Online Resources - Mentor/Mentee Training
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To view many of these online resources, you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software which, if your computer does not already have it, can be downloaded from the Adobe site at: www.adobe.com/acrobat/readstep.html.
- Training New Mentors (published by the National Mentoring Center)
An excellent resource for program coordinators and staff trainers, this newly-revised training outline contains a dozen activities for new mentor orientation. The guide is divided into two sections: Mentors' Roles and Expectations, which focuses on the basics of mentor/mentee relationships, and Speaking of Trust, which highlights listening skills and communication development. All activities come with facilitator notes and handouts, and many contain role-playing exercises to help new mentors understand the relationship from a variety of viewpoints.
Direct link to the PDF file: http://gwired.gwu.edu/hamfish/merlin-cgi/p/downloadFile/d/20697/n/off/other/1/name/trainingpdf/ - Training New Mentees: A Manual For Preparing Youth in Mentoring Programs (published by the National Mentoring Center)
Proper training and preparation of mentees can result in greater satisfaction, increased participation, and more meaningful "buy-in" by youth. This guidebook can help your program develop and deliver a mentee training session that gets kids ready for the mentoring journey. It features strategies, training exercises, and supporting materials that can be adapted to suit your particular program. Direct link to the PDF file: http://www.nwrel.org/mentoring/pdf/training_new_mentees.pdf - Fostering Close and Effective Relationships in Youth Mentoring Programs (published by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership)
This resource examines the many ways programs can help mentors and mentees form closer relationships over time, and why it's critical to program outcomes that they do so. Written by Dr. Jean Rhodes, the publication also offers some tools for programs to use in monitoring matches and empowering mentors. Direct link to the PDF file: http://www.mentoring.org/downloads/mentoring_385.pdf - Why Youth Mentoring Relationships End (published by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership)
This new publication explores many of the common reasons that some mentoring relationships fail while providing some simple tools programs can use to make compatible matches and avoid relationship struggles. Direct link to the PDF file: http://www.mentoring.org/downloads/mentoring_386.pdf - Handouts from Mentoring for Meaningful Results (published by the Search Institute)
The Search Institute, whose 40 Developmental Assets have formed a key component of most youth work today, have made several sections and handouts from their widely acclaimed Mentoring for Meaningful Results guidebook available. These can easily be incorporated into mentor or parent orientations. Direct links to the PDF files:
~ What Is My Role as a Mentor?
~ My Mentor’s Role in My Life
~ Setting and Reaching Goals
~ Supporting Your Child’s Relationship with a Mentor (for parents)
- Tools for Mentoring Adolescents (published by the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota)
An outstanding collection of 10 easily adaptable training activities and information. Direct link to the PDF files: www.mentoringworks.org/Training_Institute_Tools_and_Resources.html - Designing An Effective Training Program For Your Mentors (published by EMT)
This lengthy training session for program coordinators is packed with useful information that can help ED grantees improve their mentor training. The sections on adult learning theory and critical mentoring skills are especially well written. Direct link to the PDF file: http://www.emt.org/userfiles/DesigningAnEffectiveMentorTraining.pdf - Training Guide for Recruiting Students (published by Students in Business, Inc.)
This manual offers suggestions and strategies for getting youth interested and oriented to a school-based mentoring program. Direct link to the PDF file: www.beamentor.org/coordfrms/Training%20Guide%20for%20Recruiting%20Students.PDF - Designing and Customizing Mentor Training (published by EMT)
This training session covers many of the usual content areas of mentor training. It offers a number of training activities that ED grantees could incorporate into their training. Direct link to the PDF file: www.emt.org/userfiles/DesigningMentorTrng.pdf - Responsible Mentoring: Talking About Drugs, Sex and Other Difficult Issues (published by EMT)
This publication can help staff prepare their mentors for some of the more difficult subjects that may come while working with high-risk youth. It is imperative that mentors have the skills to handle the more sensitive and troubling issues in the lives of their mentees. Direct link to the PDF file: www.emt.org/userfiles/RespMentoringBooklet.pdf - Preparing Mentees for Success: A Program Manager's Guide (published by EMT)
Another great resource for getting youth ready for their mentoring journey. Includes sample training content and train-the-trainer information for those unfamiliar with training youth. Direct link to the PDF file: www.emt.org/userfiles/MenteeSeries6.pdf - Learn to Mentor Online Training (produced by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership)
This semi-interactive web-based training may be useful in teaching or supplementing some basic mentoring skills in your volunteers.
Web version: http://apps.mentoring.org/training/TMT/index.adp
