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Mentors need to be trained before they are sent out to work their partners.
It is critical for potential mentors to understand exactly what a mentor
is and is not. Mentors also need to know what skills are important to
build strong relationships and who and where to go if they or their partner
need support. Mentors also need to understand what barriers might prevent
their partners from persisting in postsecondary education. Included in
this section are some handouts that outline the
role and best practices of mentor
Along the same line, partners need to understand the importance of mentoring.
It is helpful to hold an orientation or a mini-training for partners to
understand how their mentor can support them while they are enrolled in
college and the future benefits of mentoring.
A good training can run between one hour or two days. This section offers
links to training resources on the web along
with sample tools to use in your training such as
agenda's, handouts, and icebreakers. Some of these materials were provided
by the Community Education Project's College Transition program. In some
cases the materials have been adapted to fit the needs of the ABE-to-College
Transition Project.
Mentor Training Handouts
Developing a Mentoring Perspective
You're Serving as a Peer Mentor When…
Best Practices for Mentoring
Helpful Hints
Training Resource Links
The National
Mentoring Center/Training Mentors
The National
Mentoring Partnership/Learn
Evaluation, Management,
and Training
Sample Training Tools
Sample Agenda
Sample Icebreaker
Self-Inventory of Listening
Habits
Scavenger Hunt
Mentor/Mentee Scenarios
Mentor Training Evaluation
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