PARENT INFO - ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING
The One-on-One Mentoring program was first run during the 2016-2017 school year as a way to create relationships with teens and adults where they would have a safe place to talk and receive guidance. Since this first year, the program has adapted to create even more opportunities for teens and mentors to connect – now through one of two tracts that run November through May.
LIFE SKILLS
Your teen will learn about communication, decision-making, shopping, transportation (both public and private), jobs, best-practice shopping techniques, and more
DISCIPLESHIP
Your Christian teen will learn about prayer, Bible study, spiritual disciplines, and serving others in order to grow their relationship with Christ
Scroll down for more details.
LIFE SKILLS TRACK
Click the tabs below to see the different topics covered each month.
SCHOOL YEAR SESSION
“Don’t text me in that tone of voice”
Communication styles with different people in different settings
“Decisions, decisions, decisions…”
How choices impact us and those around us, including good and bad consequences
“Like, love, and other stuff”
How to have healthy relationships – all kinds
“Show me the money”
Saving money, how banks work
“Jobs – getting and keeping”
Job options for all ages and experiences
“Knowing your way around a kitchen”
Shopping, recipe reading, cooking
SUMMER SESSION
DISCIPLESHIP TRACK
Click the tabs below to see the different topics covered each month.
SCHOOL YEAR SESSION
“Prayer”
Personal prayer life – talking to God
“Prayer”
Intercessory prayer
“Studying the Bible”
How to read the Bible with an open but intelligent mind
“Studying the Bible”
Reading the Bible with resources
“Aren’t I disciplined enough?”
Learning about and practicing the spiritual disciplines of abstinence
“Aren’t I disciplined enough?”
Learning about and practicing the spiritual disciplines of engagement
SUMMER SESSION
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU
- Meet and support your teen’s mentor. We encourage you to have their mentor’s phone number in case you need to coordinate with schedules or specific issues. We will have a separate meeting at the beginning of the program that you are required to attend in order for your teen to participate.
- Help your teen stay committed. We know that things “come up,” but in order for your teen to get the most from this program, they need encouragement and support to keep the time commitments. Each track requires 4-8 hours per month from your teen. The every-third-month required meeting dates are set in advance, but your teen will schedule each month’s one-on-one time separately with their mentor. There is no homework.
IMPORTANT DATES
Teen Mentees need to be able to commit to four mandatory meetings during the One-On-One Mentorship year, for both the Life Skills
and Discipleship tracks. Click the track you are interested in below to see which dates you will be required to attend.
KICKOFF CHECK-IN MEETING #2
Option 1: Thursday 10/5/17 6-8PM Option 1: Thursday 3/1/18 6-8PM
Option 2: Saturday 10/8/17 8-10AM Option 2: Saturday 3/3/18 8-10AM
CHECK-IN MEETING #1 CLOSING CEREMONY
Option 1: Thursday 1/11/18 6-8PM Thursday 5/10/18 6-8PM
Option 2: Saturday 1/6/18 8-10AM
KICKOFF CHECK-IN MEETING #2
Option 1: Saturday 10/7/17 10AM-12PM Option 1: Saturday 3/3/18 10AM-12PM
Option 2: Tuesday 10/10/17 6-8PM Option 2: Tuesday 3/6/18 6-8PM
CHECK-IN MEETING #1 CLOSING CEREMONY
Option 1: Saturday 1/6/18 10AM-12PM Tuesday 5/8/18 6-8PM
Option 2: Tuesday 1/9/18 6-8PM
OTHER DETAILS
This year’s program will run from November until May.
There is also a later option for special modules during the Summer.
Transportation isn’t an issue.
All mentors will be able to pick-up or return your teen to where they need to go.
All of our mentors go through background checks and fingerprinting to ensure your teen’s safety.
