SF Mentor Coalition
Laurie Vargas
Hi All,
I apologize in advance for any double-posting, I am sending this through Google Groups and personal email addresses. Please add the Google Groups email address to your address book if you have not already done so. If you are not on the Google Groups and would like to be added just let me know!
We had a very productive meeting last week to really start talking about Best Practices within mentoring agencies. We are looking at materials printed by Mentor (www.mentoring.org) which focuses on moving the Mentoring field forward. We have started talking about the screening of mentors and mentees, including applications and in-person interviews. We are actively discussing the differences between DOJ clearance and FBI clearance and deciding what the minimum clearance should be. In addition, we are looking at the minimum amounts of training that mentors and mentees should have prior to beginning the mentoring relationship, as well as, what on-going training hours should look like.
As we start to move forward as a coalition (hopefully with added benefits from the community), we can decide what the minimum requirements are to be included in the coalition. By doing this we not only brand ourselves as a coalition of high quality mentoring programs but also help potential mentees & families/guardians feel comfortable with signing up!
Please review the following documents, the first two really talk about the basics of what a mentor program should have as a minimum and what a program can do to continue to enhance itself. For those that are not familiar with Mentor, the 3rd link is for the full document “How to Build a Successful Mentoring Program Using the Elements of Effective Practice.” After reviewing the first 2 documents, please email me with your thoughts around minimum requirements for screening (including background clearance) and training of mentors & mentees, by Friday, 1/4/2013.
We will meet in January to continue the dialog and incorporate all comments.
What: Mentor Coalition Meeting to discuss Best Practices
When: January 24, 2012, 3:30-5:30pm
Where: Building Futures, 1426 Fillmore, Suite 216
http://www.mentoring.org/downloads/mentoring_1222.pdf
http://www.mentoring.org/downloads/mentoring_1225.pdf
http://www.mentoring.org/downloads/mentoring_413.pdf
Don’t forget, January is National Mentoring month! Visit http://www.nationalmentoringmonth.org/ for more information. Save the date for January 31st…SF District Attorney’s office has partnered with multiple SF mentoring programs and Marcus Books to host an event for current mentoring matches and to recruit potential mentors! More info to come!
Thank you everyone for helping San Francisco Youth have access to high quality mentoring programs! Please let me know if you have any questions.
Happy Holidays!
Laurie
Laurie Vargas, M.S., PPSC
School Social Worker/LSP (Grattan Elementary)
District Coordinator, Mentoring For Success
Student, Family & Community Support Department
San Francisco Unified School District
Laurie Vargas
What: Mentor Coalition Meeting to discuss Best Practices
When: January 24, 2012, 3:30-5:30pm
Where: Building Futures, 1426 Fillmore, Suite 216 (Thanks Nick for hosting!)
Nick Wightman
Hi All,
Parking options near our office are:
- Safeway parking lot at Webster and Geary – Free, usually good for at least 2 hours
- Free all day parking along Turk and Eddy streets
- Paid Parking Garage at 1345 Fillmore (b/t Eddy and Ellis)
- Meters on Fillmore
Suite 216 is on the second floor at the end of the hall.
See you this afternoon!
Nick Wightman, LMFT
Regional Director, Building Futures Mentoring Program
YMCA of San Francisco
1426 Fillmore St, suite 204
San Francisco, CA 94115
Office: 415.561.0631 x102
Fax: 415.563.8017
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