Recruiting Mentors
Recruiting mentors for this project is conducted by CCT's Telementoring Project staff through several listservs on the Internet, interested organizations and word of mouth. Mentors are required to complete an application and sign an agreement to participate.

Recruiting Schools and Interested Teachers
In developing the concept for the Telementoring Project, CCT was interested in working with high school girls who have access to telecommunications and who have the option of taking project-based classes that go beyond traditional approaches to science or technical education. The first year of the project -- the pilot phase -- was largely designed as a research and development phase. During the pilot phase, the project staff worked intensely with female junior-year students, their parents, and teachers who are part of the mechanical engineering program at Brooklyn Technical High (BTHS) School in New York City. This school was chosen for the pilot phase of the program based on a long standing relationship with CCT. On-going formative research informed the development of on-line mentoring activities, parent forums, supporting print materials and relevant resources that can be accessed via the World Wide Web.

In the second and third years of this project, CCT staff recruited schools and teachers from the Department of Energy's Adventures in Supercomputing (AiS) program. AiS has a unique population of young women who have access to technical classes and may be considering further studies in the sciences at the college level. The AiS program also articulates as one of its goals drawing girls and students of color into the fields of science and computing. Through other projects, CCT had established working relationships with some AiS teachers. As a result, AiS schools and teachers expressed an interest in participating in theTelementoring Project. Eventually ten AiS high schools in five states were recruited for the project. During the project's third year Telementoring is open to interested AiS schools across the nation.

Recruiting Young Women and Parents
The project depends on selected schools and their teachers to recruit interested female students. For additional information on how to recruit students, see our 1995-96Getting Started: A Guide for Teachers and the 1996-97 Quick Guide to Starting and Staying with Telementoring.