School-Based Mentoring
Our Mission
Supporting students through individualized school-based mentoring.
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Our Program
Founded in 2019, AmeriCorps Mentors for Success (AMS) provides individualized school-based mentoring for students grades 5-12 that are struggling with attendance and social-emotional skills. Mentors strive to build students' feelings of confidence and connectedness to school, which in turn catalyze growth in attendance and academic achievement.
AMS Mentors are trained to provide 1-on-1 and small group mentoring services to students in grades 5-12 with documented attendance challenges. Mentors provide individualized support in critical areas such as career exploration, college readiness, academic tutoring, and social-emotional skill building.
Mentors are paired with a partner school, where they serve 30 hours each week. Each mentor works with a caseload of about 15 students, meeting with each student weekly to set goals, have fun, and provide the resources, empathy, and encouragement every student needs to pursue their dreams and build on their talents
Mentoring programs, like AmeriCorps Mentors for Success, are specifically named in the Ohio Department of Education’s guidance on spending the newly allocated Student Wellness and Success Funding available to public school districts, community schools, joint vocational districts, and STEM schools.
