How to Find a High School Mentoring Program
Knowing how to find a high school mentoring program may interest students who want a mentor, parents who want a mentor for their child, or adults who want to become a mentor for high school students. There are many high school mentoring programs across the country. Some programs are nationwide organizations, and others are focused locally. Mentoring programs also differ by the type of mentoring they offer, which includes sports mentors, education mentors, and friendship/role model mentors.
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Ask the guidance counselor at your high school if there are any school-based mentoring programs available at your school or any mentoring programs that she can recommend. For adults looking to become a mentor, simply ask the guidance counselor at the high school closest to where you live for mentoring program recommendations.
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Search the comprehensive list of mentoring programs at "Mentors.ca" (see Resources section). Despite the website's name, this list includes many mentoring programs in the United States as well as Canada. The list is organized by the type of mentoring program. Scanning the massive list may take a while, so enter the name of your city or state using the find command ("command F" for Macs, "Ctrl F" for PCs) on your computer to narrow down your search.
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Consult "MENTOR National Mentoring Partnership's Volunteer Referral Service" (VRS). The VRS is a free service that sets up people who want to be mentors and people who want mentoring with a program in their area. This service involves entering your ZIP code and searching for programs in your local area (see Resources section).
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Contact the national organization, "Mentoring USA", a branch of Help USA that focuses on mentoring kids ages 7-21. You can contact the organization by email on its website (see Resources) and inquire about mentoring opportunities in your area.
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Search the name of your specific city or state and "high school mentoring program" in a large search engine. Also include the type of mentoring you're looking for, such as "sports mentor" or "biology mentor," if you do indeed seek a specific type of mentoring program. This may yield a specific result that you would not find elsewhere.
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Tips & Warnings
Consider what you're looking for in a mentoring program during your search. If you want to be mentored in a particular area, such as literature, it may be better to ask a trusted teacher or professor to mentor you rather than to seek out a mentoring program.
Once you find a mentoring program that seems suitable, inquire about the background check and qualification process of the mentors they hire. Ensure that the mentors are fully qualified before taking part in the process.
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