Youth & community mentoring
School-based and community-based programs that match young people with caring, prepared adults.
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Great mentoring takes more than a match.
Practical guidance for schools, community organizations, businesses, and professional associations—from program design and training to technical assistance and evaluation.
Three settings, one practical approach
Corporate mentoring
Programs that develop people within your organization—or connect employees with young people in the community.
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Association & professional mentoring
Mentoring programs that professional associations and member networks offer to their members and fields.
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Services
Consulting
Program design—goals, roles, expectations, matching and structure—plus realistic evaluation for your setting.
Training
Custom curricula and sessions for mentors, mentees, coordinators and partners.
Technical assistance
Guidance while you launch, recruit, match and support relationships over time.
Public Speaking
Keynotes and conference presentations on mentoring programs and relationships.
Founder
Dr. Susan G. Weinberger (“Dr. Mentor”)
Susan pioneered the nation's first school-based mentoring program in Norwalk, Connecticut, and founded Mentor Consulting Group to help others build on that work. Today she consults, trains and speaks for schools, community organizations, businesses and professional associations.
- 5,000+
- mentoring professionals trained
- 45
- states where the mentoring program Susan designed was replicated, as well as Bermuda and Canada
- 230+
- School districts Susan has supported
Writing & resources
Selected reading
Articles and guides on mentoring programs and relationships.
- Dr. Mentor's 16 Steps to Effective Mentoring (Word document)
- Lessons Learned: Two Decades of School-based Mentoring (Word document)
- 2012Implementing an employee-youth mentoring program (external link, opens in a new tab)
Business & Legal Resources (BLR) · Fall 2012
- 2012Implementing an internal employee mentoring program (external link, opens in a new tab)
Business & Legal Resources (BLR) · Fall 2012
- 2012Understanding the difference between employee mentoring and coaching (external link, opens in a new tab)
Business & Legal Resources (BLR) · Fall 2012
Experience across organizations and communities
Explore Susan’s previous clients across national organizations, public agencies, schools, community programs and businesses.
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Susan works independently and often collaborates with Craig Bowman of Common Ground Consulting on selected mentoring engagements, bringing complementary expertise to youth, community, corporate and association programs.
Planning a new program, or strengthening one you run?
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