Supporting the Match

• Building Relationships: a Guide for New Mentors. (Technical Assistance Packet #4). National Mentoring Center.
  Based on an extensive survey of mentors and mentees about their relationships, this guide focuses on 10 effective relationship strategies for mentors. Each relationship suggestion is illustrated through actual quotes from mentors and mentees highlighting the importance of relationship concepts like active listening, trust building, and positive sharing. An excellent resource for all mentors in your program that can help them establish strong, lasting relationships with their mentees. Download File

• Mentor Match Agreement. State Franchise Tax Board for the Schools Partnership Program. Download File

• Theme: Mentor Training & Support. National Mentoring Center.
  Bulletin #6, Fall 2000 Features: Tips on supporting your volunteers, training resources, working with volunteers with disabilities, innovations in recruitment, successful match profile. Bulletin #6, Fall 2000

• Responsible Mentoring: Talking About Drugs, Sex and Other Difficult Issues. CARS. http://emt.org/userfiles/RespMentoringBooklet.pdf

• Supporting Mentors. (Technical Assistance Packet #6) National Mentoring Center. 
  Often programs fail to recognize the importance of monitoring and supporting mentors after they are matched with a mentee. This guide examines methods for checking in with mentors to make sure that the relationships are positive and constructive. It also looks at how providing ongoing training and support networks for mentors can improve their matches and result in increased volunteer retention. Download File

• Year End Interview Mentor Form - Sample Form. Mentoring Institute. Download File

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