The Youth Mentoring Program provides leadership materials and ten lessons designed to give students new skills, introduce them to amazing leaders and help them to make a difference within their communities. Studies show that regardless of income level, teens grow intellectually, interpersonally, and emotionally though the support of mentors. Our goal from this program is to kick start skills like organization, problem solving, and planning as well as provide a supportive figure that can be counted on to show what it looks like to be a successful person both professionally and personally.
The Youth Mentoring Program encourages community leaders to serve as mentors within their local schools, communities and non-profit organizations. All of our participants from the Big Up Brethren and the IRIE Dahta Program will benefit from this program.
This unique mentoring program is designed to support young people in two ways. One-to-one mentoring for students between the ages of 16 and 25 and group mentoring for students between the age of 11 and 15. All students will be assigned a dedicated mentor for a minimum of three months. The program material is carefully selected to motivate and empower individuals to contribute to the global society in a positive manner. Our mentors consist of community leaders, academic advisors, business professionals, high school seniors and college students. The wide range of mentor ages allows us to better match a mentor with a student in order to build real, long lasting relationships.
Mentors meet once a week in order to collaborate together in building an empowering lesson. Students are encouraged to communicate, cooperate and collaborate with mentors and peers through written and hands-on exercises. Upon completion of the programs’ ten lessons, mentor feedback is encouraged in order to assist in the continued development and improvement of program materials.
