Mentoring Best Practices

How to Start a Mentoring Program FAQs

Get answers to our most frequently asked questions about how to start a youth mentoring program.

Training Takeaways: Creating Spaces of Joy

What’s a secret to successful mentoring? Fun! Learn how to leverage the power of play to create meaningful connections with young people.

Training Takeaways: Design and Manage a Mentoring Program Using the Elements of Effective Practice™

Get key learnings from our February training workshop, which explored research-informed standards for creating quality mentoring programs.

From Campus to Career: Powering Opportunities for Young People After the Pandemic

Explore the impact of the pandemic on college internships and how we can ensure all students have access to professional opportunities.

Back the YAC: Creating a Youth Advisory Council at Solar One

Solar One's amazing summer interns teamed up with MENTOR NY to create the green education center’s first youth-led council.

Training Takeaways: Critical Mentoring and Centering Young People

Explore the theory of critical mentoring and how it places youth at the center of the mentoring process.

Training Takeaways: Creating Safe and Resilient Spaces in the Wake of Trauma

In this Training Takeaways, we explore mentoring practices to create safe and resilient spaces for young people as they navigate trauma.

Creating Spaces of Joy: Sara & Haily’s Mentoring Story

Discover how Haily and Sara — a 2021 MENTOR of the Year award recipient — create spaces of joy in their mentoring relationship.

Anything But Basic: The Top 5 Takeaways from the 2022 Mentoring Matters Conference

We sat down with two conference attendees to discover just what THEIR top takeaways were from the 2022 Mentoring Matters Conference.

Part Three: Do’s and Don’ts of Back-to-School this Fall 2021

Part three of tips and resources to help faculty, teachers, and students prepare for this unusual back-to-school season.

Part Two: Do’s and Don’ts of Back-to-School this Fall 2021

Learn how you can prepare to make your students feel supported coming back to in-person learning and how students can feel prepared.

Part One: Do’s and Don’ts of Back-to-School this Fall 2021

Tips and resources to help faculty, teachers, and students prepare for this unusual back-to-school season.

5 Best Practices: How To Be a Good Ally & Mentor

Faith Winship, Youth Leadership Coordinator at GLYS (Growing LGBTQ+ Youth Support), shares 5 best practices for being a good ally & mentor.

5 Key Takeaways of the 2021 Mentoring Matters Conference

Among the many things learned during the conference, these are our five top conference takeaways.

Best Practices to Elevate Youth Voices

Continue celebrating youth voices with MENTOR New York by exploring these best practices to elevate youth voices. On Thursday, April...