Celebrating mentors and the positive impact of mentoring in our communities!
This holiday season we are using the Mentor Minute to celebrate mentors and the positive impact of mentoring in our … Read more
Mentoring
The 2,160 minutes.
This holiday season we are using the Mentor Minute to celebrate mentors and the positive impact mentoring has in our … Read more
How did the time that you spent with your student help bring joy, hope, peace, or light?
Tis the season… 🎄 December is here! This holiday season we’d like to take a minute to focus on words … Read more
Students need you to EMPATHIZE with them.
As mentors, we have the opportunity to bring HOPE to students when we meet with them face to face. In … Read more
Students need you to be consistently PRESENT in their lives.
This week, we’ll take a closer look at the third need…BEING PRESENT. We cannot ever underestimate the power of presence … Read more
Mentor Equipping: Helping the Helper
“Even the Helpers Need Helping: Self-Care for Mentors” featuring guest speaker, Lindsay Anderson, Mental Health Counselor, Nooksack Valley Elementary Schools … Read more
Students need you to HEAR them
In this month’s Mentoring Minute, we’re focusing on one need that we all have in common… HOPE. As mentors, we … Read more
Tired of being tired?
Sometimes we just need a good story: “When I am having a hard time or a really stressful time, I … Read more
Empathetic listening–listening for the purpose of understanding–is nothing short of magical.
“Everyone should have a chance to talk to someone without feeling judged.” ~ Student “I can express myself because I … Read more
Empowering through Problem Solving
adapted from: Love and Logic Magic for Lasting Relationships Students Don’t Need: someone to solve their problems for them anyone … Read more