We've been matched . . . now what?

The following is a list of resources that mentors can use as they see fit with their mentee. It has been divided into ice breakers/conversation starters, goal setting/career exploration and miscellaneous activities. Most activities can be modified to work with any age.

What is a Mentor?

Program Overview

Mentor Manual

Online Store

District Calendar

District Facilities Map

Ice Breakers / Conversation

Connecting During COVID

• Virtual Mentoring Activity Ideas
• Reflection Questions about COVID
• COVID Resources
• Mentor Training Video
• Pen Pal mentoring video
• Phone calls and virtual mentoring video
• Battleship cards to play virtually or on the phone
• Yahtzee card to play virtually or on the phone

Ice Breakers/Conversation Starters

• Personal Value Card Sort
• Getting to Know You Handout for Mentor and Mentee
• Mentoring Ideas
• Mentoring with Grit and a Growth Mindset
• 80 Questions Mentors Can Ask Their Mentees

Goal Setting/Career Exploration

• High School/Teen Mentoring Activity Book (also geared toward younger students)
• What Will the Future Bring?

Miscellaneous Activities

• Activity Ideas for Middle School Students
• Easy Card Games for Kids 
• I Can't Imagine My Life Without...
• Tearing of Labels

Trauma Information

• Trauma Informed Care Guidelines
• One Minute Intervention
• Compassion Fatigue Presentation
• Quality of Life Screening
• Helping Kids Deal with Loss

Video Resources (List of video clips you might wish to use with your mentee)

End-of-Year/Closure Activities

• Closure Manual
• Tagul directions and instructions
• Summer address cards
• Beach Ball reflections
• Looking Back Over Our Year Together
• Letter from mentor to parents
• Letter from mentor to parents (Spanish Version)
• Before and Because T-chart
• Before and Because instructions
• Summer Journal