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Starting a Site Based Mentoring Program- The Creative Mentoring Process

Starting a Site Based Mentoring Program- The Creative Mentoring Process. Connecting Generations, home of the Creative Mentoring and Seasons of Respect Program Mission We are Delaware’s resource for mentoring and for other intergenerational programs.

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Starting a Site Based Mentoring Program- The Creative Mentoring Process

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  1. Starting a Site Based Mentoring Program- The Creative Mentoring Process

  2. Connecting Generations, home of the Creative Mentoring and Seasons of Respect Program Mission We are Delaware’s resource for mentoring and for other intergenerational programs. We connect generations in ways that help children and adults build purposeful, fulfilling and self-directed lives.

  3. The Creative Mentoring Process Our Founder, Robert A. Kasey Jr. and a group of dedicated volunteers, developed these four foundations for a successful mentoring relationship • Being in the Present Moment • Sharing Universal Values • Having a greater Sense of Purpose • Unconditional Love and Acceptance

  4. Program Growth 1990/91 One school in with 7 mentees 2011/12 80 Partner Schools throughout Delaware with1,200 Mentors 10 AmeriCorps Members placed as Mentoring Coordinators in 11 sites supporting 400 Mentors

  5. Program Growth

  6. Plan Establish your Strategy Re-act Respond to feedback and funders Do Recruit, develop materials, match Check Monitor, support, feedback

  7. Planning a Mentoring Program Develop a strong planning team to: • Define Goals • Set Responsibilities • Determine Costs • Develop Partnerships Tech Assistance Manual: pp. 3-8 PLAN

  8. Resources to Note Initiating a Youth Mentoring Program, p. 11 Checklist for Meeting with Principal/ED, p. 13 PLAN

  9. Infrastructure During Growth Case Study: High School Program Take off DO

  10. Get Out There • Recruitment is not easy! • Coordinator Corner- www.connecting-generations.org DO

  11. Program Foundation • Recruitment Materials, p. 14 • Materials • Mentor (p. 23 & 34), Mentee (p. 27), Parent (p. 28), Teacher (p. 19) • Mentor Training, p. 26 • Evaluation, p. 43 DO

  12. Resources to Note • Mentor Application- Become a Mentor- www.connecting-generations.org • Mentee Interest Form- Appendix 3 • Parent Permission Form-Appendix 6, 7 • Teacher- Appendix 4, 5 • Mentor Training • Evaluation- http://educationnorthwest.org/resources DO

  13. Program Implementation • Mentee Selection, p. 19 • Mentee Orientation, p. 27 • Mentor Screening, pp. 22-26 • Matching, p. 30 • Scheduling, p. 31 • Monitoring, p. 33 DO

  14. Program Alignment Case Study: Community Based Program, Oregon CHECK

  15. I HATE this activity but I don’t want to disappoint my mentor. I love Mentoring! My mentee is totally into this activity!! CHECK

  16. The mentoring program keeps pulling the student who struggles in reading from reading class. CHECK

  17. At home, we have noticed that our child is more self confident because of her mentor. I did not know that the focus of our mentoring program had shifted. CHECK

  18. Mentor Support • Newsletters • Mentor Program Bulletin Boards • Mentor appreciation gifts • Thank You Cards • Handmade by mentees • MENTOR • E-Cards • Recognition Ceremony CHECK

  19. RE-ACT

  20. Program Adjustments & Growth Case Study: Cross-Age School Based Program, Delaware

  21. Working Groups Plan Rich Re-Act Tara Do Rachel Check Tara

  22. Questions? Connecting Generations 100 W. 10th Street Suite 1115 Wilmington, DE 19801 Main Phone 302.656.2122 Fax 302.656.2123 www.connecting-generations.org Rich Kapolka - Executive Director- 302.656.2122 x 11 Rachel Markowitz, Director – Creative Mentoring Program- 302.656.2122 x 15 Tara Kester Wiggins – AmeriCorps Youth Ambassadors Program Director 302.656.2122x 14

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