The North House Folk School offers cultural enrichment courses, such as Inuit Kayak building, wood carving, and basket weaving. Some of these courses qualify for college credit. Grand Portage Adult Education Grand Portage Adult Education Program offers courses through Fond du Lac Tribal Community College. Courses are offered at the Grand Portage Lodge and Casino. Mentoring is a supportive relationship between an individual and a student to facilitate the student's educational, business, social and personal growth and development.
Mentors advise, coach, counsel, teach, and model successful behaviors.
These roles vary depending on the abilities and the needs of the student. There is no single profile of who can or should be a mentor. Mentors tend to be people who extend themselves for others. Mentoring relationships are different from personal relationships because they are professional in nature. Effective mentoring is a special contract between mentor and mentee that requires two-way participation.