Mentoring
A mentor is a caring and responsible adult who takes time to develop a positive, healthy relationship with a young person. A mentor listens, supports, and guides a young person consistently over a specified period, usually for at least one year. Mentors are volunteers in your community who know that young people can make a positive difference if given a chance.
A mentor develops this friendship with a young person—whom we call a “mentee”— to help them succeed at home, at school, and in the community. By developing this positive relationship, a mentor can:
Help a young person define and achieve their own goals
Help a young person improve in school
Nurture a young person’s self-confidence and positive self-esteem
Listen to a young person and help them to brainstorm solutions to problems
Introduce the young person to new ideas, activities, and opportunities
Throughout their time with Charting Careers, our scholars benefit from trusting, mentoring relationships.
Individual Mentoring
At the foundation of Charting Careers programming are individual mentoring relationships. We support real, meaningful, long-lasting bonds between caring adults and young people. Our volunteers commit to supporting, guiding, and being a friend to a young person. Charting Careers provides supportive environments, caring connections, and positive experiences to promote resiliency in children. Volunteers commit to spend four to eight hours per month with their mentee, including weekly communications and at least one in-person meeting.
To learn more about becoming a mentor click here.
