About Our Training
Since 1999, NWREL's mentoring projects have trained over 8,000 individuals and programs on a wide variety of topics, such as mentor recruitment, program marketing, screening volunteers, program evaluation, and training and preparing mentors and youth for their relationships.
Our training events range from small, single program workshops to large-scale conferences designed for cohorts of federal and state grantees. Our events combine the skills and expertise of staff teams with the wide-ranging talents of our network of trainers and consultants. By providing access to dozens of high-quality mentoring, youth development, and nonprofit management experts, NWREL's National Mentoring Center can deliver a customized training that meets your organization's needs.
Workshops and Tracks We Offer
- Targeted mentor recruitment
- Screening volunteers for safety and suitability
- Training new mentors
- Ongoing training for mentors
- Creating and maintaining program partnerships
- Sustainability planning and resource development
- Effective marketing of program services
- Mentoring program evaluation
- Mentoring special or high-risk populations
- Research-based best practices
- School-based mentoring models
- Supporting and supervising mentoring relationships
- Strength-based mentoring
- Peer mentoring
Clients and Partners
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- The Corporation for National and Community Service
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
- EMT Associates
- U.S. Department of Labor
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
- Public/Private Ventures
- National Network of Youth Ministries
- MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership
- One Star Foundation (formerly the Texas Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service)
- Washington State Mentoring Partnership
- Minnesota Mentoring Partnership
- Oregon Mentors
- Florida Partners in Education
- Mentor Michigan
- Maryland Mentoring Partnership
- Alaska Mentoring Demonstration Project
Please contact our staff at mentorcenter@nwrel.org or 503-275-0135 to learn more about our training curriculum, our cadre of expert trainers, and our availability.
For a calendar of our upcoming training events click here.
