Mentor's Toolkit
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.
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
Miscellaneous Activities
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
- Summer Journal