The document outlines guidelines and information for the Ivy Academia Mentor Program. It discusses maintaining confidentiality, being fully present and engaged during mentoring sessions, respecting differences, and referring to provided training materials. It also lists topics that mentors should understand like peer pressure, social skills, and academic issues. The roles of mentors and mentees are defined as being easy to talk to, role models, and sources of guidance who listen and respect youth. Effective mentoring practices include respecting youth, building friendship, involving youth in decisions, keeping commitments, and focusing on the positive. Inappropriate practices are also identified.

1. Ivy Academia Mentor Program

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Maintain Confidentiality
Be here now-No cell phones
Speak from the heart
Listen from the heart
Respect differences
Refer to training guide
HAVE FUN!!!

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understand the issues youth face.
To understand the role and COMMITMENT of
the mentor.
To understand and demonstrate practices of
effective mentors:

6. Peer Pressure
 Social Skills
 Child Abuse
 Family Violence
 Anger Management
 Absenteeism
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Depression/ Suicide
Nutrition & Health
Pressure At Home
Goal Setting
Failing Grades

7. What do you think a mentor is?
What do you think a mentee is?

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Easy to talk to
Someone to look up to
a friend
One who shows us new
things
Not a parent
One who does not judge us
Understanding
FUN!
knowledgeable
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One who doesn’t get mad
A role model
One who encourages us
One who listens to us
Open-minded
Empathetic
Trustworthy
One who gives guidance
One who respects us

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Academic Help
Goal Setting
Career Exploration Assistance
Emotional Support
Exposure to new things

10. Respects Youth
Viewpoints
Builds a
friendship
Allows Youth to
Make Mistakes
An Effective
Mentor
Confirms
Appointments
Has Fun
Involves Youth
in Decisions
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Committed
Separate
Goals
Keeps
Relationships
Alive
Focus on
the positive

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Imposes Values
Sporadic Meetings
Authority Figure/Transform Youth
Demand Equal Participation
Not Seeking Support of adviser

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Our student body is very diverse.
Cultures include customs and values.
Culture is a set of mental rules for survival
and success that a particular group of
people has developed.

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Cultures are multifaceted:
 Family structure, Spirituality, Language, Art, Parenting
practices, Concept of growth, aging, & death
Goal of mentoring is to create inclusion.
 You feel valued and respected by me.
 I feel valued and respected by you.

15. Come to your mentoring time, prepared!
Any type of game, book or activity you
use, should start a conversation not kill it.
 Ask “High Quality Questions”
 Be Careful not to use yes and no
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Once a week a lunch
Mandatory meetings, do not “stand up”
your mentee. If mentee is not present you
may leave the meeting. Even if there is a
class or club party you must participate in
Mentor meeting.

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When can I break it?
How do I break it?