Sanchez Elementary School Online Mentoring Program Online Mentoring Guidelines and Activities

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Who are These Kids?
More about these students at Sanchez, their school and neighborhood, and the typical characteristics of fourth and fifth graders.

Tips for Online Mentors
How to get started, how to introduce yourself, things to keep in mind during exchanges with your protegé, where to go for assistance as part of your program participation, how to handle crisis situations, and other information.

Online Culture
What's it like to communicate solely or mostly via e-mail?

Online Activity Ideas for Mentors and Protegés
More than 50 suggestions of activities you and your protegé can do together online.

Gift Policy
Dos and don'ts regarding sending items to your protegé.

Mentor Whiz Quiz
This in-depth, interactive training vehicle (that is NOT on our web site) that places you in a variety of situations that may arise during the course of a mentoring relationship, and provides instant feedback. It's a tool by the National Mentor Partnership, and while it's focused on face-to-face mentoring with older children, many of the situations may come up in your online experiences, such as:

• Jump starting your mentee's interests
• Discouraging your mentee from using foul language
• What to do when your mentee is telling outlandish stories
• Dealing with prejudice
• What to do when your mentee may be dieting inappropriately
• Dealing with your mentee when he is suspended from school
• Drawing out your mentee's goals
• Recognizing your mentee's great report card
• Managing your expectations about your mentee's academic aspirations
• Determining if you are making a difference

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