Training & Learning Opportunities

Facilitator Skills Training coming this December! Details below

Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series

COLLABORATIVE MENTORING WEBINAR SERIES

The Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series is a free training series designed for youth mentoring practitioners nationwide. Hosted by MENTOR, and featuring expert speakers from research partners, Affiliates, and national organizations, these webinars highlight the latest research, best practices, and new resources to help mentoring programs strengthen their services and put evidence-based strategies into action.

Webinars are held at:

10:00 – 11:30 AM Pacific
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Mountain
12:00 – 1:30 PM Central
1:00 – 2:30 PM Eastern

Webinars are free and online. Links to register for the upcoming webinar, with full descriptions and panelist information, are posted in the month leading up to the webinar. Check back periodically as plans for each month are finalized!

Coming Up Next:

Conversations with Youth: Creating Mentoring Chains

October 29 at 3:30PM – 4:45PM EST

What does meaningful youth engagement actually look like? Hear directly from three young leaders moving the mentoring field forward through innovative and meaningful work. We’ll have an energizing, honest conversation where our panelists will explore how mentors and program leaders can create opportunities for youth leadership, build trust, share power, and avoid common missteps with young people. You will leave this webinar feeling inspired, and ready to put their ideas into practice.

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Featured Webinar

Enhancing Mentoring Excellence: Exploring the New 5th Edition of the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™

Part 1: Rooted & Ready: Designing Mentoring Programs with Purpose and People in Mind

Learn More

What People Are Saying

Hearing more youth talk about what they need is what is missing in so many places. Higher education needs to see this webinar.
Participation today will help me to better prepare operationally, especially by updating my logic model.
This was the first webinar or training I participated in involving the topic of Parent Engagement. The entirety of it was motivating and informative. It opened the door for me to be able to ponder how to do better in this area.

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FACILITATOR SKILLS TRAINING

Looking to improve your skills as a group training facilitator? Want to lead more effective and engaging group meetings or trainings? Facilitation requires skill and strategy to support others in reflecting on and changing their practice. 

In this three-session professional development series led by experts in facilitation, you will learn how to train mentoring practitioners, mentors, and other adult learners through responsive facilitation. This practical, hands-on training focuses on immediately applicable skills you can use in your next session.

You will build confidence and credibility as a trainer, hone your unique facilitation approach, and learn best practices for navigating group dynamics, alongside a national cohort of mentoring practitioners. You will also receive a digital credential from Credly upon completion of the training.

Next Session:

December 8, 9, 10 & 16
Virtual

Interested/Questions?:

Reach out to Jake Sullivan, Senior Manager of Field Learning at training@mentoring.org.

These sessions were amazing! I am taking away how to properly use facilitator moves, affective openers, and so much more! I am also taking away how to be able to prepare and pivot during trainings in order to better service the participants.
This was awesome! I love all of the different formats of activities (utilization of the chat, breakout rooms, reactions, etc.) Great job!

MENTOR Facilitator Skills Training

December 8, 9, 10 & 16 from 1:00-3:00 PM EST

In this four-session professional development series led by Christopher Margadonna (MENTOR Rhode Island) & Sarah DeBouter (MENTOR Vermont), you will learn how to train mentoring practitioners, mentors, and other adult learners through responsive facilitation. In the final session, each participant will lead a teach-back to apply what you’ve learned and receive real-time feedback. This practical, hands-on training focuses on immediately applicable skills you can use in your next session.

You will build confidence and credibility as a trainer, hone your unique facilitation approach, and learn best practices for managing group dynamics, alongside a national cohort of mentoring practitioners.

Questions? Contact: Jake Sullivan at trainers@mentoring.org

Register Here

OTHER/CUSTOMIZED TRAINING

If you and/or your program/organization are interested in receiving training (e.g., on the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring, Becoming a Better Mentor, our workplace mentoring trainings, etc.), please visit our list of Affiliates.

If you are in unaffiliated area, and would like to access customized training, please reach out to Jake Sullivan, Senior Manager of Field Learning.