BECOME A MENTOR
 

What is a mentor?

A mentor is a coach, sponsor, guide, advocate & role model. A mentor is a friend, advisor, teacher, and resource person. A mentor provides instructional support, promotes greater involvement in school activities, encourages responsible behavior, fosters a positive self-image, helps protégés develop post-high school plans, and expands awareness of career possibilities and the realities of the world-of work. 

What does it involve?

• As a mentor you will assist the program coordinator in facilitating small groups of young people aged between 8 and 15 years old.
• You will support the mentees through a series of lessons, activities, and challenges designed to develop their life-skills and aide them in their academic journey.
• The Esperanza afterschool mentorship program is set up in a way that makes it easy for mentors to get involved.
• It only requires a one hour per week commitment.
• Esperanza staff will be present in the mentoring meeting providing guidance and support to each mentor throughout all the programming.
• Mentors are allowed to choose from two different sites and two different days a week.

Mentors report that they:

• Received valuable experience that was transferable to the marketplace.
• Improved their morale.
• Learned more about themselves.
• Improved their own values.
• Got a fresh perspective on their lives.
• Felt more satisfied/fulfilled.

Who can be a mentor?

• People with self-confidence, patience and flexibility
• People sensitive to the needs of others
• People who are conscientious and reliable
• People who have the ability to listen
• People who want to make a difference in the life of another

Requirements & Qualifications Forms

Mentor requirements and qualifications
Mentor application
Mentor flyer