC students are taught in 3 sessions, mentors will be trained in 3 phases. The first phase will include the prospective mentor meeting with our founder Elizbeth or another senior mentor for around an hour to overview
Eligibility
Are you comfortable working with other
kids your age?
Do you like being in a teaching position?
Are you confident enough to lead a lesson?
Are you looking for a way to give back to your community?
Want to add skills to boost your resume?
Are you looking to do something that feels rewarding?
Do you want to connect and build relationships with other local teens?
If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then TSC might be the solution for you. If you’re interested in becoming a student or just want to learn more about the TSC program, email us or fill out this form!
Featured Mentors
Lea Eshaghoff, TSC Senior Mentor
3 years of experience
As a child, I was always very intimidated to stand in the front, with all eyes on me, having to get all of my words out while speaking and presenting perfectly.
Over time and through countless presentations, meetings, calls, speeches, and a public speaking course. I have managed to have much more confidence and skill when public speaking. So, when Elle approached me with this opportunity to work with TSC and help kids prepare for their speech occasions and confidence building, I just had to accept. Working with the different students has been such a great experience, mainly because I get to see how much more confident and professional the kids all become when presenting their speeches. Being able to see all of these young teens grow as speakers by helping them relieve the immense pressure and stress of presenting and speaking to an audience through a few sessions is so fulfilling, especially because I had experienced that same daunting feeling. I love being part of the TSC family and I look forward to being on the journey as the program grows!
Maya Shamash, TSC mentor
3 years of experience
I would consider myself a pretty outgoing person. I love being around people, having conversations, and talking to others. If you know me, you know that I have a passion…
for performing. I feel comfortable speaking publicly, or just making conversation with others. However, I wasn’t always this way. When I was younger, and especially after COVID hit, I was more shy and reserved. Being around people made me nervous, and I didn’t necessarily enjoy speaking in public. So how did I gain my confidence? Well, from a very young age, I discovered theatre and performing onstage. Musical theatre and acting gave me a way to express myself and perform. Although I have been performing for many years, it wasn’t until recently that I gained confidence in my performance and I could let loose while I was speaking to an audience. I have taken multiple acting and performance classes in and out of school, but the one thing that helped me with my public speaking skills was the TSC program. I came into my first lesson before a big speech of mine with very little public speaking experience. Afterward, the lessons gave me great public speaking skills and techniques that helped me deliver my speech way better than I would have without it. I learned skills like emphasis, Pause, Look, and Breathing, how to manage the pace of my speaking, and even the way to format my speech so it was easier to read. Not only did this help me with my speech, but I think about these skills and techniques daily and apply them to my speaking regularly. I am looking forward to expanding this program and teaching others what TSC taught me.
Becoming a Mentor
Becoming a TSC mentor is simple!
Click the apply button, fill out the 5-minute form, and our founder, Elizabeth Matalon, will contact you shortly to schedule a Zoom call before starting your training.
Curious to learn more?
Click the learn more button to read mentor stories or fill out the form, and we’ll reach out with more details.
