12.11.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Activity Idea for the Week For December, the challenges will center around the theme of Family. This week’s challenge is for you to spend a little time with someone in your mentee’s family. This could look a lot of ways. Some options are: 1.) Hang around for a few minutes and talk to mom/dad/guardian when […]
12.04.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Weekly Training Resource This section is to remind you that mentors do 5 hours of training this year to continue to grow as a mentor. You may choose from any of the resources on the training spreadsheet. Highlighting a resource each week in this email is to allow you to just click and go. This […]
11.20.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Mentee Surveys At your next mentoring session, please have your mentee complete this survey. You can assure them that you will not see the results so they are able to answer honestly. It should only take a couple minutes and helps Intentional Mentoring gather data. Your coach will be in touch if we haven’t received […]
11.13.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Mentee Surveys At your next mentoring session, please have your mentee complete this survey. You can assure them that you will not see the results so they are able to answer honestly. It should only take a couple minutes and helps Intentional Mentoring gather data. Your coach will be in touch if we haven’t received […]
11.06.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Weekly Training Resource This section is to remind you that mentors do 5 hours of training this year to continue to grow as a mentor. You may choose from any of the resources on the training spreadsheet. Highlighting a resource each week in this email is to allow you to just click and go. This […]
10.30.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Weekly Training Resource This week’s training resource is one of the initial required trainings, trauma informed care. How does this help me in my mentoring relationship? New mentors should watch all four trainings before starting mentoring. If you haven’t watched it in a while, it would be good to watch again to see what new […]
10.23.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Weekly Training Resource This week’s training resource is the ninth chapter, about building critical consciousness and youth activism, of a training called Becoming a Better Mentor. How does this help me in my mentoring relationship? “When we think about mentoring, our imaginations are often limited to an idea of just ‘spending time with’ or being […]
10.16.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Weekly Training Resource This week’s training resource is a 26 minute episode of the Code Switch podcast titled “What does it mean to inherit whiteness?” How does this help me in my mentoring relationship? “In Baynard Woods’ new memoir, Inheritance: An Autobiography of Whiteness, Woods reflects on how growing up white in South Carolina impacted […]
10.09.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Weekly Training Resource This week’s training resource is the eleventh chapter, about effective conversations about behavior change, of a training called Becoming a Better Mentor. How does this help me in my mentoring relationship? This is a great resource as you think about SMART goals with your mentee. Don’t forget to fill out the response […]
10.02.22 Weekly Mentor Update
Weekly Training Resource This week’s training resource is the seventh chapter, about working with others in the mentoring relationship system, of a training called Becoming a Better Mentor. How does this help me in my mentoring relationship? There are some great ideas for partnering with caregivers and schools for you in this article. Don’t forget […]