Welcome to
the Mentor Corner!
Your commitment to making a difference in the life of a child is an important one. This will be a rewarding endeavor (for both you and your mentee), but there may be bumps and turns along the way. This page provides resources to help you along your mentoring journey.
Mentor Highlight
Dolores Sebastian a native Delawarean has been mentoring at Townsend Elementary School in Middletown for 9 years. After retiring from a 25 year career at DuPont Company in 2001, she stumbled upon the mentoring program and has mentoring ever since.
She has worked one on one mentoring over 10 students, and spends additional time once a week in a classroom reaching out to help many of the students who need a little extra friendship and caring. Delores not only spends her time and talents with students but helps the School coordinator recruit and coordinate the Mentoring program at Townsend Elementary School.
Delores' dedication to the Mentoring program and her willingness to help coordination outside her time with her mentee, has been a blessing to the school and the children alike. In her spare time, Dolores and her husband, and best friend of 31 years, Bob enjoy the freedom and new opportunities of retirement.
Remember, if you have questions or concerns regarding your mentoring relationship, your first line of support should always be the school coordinator. In addition to managing the mentoring program, he or she is often the guidance counselor or the school interventionist and will be able to give you guidance for many of the common problems you have. He or she also will know when to escalate the problem to the principal or assistant principal for resolution. The problem you've seen, even if new to you, may not be new for the child and there may already be a plan in place or actions that have been taken to deal with the issue. Discuss the issue with the coordinator and let him or her manage any serious issues through school channels.
Your second line of support is Creative Mentoring. Your association with us did not end with your training! We are always available to answer questions, help you deal with mentoring problems and intercede with the school if necessary.
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FAQs
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Mentors
matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in my bank account, nor what my clothes looked like. But the world may be a little better because I was important in the life of a child." —Anonymous
