Become a TSIC Mentor!

Why Mentor?

Mentoring is a powerful avenue to provide positive support for our at-risk youth. Your guidance can build a foundation of basic values, responsibility, and important self-advocacy skills. Learning to establish academic goals and career objectives, students will understand the importance of staying in school. With a caring adult in their lives, students become more accountable which results in decreased absenteeism and improved academic performance.

By building self worth and demonstrating that someone cares, students will more likely stay in school, strive to enroll in college or a career technical institute, and play a productive role in the community. As a successful person, you will be able to share your experiences with a student and open a new world of possibilities to them.

Who Can Be A Mentor?

A Take Stock in Children mentor is a caring, compassionate adult who chooses to devote their time to a young person. Take Stock Mentors offer support, guidance, and encouragement. A Take Stock Mentor can change a life by helping a child build confidence, a solid foundation of values, establish goals, and improve their academic skills.

What Does A Mentor Do?

A mentor commits to donating up to 1 hour per week during the school year mentoring a student in-person or virtually. During the weekly meetings, the mentor may progress through various discussion topics, help the student set goals, or simply listen. Take Stock in Children is not a tutorial program. We encourage helping the student with some homework, but sometimes the student just needs someone who will listen and provide encouragement.

Where Do I Mentor?

All mentoring is done on the school campus, usually in the library, cafeteria, or other common areas of the school. Mentor-student meetings take place ONLY at school and during elective class or lunch periods.

When Can I Mentor?

Mentoring sessions take place during the school year, during school hours on school grounds. A schedule is arranged between you, your student and the Take Stock Success Coach as to when would be the best time for you and your student to meet.

How Does A Mentor Know What To Do?

Following orientation and training, the Take Stock Success Coach will provide guidance and support and a mentor handbook is available which provides helpful information and tips to guide you in the mentoring process.

How Does A Mentor Benefit?

Mentoring can provide an opportunity for personal growth, developing new skills, and making new friends of all ages. Additional benefits may include the satisfaction of helping children learn, recognition for contributing to the community, and may provide higher productivity and creativity at work.

Next steps

Complete and submit the Take Stock in Children mentor application. A Take Stock College Success Coach will contact you to complete the registration, background checks, and training process prior to being matched with a student.

Qualities Of Effective Mentors

• Have a genuine concern for young people

• Respect and accept different points of view

• Respect the right of individuals to make their own choices

• Relate well to individuals with different experiences and cultures

• Can empathize with another person’s problems

• Are patient and good listeners

• See solutions as well as obstacles

Take Stock in Children – Monroe County | PO Box 2561, Key West, FL 33045 | 305-293-1546