RESOURCES
BACK TO SCHOOL, BACK TO WORK, BACK TO MENTORING!!
The lazy, hazy days of summer are almost over and school will be back in session
all too soon. In order to help school and community-based mentoring programs
prepare for starting up in the fall, the Connecticut Mentoring Partnership has 3 Tips for Mentoring to recommend! The following information is from Dr. Susan Weinberger's new book Preparing My Mentor For Me. Click on the links below for helpful tips and information on the following
areas:
Establishing a New Relationship
Conversation Starters
Developing Trust
MEDIA TOOLKIT
Publicizing the positive impacts of mentoring on the lives of mentors and mentees
alike can inspire others to become mentors themselves. Use the following customizable
media tools to increase awareness about the importance of your work through radio,
print, television and electronic media.
Media Relations Tips
Suggested Activities for Recruitment
Suggested Q & A
Sample Press Release
Sample Letter to the Editor
Sample Op-Ed
Sample Proclamation
*Check back for updated information and tips.
MALE MINORITY RECRUITMENT
The recruitment tools in The Governor's Prevention Partnership packet will help your program deliver male mentors to the door steps of young people
who need them. Tools include: Recruiting Male Mentors: A Guide to Best Practices;
The Connecticut Mentoring Partnership: Our Mission; Mentoring in Connecticut:
The Facts; Suggestions for Connections; and the "He Needs You" Brochure Order
Form.
MAN UP: Recruiting & Retaining African-American Male Mentors, a report by David Miller of the Urban League Institute (Baltimore, Md.), aims
to engage African-American men in the youth mentoring movement. The report spotlights
male perspectives on mentoring and gives recommendations on recruitment, retention
and program development.
USEFUL LINKS
Mentoring Children of Prisoners: Caregiver's Choice: Mentoring programs working with children of incarcerated parents, and caregivers
of children (ages 4 to 18 with a parent in federal or state prison) are eligible
to apply for $1,000 vouchers for mentoring services.
The Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring Impact Study: Serving almost 870,000 youth nationwide, school-based mentoring is one of the
fastest growing forms of mentoring in the U.S. today. This executive summary highlights
nine key findings from the full report and outlines several recommendations for
policy and practice.
Recruiting Male Volunteers: A Guide Based on Exploratory Research
