Resources
Mentoring Best Practices and Resources for College Access and Success
The five best mentoring practices to increase college access and success listed below were compiled from literature on effective mentoring strategies and issues in college access and success. Each link includes concrete ways to use the mentoring practice and a list of internet resources for mentors/mentees specific to that practice.
- Goal-Setting — Establishing goals is an effective way for youth to build confidence and concretely evaluate their progress towards future aspirations.
- Providing Resources for Mentees — It is helpful for mentors to provide mentees with a base of knowledge about higher education.
- Encouraging Academic Pursuits — Stressing the importance of education is effective in increasing both college access and success.
- Active Learning — ...defined as “any activity that involves students in doing things and thinking about the things that they are doing.”
- Exciting the Mentee about a Non-Academic Activity — Mentees should also be engaged in a healthy activity besides school.
- Annotated Bibliography (PDF)
Other Maine Civic Engagement Resources
- The Maine Humanities Council
- KIDS Consortium — K-12 Civic Engagement
- Maine Commission for Community Service
- Volunteer Maine — a site connecting volunteers and opportunities throughout the state
- Maine Citizenship Education Task Force
- Maine Association of Nonprofits