In a February 7, 2019 Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoringpost, Dr. Jean Rhodes brought practitioners’ attention to an important lens through which to view mentoring. She writes: In previous columns, I have discussed the benefits of drawing from prevention science...
Best of Both Worlds At first glance, school-based mentoring is the perfect design to support children in Moab. Young mentees thrive under the care of their mentors. Other students regularly approach program staff to ask, “Can I have a...
Mentoring Enhanced! Starting in the fall of 2018, Grand Area Mentoring will introduce a program enhancement for students in grades seven through twelve.
Mentoring Adventures! Grand Area Mentoring is a school-based program, and most activities happen on four Moab campuses. Mentors and students may also leave school grounds in small groups for pre-approved field trips. These off-campus mentoring outings provide opportunities to broaden...
How to Help Your Mentee Through the Summer June, July, and August represent a wonderful opportunity to recharge your batteries and break away from the weekly mentoring routine. Volunteers and students often return in September with new verve and closeness....
Six Ways of Mentoring Grand Area Mentoring volunteers help children in southeastern Utah earn better grades, attend school more regularly, and get along better with others. How do they do it? What is the magic of mentoring? It’s not magic. It’s...
Dark Skies Event for Mentors & Students! Moab Dark Skies members have volunteered to take Grand Area Mentoring and BEACON participants to Bar M for a sky gazing extravaganza. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about: • what...
New Mentoring Resource! Mentoring is simple. You spend time with a youth, act as a positive role model, and support his/her strengths. Sure, mentoring is simple, but all kinds of challenges and issues might crop up over the course of...
Flight through Failure Failing is part of life, and it’s a critical part of learning. Keep these points in mind as you coach your mentee through the trials and tribulations of childhood and adolescence: • We should fail every...
The Importance of One Psychologists have long understood a child’s emotional and economic prospects dramatically improve if there is one thing present in his life: a positive connection with an adult.