An encourager’s role is to help a new Hopeworks trainee feel welcome and also to give encouragement to that trainee to help him or her continue in the Hopeworks program. The encourager will send one email per week to the trainee loaded with caring encouragement for the new trainee. As an encourager, you will get a short bio of the trainee.

About the Hopeworks Trainee

There are different types of Hopeworks trainees: those in the day training program, those in after-school programs, and those in the GIS production team. You could be matched with any one of these types of trainees.

The trainees in the day training program spend six hours per day at Hopeworks learning how to build web pages. The basic curriculum includes HTML I, Internet Basics, Photoshop, ImageReady and HTML II. Once a trainee finishes the basic curriculum, they work on their own personal website. After they complete their website and a short production test, they have the option of moving to the production team, where they earn a stipend and work on real client websites.

One of Hopeworks’ two after-school programs, Hope Through School, has the same curriculum as the day training program but is for youth still in high school. These trainees have the opportunity for an after-school job once they finish the basic web training.

The second after-school program, the GIS production team, produces high quality maps for local community and economic development groups.