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National Mentoring 

Month & Mentoring 

Resources

Delia Hagan

January 27th, 2022

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Who We Are

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Vision

Every young person has the supportive relationships they need 

to grow and develop into thriving, productive and engaged 

adults.

Mission

MENTOR’s mission is to fuel the quality and quantity of mentoring relationships for 

America’s young people and to close the mentoring gap for the one in three young 

people growing up without this critical support.

MENTOR: Mission & Vision

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MENTOR’s National Footprint

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How does 

mentoring help?

The Mentoring Effect

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The Mentoring Gap

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National Mentoring 

Month

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What is National 

Mentoring Month?

Every January, the mentoring movement 

unites in celebration of National 

Mentoring Month and uses the power of 

our collective voice to:

- Recruit new mentors

- Advance the mentoring field’s legislative 

priorities

- Drive meaningful change for young people.

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How to get involved

Participate and engage on social media 

using 

hashtags#MentoringAmplifies and

#MentoringMonth

Explore our toolkits on: - Digital Engagement - Corporate Engagement - Media - Public Official & Advocacy

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Celebrate & Share

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Best Practices & 

Resources

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The Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring

Balfanz, 2016

The EEPM

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Becoming a Better Mentor

Download the resource 

and check out videos 

here: Becoming a Better 

Mentor - MENTOR 

(mentoring.org)

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Lots of models & approaches

• One-to-one

• Group

• Peer 

Check out best practices for all of these models at www.nationalmentoringresourcecenter.org

• Community-based

• Site-based

• Hybrid

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Mentor Resources & Guides

Visit www.mentoring.org for these resources and more

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Getting Involved

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Search for mentoring opportunities using the 

Mentoring Connector

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Start, expand, or improve a program through the OJJDP 

National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC)

 Visit www.nationalmentoringresourcecenter.org

 Funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention, the NMRC disseminates information about “What 

Works” in mentoring through evidence reviews on the 

effectiveness of program models and specific programs, 

practices, and services for specific populations of mentees

 Disseminates high-quality program implementation resources, 

including tools, program curricula, and training materials

 Provides FREE technical assistance to youth mentoring 

programs to help them more deeply incorporate evidence-based 

practice into their work.

 Sign up for the monthly e-newsletter here

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Starting a Youth Mentoring Program ELearning Module

Access it here: Starting a 

Youth Mentoring 

Program. Learning 

Experience | Mentor

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Contact Us

Delia Hagan

Website: www.mentoring.org

Twitter: @MentorNational

Facebook: /MentorNational

Emails: dhagan@mentoring.org

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Panelist Q & A

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Panelist Q & A

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What do great mentors do?
WHAT GREAT 

MENTORS DO:

Select Mentees thoughtfully and get to know them

Capitalize on On teachable moments

Promote Excellence (but reject perfectionism)

Unearth The dream within.

Be A role model.

Give Mentees exposure and promote their visibility.

Stimulate Growth with challenging assignments.

Nurture Creativity of the mentee.

Provide Guidance and constructive feedback

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Panelist Q & A

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What are traits of a good mentee?
TRAITS OF A 

GOOD 

MENTEE

Eager to 

learn

Good at time 

management Honest

Open 

minded Good listener Caring attitude

Confident Responsible

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Panelist Q & A

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How do you create a mentoring culture that

enhances and embraces diversity?
How to create a mentoring culture that 

enhances and embraces diversity.

Get

• Leadership 

involved 

and 

advocate to 

have 

mentoring 

part of 

teams 

strategies.

Create 

• A tailored 

diversity 

mentoring 

programs 

that 

supports a 

culture of 

inclusion.

Foster

• A 

mentoring 

culture as 

part of the 

onboarding.

Measure

• Mentoring 

success and 

celebrate it.

Promote

• reverse 

mentoring.

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Panelist Q & A

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What are different types of mentoring models?
TYPES OF MENTORING 

MODELS

One on one

Peer to peer Mentoring

On-demand mentoring

Long-term mentoring

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