Distribute Resources to the Field
Oregon Mentors recognizes how quality resources can advance the success of mentor and youth relationships, and a program's ability to adequately support its matches.
We work diligently to collect useful resources whether that is cutting edge research on mentoring or event tickets to disseminate to our field of registered mentoring programs. We disseminate information about these opportunities through our online Resource Library and online calendar of the Web site as well as our monthly Program E-news.
Program E-news
All activities, trainings, resources, and grant deadlines are announced through our monthly e-mail digest.
Best Practice Resources
We share best practices and new research with mentoring programs. Oregon Mentors provides programs the most-recent Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™, 3rd edition, released in 2009, along with Webinars to explain these practices.
Good Deals for Good Deals
For community-based mentoring programs in the Portland area: Oregon Mentors will provide you with a quarterly e-mail of great activities coupon offers for free or at deeply discounted prices to share with mentors.
Evaluation Toolkit
Oregon Mentors and the National Mentoring Center have created an online evaluation toolkit. The toolkit features more than 60 reliable and valid survey instruments that programs can use to measure youth outcomes on a variety of different indicators. Find it online in our Resource Library.
MentorPRO
MentorPRO is a web-based database mentoring programs can use to manage matches. The database comes with an evaluation system, complete with surveys for youth, mentors, parents, and teachers. Oregon Mentors will offer registered programs assistance and training in switching to MentorPRO.
Fingerprinting training, kits and informational services
Legislation in Oregon allows approved mentoring and tutoring programs to fingerprint volunteers at no cost through a fingerprint-based screening system. Oregon Mentors can guide mentoring programs through the sign-up, offer fingerprint kits at a reduced price, and train programs on how to take quality fingerprints.
