New Book Club for Mentors MENTOR, the National Mentoring Partnership, has released its brand new guide for mentors: Becoming a Better Mentor. This excellent book goes through the elements of improving your mentoring relationship. It’s available free here: www.mentoring.org/resource/becoming-a-better-mentor/...
Advanced Mentor Training: TRAUMA-INFORMED MENTORING (Part 2) w/ Kelly Vagts December 9th, ,5-6pm, via Zoom A Trauma Lens: Helping mentors implement a trauma-informed approach with mentees and families. Part one guided mentors in developing a trauma lens so that...
Mentor Training: How to Create an Incentive Program for your Mentee (plus pizza dinner, RSVP appreciated) When: October 7th, 5-6pm Where: HMK Elementary School Rm 141 Who: Mentors and school/youth program staff RSVP: grandareamentoring@gmail.com Please join us to learn...
Safety for All Because the coronavirus pandemic continues to infect and sicken many, especially via the delta variant, Grand Area Mentoring suggests all volunteers wear masks while mentoring indoors in Grand County. If a classroom-level mask requirement or a...
Summertime Opportunities Stay connected over the summer. Plan ahead to meet occasionally, talk on the phone, Zoom, or send mail. Community-based matches have approved sites available to them. We invite school-based matches to meet at HMK during summer lunch....
Training: The Keys of Communication with Antje Rath of Moab Regional Hospital Communicating with children can be a challenge. If we had a quarter for every “I don’t know” answer, we might all be rich by now. 🙂 At...
Mentoring Idea of the Month #1: Visit the Youth Garden Project and do service! Do you and your mentee want to get outside, work with your hands, and soak in some spring sunshine? TheYouth Garden Project would love to...
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...
POSITION VACANCY! Grand Area Mentoring’s Development Specialist will secure funds and in-kind resources to help promising youth. The development specialist will assess the program’s support framework, identify gaps, and develop a plan for cultivating new and sustainable funding...