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Training Guidelines
Maintain Confidentiality Be here now-No cell phones Speak from the heart Listen from the heart Respect differences Refer back to training guide HAVE FUN!!!
Training Objectives
To better understand the issues and environmental factors facing our youth today.
To understand the role and COMMITMENT of the mentor.
To understand and demonstrate practices of effective mentors:
How Youth Enter Program
Receive Orientation Complete Application Parents/Guardian Complete:
Questionnaire Authorization Form
Youth is Interviewed
What is the Project Manager’s Job?
Recruit/interview Mentee Interview Mentors Complete Paperwork Hold Match Meeting Monitor the quality of match
Why Youth Need Mentors
Peer Pressure Substance Abuse Sexuality Social Skills Child Abuse Family Violence Anger
Management Absenteeism
Depression/ Suicide
Nutrition & Health
Pressure At Home
Goal Setting Part-time Work Failing Grades
From The Kid’s Eyes!
Forget about what YOU think a young person needs.
Why would a young person want to be friends with you?
What does a mentee think a mentor is?
Youth Say a Mentor Is…
Easy to talk to Someone to look up
to a friend One who shows us
new things Not a parent One who does not
judge us Understanding FUN! knowledgeable
One who doesn’t get mad
A role model One who encourages
us One who listens to us Open-minded Empathetic Trustworthy One who gives
guidance One who respects us
Role of the Mentor
Academic Help Goal Setting Career Exploration
Assistance Emotional Support Exposure to new things
Practices of an Effective Mentor
Builds a friendship
Has Fun
Keeps Relationships Alive
Involves Youth in Decisions
Respects Youth
Viewpoints
Is Committed
Separate Goals
Confirms Appointmen
ts
Allows Youth to Make Mistakes
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Focus on the
positive
Pitfalls of Mentoring
Imposes Values Sporadic Meetings Authority Figure/Transform
Youth Demand Equal Participation Not Seeking Support of Project
Manager
Guidelines for Difficult Situations
Discuss the problem. Think beforehand about what you want
to accomplish. Bring things up early in visit. Separate the behavior from the person. Stay serious but supportive. Discuss sensitive issues in a private
place. Consider relating something personal. Reinforce something positive about
your mentee.
Culture
Our youth are extremely ethnically diverse.
Cultures include customs and values.
Culture is a set of mental rules for survival and success that a particular group of people has developed.
Culture
Cultures are multifaceted: Family structure, Spirituality,
Language, Art, Parenting practices, Concept of growth, aging, & death
Goal of mentoring is to create inclusion. You feel valued and respected by
me. I feel valued and respected by you.
Gang activity, not about skin color, but about which neighborhood your from.
Conversation Starters/Practices
Come to your mentoring time, prepared!
Any type of game, book or activity you use, should start a conversation not kill it.
Ask “High Quality Questions” Be Careful not to use yes and
no Questions.
Login Hours and Activities
www.beamentor.org Login Email address Password Activity Form Select a mentee Activity Date Time Comments
Mentor Commitment
4-6 hours each month Weekly telephone contact Document activities/hours Keeps contact with parents Attend quarterly wisdom circles Attend mentor event’s