Mentoring Matters
About Our Mentoring Training

January is National Mentoring Month
Click here to read the President’s Official Proclamation

We’re Celebrating our 10th Anniversary, and our 1,368 Mentoring Graduates!
How’d We Do It?

Why not add "mentor" to your resume this year?
Mentors changes lives, there is no doubt about it. If you are thinking of mentoring, our mentor training program is an easy way to learn all about the mentoring process, the rewards, the challenges, and the profound impact mentoring has on BOTH mentor and mentee.

All classes are free, interactive, dynamic, and always highly rated by participants.

Check out our upcoming training schedule

See Teenagers Mentor Too!

Click here to download a PDF of our Mentoring Brochure

Pfizer Mentors, Trained by United Way, Help Students
A group of students enrolled in the Science Academy at Morristown High School received assistance with the college application process recently. Help came in the form of their mentors, Pfizer employees, who visited with the seniors at the high school.

The mentors had each attended a mentor training program presented by United Way of Morris County and held on-site at Pfizer Inc, before beginning work with their students. Mentors are paired with their students for two school years. Students are typically paired with someone whose career best matches their interests.

United Way is proud to be working with corporations who encourage their employees to give of their time to high school students. Mentors have a profound positive impact on the lives of the students they are mentoring.

United Way has also trained mentors employed with State Farm Insurance Company in Parsippany, who are working with students at Garrett Morgan Academy in Paterson.

Mentor training is available to any corporation interested in connecting with local high schools, or interested in helping their employees become mentors within the community. The training is provided without charge as a service of United Way of Morris County.

More About Our Mentoring Training
Interested in mentoring?  Want to learn more about it without making a commitment?  Our Mentor Training is free-of-charge and open to any one interested in becoming a mentor or learning more about mentoring.  The Training was created and is managed by United Way of Morris County professionals.  It teaches participants the fundamentals of mentoring individuals, whether they are male, female, children, teens, or adults.  The course provides foundational information that applies to any type of mentoring.  Graduates receive a Certificate of Completion upon completion of the 2 six-hour or 4 three-hour sessions.

You'll learn:

• Roles and responsibilities of a successful mentor.
• How to help the mentored person set and achieve goals.
• The effect of values and diversity in mentoring relationships.
• Communication skills.
• Problem-solving skills.
• How to select the mentoring opportunity that's right for you.

Our training sessions are held regularly throughout the year.  Visit the training schedule link in the side menu to see upcoming classes.  Don’t see a date or time that fits your schedule? Give us a call and we can try to accommodate your needs. To register email JoAnn Tsonton at United Way of Morris County, or phone 973.993.1160, x120.