05.15.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Weekly Training Resource It’s important to always learn and grow which is why Intentional Mentoring requires all mentors to receive 5 hours of training this year. Each week we will include a training resource in this email. Fill out the response form after completing each training. This short article is called “How to Boost Students’ […]
05.08.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Weekly Training It’s important to always learn and grow which is why Intentional Mentoring requires all mentors to receive 10 hours of training each year. Each week we will include a training resource in this email. Fill out the response form after completing each training. This 10 minute TED talk is “How to Talk and […]
05.01.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Challenge for the week: For May, the challenges will center around the theme of Live Healthy, Be Healthy. This week’s challenge is to talk to your mentee about food. Learn what kinds of foods he/she eats. Do they know what kinds of foods are healthy and which are not? Do they know why some foods […]
04.24.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Challenge for the week: For April, the challenges will center around the theme of Earth Day. This week’s challenge is for you and your mentee to make a permanent “Earth Day, Every Day” change. What is one thing you could change that would have a positive impact on the earth? If you always pack your […]
04.17.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Challenge for the week: For April, the challenges will center around the theme of Earth Day. This week’s challenge is to get in the dirt! Plant a tree or some flowers or maybe pull some weeds. You could do this at your house, at your mentee’s house, at a neighbor’s, a school, a park…the options […]
04.10.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Challenge for the week: For April, the challenges will center around the theme of Earth Day. This week’s challenge is to use a “greener” mode of transportation while hanging out with your mentee. Could you bike to the library or to get ice cream instead of driving? How about taking the bus? Maybe your mentee […]
04.03.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Challenge for the week: For April, the challenges will center around the theme of Earth Day. This week’s challenge is to get outside and clean up a green space. Pick up trash in a local park or in your mentee’s neighborhood, pull weeds and ready a garden bed or, if you’re up for a really […]
03.27.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Challenge for the week: For March, the challenges will center around the theme of Literacy. This week’s challenge is to do an activity that involves reading directions. Follow a recipe to bake cookies or muffins or, find online directions for a DIY project or craft. Is your mentee into drama? Find a two character play […]
03.21.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Challenge for the week: For March, the challenges will center around the theme of Literacy. This week’s challenge is to visit a library with your mentee. Go downtown and walk the library from the bottom to the top. Check out a book, or don’t but be sure to explore! Or, maybe your mentee always goes […]
03.13.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Warmer weather this week! Are you excited, or wish for more snow? Challenge for the week: For March, the challenges will center around the theme of Literacy. This week’s challenge is to ask your mentee questions about reading. What is their favorite book and why? If they could be any character from a book, who […]