09.08.24 Weekly Mentor Update
Mentor Development For September, the challenges will center around the theme of Back to School. This week’s challenge is to surprise your mentee with a little back to school love. How about instead of hanging out at 5:00 pm, you pick them up from school and take them to get their favorite ice cream flavor. […]
09.01.24 Weekly Mentor Update
Mentor Development September is Back-to-School Month and this means joy for some, anxiety for others and fear for a few. Let’s challenge ourselves to meet our mentees where they’re at this month. Walking alongside someone and sharing in their joy enhances that experience for them. Walking next to someone in moments of anxiety provides them […]
08.25.24 Weekly Mentor Update
Mentor Development For August, the challenges will center around the theme of Friendship. This week’s challenge is to talk to your mentee about what it means to be a good friend. Some things that make a good friend are: A few ways you could teach your mentee about what it means to be a good […]
08.18.24 Weekly Mentor Update
Mentor Development For August, the challenges will center around the theme of Friendship. This week’s challenge is to do a friendship activity with your mentee. Some possible ideas are to: As always, talk, question, listen, challenge and encourage your mentee while participating in any activity and have fun! From May through August you will be […]
08.11.24 Weekly Mentor Update
Mentor Development For August, the challenges will center around the theme of Friendship. This week’s challenge is to plan an outing with your mentee and a friend or two. Maybe you could bring one of your friends too! You could have a game night, play at the park together, shoot some hoops, do a craft…whatever […]
08.04.24 Weekly Mentor Update
Mentor Development For August, the challenges will center around the theme of Friendship. This week’s challenge is to have an intentional conversation about friendships with your mentee. You’ve probably already talked, at least some, about your mentee’s friends, but what do you know about their views on friendship? Do they value friendship? Do they prefer […]
07.28.24 Weekly Mentor Update
Mentor Development For July, the challenges will center around the theme of Independence. This week, listen to how you and your mentee talk about their choices and decisions. If your mentee has learned independence, they will be able to say things like: “I did what was right even when it was hard to do” “I […]
07.21.24 Weekly Mentor Update
Mentor Development For July, the challenges will center around the theme of Independence. This week’s challenge is to work on teaching your mentee accountability. The big idea here is for your mentee to connect choice and consequence. This may be a good opportunity for you to share about a time when you made a negative […]
07.14.24 Weekly Mentor Update
Mentor Development For July, the challenges will center around the theme of Independence. This week’s challenge is work on teaching your mentee self-help. The big idea here is to delay assistance for your mentee just long enough for them to see how, by being resourceful, they can figure some things out for themselves. Maybe your […]
07.07.24 Weekly Mentor Update
Mentor Development For July, the challenges will center around the theme of Independence. This week’s challenge is to think about ways you can encourage your mentee to be independent and then facilitate a way for them to try it out. Going to get some ice cream? Have your mentee place their own order. At a […]