Tools for Mentors
Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring (subscribe for free!)
Getting Started
Goal-Setting Activity From Canata, A. (ed.). (2006). Ongoing Training for Mentors, Mentoring Resource Center.
How to Turn Your Weaknesses Into Strengths (Thanks, Dorina!)
KCC Resources (If you need to make a referral)
Some Time Management Suggestions and Tools for Students
Russell Brand’s Top Five Ways to Beat Procrastination (funny with some good tips)
Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator (funny 11 minute TED talk with a good message)
The Pomodoro Technique (good strategy to deal with procrastination)
General Semester Plan (for students to complete)
Mindset Theory – Can be shared with students who see themselves as “not good” at something (fixed mindset) so they can understand how the brain can change (growth mindset)
On Mentoring (General)
Articles
Community College Mentoring: Minority Student Perception
The impact of mentoring on the success of community college students
Mentoring at community college: Helping students succeed
The value of mentoring programs in community college
I want to do that by Paul Ricciardi
Books
The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships
On Mentoring First-Generation Students
Articles
Mentors help first-generation college students succeed
How to help first-generation students succeed
Talking about social class eases achievement gap: Implications for mentoring
First-Generation Students (General)
Articles
Retention of students from first generation and low income backgrounds
First generation students: Undergraduates whose parents never enrolled in postsecondary education
Initiatives
Center for First-Generation Student Success
Mindset Theory
Carol Dweck on Mindset (video)
Motivational Interviewing
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