For Programs - Special Initiatives
The Heart of learning and Teaching: Compassion, Resiliency and Academic Success
Policymakers and educators in Washington State were among the first to recognize the importance of the Center for Disease Control and Precention's (CDC) Adverse Childhood Experiences Study. The study demonstrated that the number of students living with overwhelming stress is much higher than imagined. The Heart of learning and Teaching: Compassion, Resiliency, and Academic Success represents an unprecedented collaboration among public school, university, and Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction professionals. The book contains valuable information on best practices for working with students whose learning and behavior has been adversely impacted by trauma in their lives.
Mentoring Children of Prisoners: Caregiver's Choice
Policymakers and educators in Washington State were among the first to recognize the importance of the Center for Disease Control and Precention's (CDC) Adverse Childhood Experiences Study. The study demonstrated that the number of students living with overwhelming stress is much higher than imagined. The Heart of learning and Teaching: Compassion, Resiliency, and Academic Success represents an unprecedented collaboration among public school, university, and Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction professionals. The book contains valuable information on best practices for working with students whose learning and behavior has been adversely impacted by trauma in their lives.
This experiential conference on the art of mentoring is one of the signature events of National Mentoring Month (January). The Weekend is a transformative gathering filled with playful workshops, big idea sessions, stirring speakers, a "social capital exchange." At The Guiding Lights Weekend you will be inspired, and raise your game -- as a mentor, leader, manager, teacher, student, parent, or coach.
Seattle Cares Mentoring Movement
The Seattle Cares Mentoring Movement is a call to action to African-American men and women to put their hand on a vulnerable young person’s shoulder and rise to the challenge of creating a lasting positive impact on their lives. Seattle Cares is not a mentoring program. It is part of the National CARES Mentoring Movement whose mission is to create a highly visible and effective national mentoring campaign targeting the African American community.
In partnership with the FBI, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership is pleased to make nationwide FBI fingerprint-based background checks available to any mentoring program in the country. Through SafetyNET, each FBI background check costs only $18. There is a turnaround time of approximately 5 business days from the time the background check materials are received by MENTOR until the fitness determinations are emailed to the program from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). For an overview of the SafetyNET pilot, please read the SafetyNET Fact Sheet.
Success Story
Something Magical
There is something super magical about going to summer camp on Lake Wenatchee, especially when you have an awesome cabin counselor. Tevin did! Two years ago when Tevin was in Trin’s cabin that super magic encircled them both.
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