The National Mentoring Center at Education Northwest is one of the nation's premier training and technical assistance providers for youth mentoring programs and initiatives. Education Northwest has over 20 years experience providing training, resources, and other services to local mentoring programs and federal, state, and regional agencies.
I've had the pleasure of working with them directly since 1997 and I've seen first-hand the quality of their outstanding training and technical assistance efforts.
Whether your program is just getting started or working to build on its current success, the NMC can help you create and implement quality services that meet the needs of youth in your community. They also provide a wide variety of supports to federal, state, and local mentoring initiatives and funding agencies. Please contact their staff via email or 503-275-0135 to learn more about their services.
New Online Resource for Ongoing Mentor Training
Talking it Through: Communication Skills for Mentors - Need help preparing mentors for their complex role? This interactive website, built to enhance ongoing mentor training, presents 13 video stories with real mentors, real youth, and real situations that illustrate common challenges and proven strategies.
This course is offered at no charge. Simply sign-up to get started!
Talking it Through: Communication Skills for Mentors promotes successful mentor/youth interactions and relationship-building.
Once mentors learn about the complexities of their role, they often wish they were better prepared. Watching and reflecting on the examples in this course can help you be ready for sticky situations. The videos in this series are based on experiences of actual mentoring pairs.
