Mentors

Mentors Banner PhotoMentoring, at its core, Mentors and Menteesguarantees young people that there is someone who cares about them, assures them they are not alone in dealing with day-to-day challenges, and makes them feel like they matter.

Research confirms that quality mentoring relationships have powerful positive effects on young people in a variety of personal, academic, and professional situations.

Ultimately, mentoring connects a young person to personal growth and development, and social and economic opportunity. Yet one in three young people will grow up without this critical asset.

Mentor with Mentees PhotoWhy Mentor?

Becoming a mentor to a student can change their life and yours! The stories collected by The National Mentoring Partnership detail how the mentoring effect has a profound impact. Though each mentoring story is different, they are all inspiring. Watch and read these powerful stories.

How to Become Mentor

Schools and districts throughout the United States have mentor programs. Find out how you can become a mentor in your area.

Mentor/Mentee Activities

Need some help with activities to do with your mentee? Here are some valuable resources and activities that highlight meaningful activities for mentor & mentee.

  • Growth Mindset for Mentors Toolkit
    Developed in collaboration with MENTOR. This toolkit can help mentors understand growth mindset and how to apply growth mindset strategies to many of the challenges that youth and adults face in life.
  • FUN! Activities Catalog for Mentors & Mentees
    Developed by the New York City Department of Youth & Community Development, this valuable resource offers a wide-variety of mentor/mentee activities. Activities range from Ice Breakers to Theater-Based and Community Building and are arranged for Elementary, Middle, and High School grades.
  • Using Text Messaging to Support Success Mentors
    Offered by the Mentor New York initiative, this guide offers a variety of text communications to a variety of mentor/mentee situations. The resource also gives links for connecting students to critical resources.
  • Resources for School Coordinators: Supporting Students and Their Mentors
    Mentor’s Philadelphia affiliate, The Mentoring Partnership and Resource Center of Southwestern Pennsylvania, created a training curriculum for mentoring coordinators at schools and districts to ensure that they understand mentoring best practices in their work recruiting, screening, training, monitoring and supporting Success Mentors and students.

Resources Banner PhotoRESOURCES

The stories collected by The National Mentoring Partnership detail how the mentoring effect has a profound impact not only on mentees, but also mentors. Though each mentoring story is different, they are all inspiring. Watch and read these powerful stories.

The Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring is an online source for sharing new findings and ideas about youth mentoring. The goal of the Chronicle is to encourage active dialogue around evidence-based practice in youth mentoring in ways that improve the practice of youth mentoring.

US Map with NamesFind a Mentor Program

Below is a list of links to mentor programs listed by city. If your city is n listed, please follow this link to become a mentor in your area.