Trainings and Orientations

Mentor 101

• Learn to Mentor
  MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership
  http://apps.mentoring.org/training/TMT/index.adp
  An online “Mentor 101” tutorial to learn about mentoring, especially good for (potential) volunteers. This course will fully prepare volunteers to be mentors and includes a downloadable “Learn to Mentor” toolkit with exercises and tools.
• Preparing Participants for Mentoring: The U.S. Department of Education Mentoring Program's Guide to Initial Training of Volunteers, Youth, and Parents
  National Mentoring Center and The Mentoring Resource Center
  http://www.edmentoring.org/pubs/training.pdf

Mentor Training

• A Framework for Resource Development Planning: Building a Sustainable Mentoring Program
  Mentoring Resource Center (US Dept. of Education)
  http://www.edmentoring.org/pubs/sustainability.pdf
• Mentoring Immigrant Youth - Toolkit
  This toolkit is an important new section of the toolkit, How to Build a Successful Mentoring Program Using the Elements of Effective Practice. This vital addition offers programs essential resources to better understand and serve the unique needs, challenges, and assets of the quickly growing immigrant and refugee youth population in the United States.
  http://www.mentoring.org/find_resources/immigrant_toolkit/
• Mentoring School-Age Children: Relationship Development in Community-Based and School-Based Programs.
  Herrera, C., Sipe, L., and McClanahan, W.S. (1999). Public/Private Ventures.
  Study found that mentors who received fewer than two hours of pre-match training reported the lowest levels of relationship satisfaction, while those with six or more hours had the strongest relationships
• Mentor Training from the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota
  Modules on: Mentoring Adolescents Training Needs; Making the Most of Mentoring an Adolescent; Aren't Mentors for Little Kids?; Building Trust Attachment with Your Mentee; Let's Get Real-Positive Communication; Setting Mentoring Boundaries; Influence of Culture on Mentoring Relationships; Developmental Characteristics of 12-14 Year Olds; Developmental Characteristics of 15-18 Year Olds; and Activity: What's Hot and What's Not.
  http://www.mpmn.org/Resources.aspx
• Ongoing Training for Mentors: 12 Interactive Sessions for U.S. Department of Education Mentoring Programs
  Mentoring Resource Center (US Dept. of Education)
  http://www.edmentoring.org/publications.html

Resources for Parents and Guardians

• Guide to Mentoring for Parents and Guardians
  Mentoring Resource Center
  template: http://www.edmentoring.org/pubs/parent_handbook.doc
  how-to-use manual: http://www.edmentoring.org/pubs/about_handbook.pdf
  Template can be modified to fit your program
• “Parenting Resources” at Free Spirit Publishing http://www.freespirit.com/index.cfm
  A variety of print materials

Events

• Oregon Community Education Association
  www.ocea-or.org
  OCEA is a statewide organization that supports an educational environment to promote good citizenship and lifelong learning. They host an annual conference every spring.
• MENTOR
  www.mentoring.org/events/
  Event Calendar: information on upcoming workshops, conferences and training opportunities in the field of youth mentoring; includes online submission form to post your own events