APU Mentoring Training Guide

Program overview

The APU baseball mentorship program is designed to develop well rounded men and aide in the transition from high school to college

In order to do this we have matched up upper class players with freshman players

Time Overview

10 week program (Fall)

Meetings bi-weekly

30 minutes

10 week program (Spring)

Meetings monthly

30 minutes

Vision

The vision of the APU baseball mentorship program is to ease develop well-rounded young men who are able to excel on and off the field through Christ, scholarship, service, and life skill development.

Mission

The mission of APU baseball mentorship program is to provide a structured and guided format that allows mentors and mentees to meet on a regular basis to discuss current spiritual, social, academic, and transitional challenges.

Why Mentoring?

Incoming freshman face a variety of challenges

These challenges include:

Social choices

Spiritual journey

Life skills

Academic success

Your Role

Your role as mentors is to provide guidance:

socially (community)

spiritually (Christ)

academically (scholarship)

life skills (service)

Something to Offer

As a mentor you have something to offer

You have college and life experience the freshman do not have

You may be able to help underclassmen learn and grow from challenges you have faced

How do I act as a mentor?

Be:

open

authentic

honest

How do I help them grow in these areas?

Each meeting you will be assigned specific questions and areas to work through

These questions will be geared at developing freshman:

socially

spiritually

academically

life skills

Your responsibility as mentors

Take meetings seriously

Show up on time

Practice what you preach

Conclusion

You have a responsibility as an upperclassman to take the younger players under your wing

If we are going to be successful on the field, we must be successful off the field