If you want to become a mentor, call your local volunteer coordinating agencies or clearinghouses such as United Way. The Council for Exceptional Children. The mentor and the education of the gifted and talented. The role of the mentor. WETA, Channel 26, Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association.
Mentors provide personal coaching.
The nature, role, and influence of mentors in the lives of gifted adults. Raising the career aspirations of gifted girls. Fostering the postsecondary aspirations of gifted urban minority students. ERIC Digests are in the public domain and may be freely reproduced and disseminated. The opinions expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the positions or policies of OERI or the Department of Education.