Start a Chapter of College Mentors for Kids in your community!

How do I start a chapter of College Mentors for Kids?
Chapters of College Mentors for Kids, Inc., can be initiated by anyone in the community, but most often start with an interested university administrator or college student leader. College Mentors for Kids provides training, program materials and support to establish chapters in communities who most need our services. In each community, College Mentors for Kids creates a partnership between the local college or university and elementary school(s) and recruits and trains college students to implement the mentor program. A partnership circle comprised of professional representatives from the university, the elementary school, and a local youth organization is established to guide students in the leadership of the project and to provide a foundation of support and resources that offers a continuum of service as child participants graduate from the mentor program.

Starting a Chapter of College Mentors for Kids at a Glance...

Phase 1: Exploration and Key Stakeholder Identification
• College Mentors for Kids and potential college or university representatives explore and determine mutual interest in starting a chapter
• Student leader, university advisor, elementary partner, and community partner are identified

Phase 2: Partnership Development
• Elementary partner trained
• Chapter university partner and advisor trained
• Student leader recruits 3 other student leaders to hold volunteer leadership positions
• Student leaders and headquarters staff build university and community awareness and support

Phase 3: Training and Recruitment
• Student leaders attend College Mentors for Kids Staff Retreat facilitated by headquarters staff
• Student leaders recruit mentors
• Mentors attend Mentor Training Seminar facilitated by headquarters staff

Phase 4: Operation
• Weekly campus-based activities begin
• Chapter leaders attend ongoing trainings and conferences facilitated by headquarters staff
• Frequent communication and reporting between partnership circle members

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University administrators, click here to learn more
Elementary schools, click here to learn more