Mentoring

Think College
Think College is a national organization dedicated to developing, expanding, and improving inclusive higher education options for people with intellectual disability.

These four documents put together by peer mentors with the Propel program out of University of Missouri at Kansas City goes into great detail about the program and highlights two of the program’s students. Learn how to measure the success of your mentee by applying these principles.

Mentor Application
The mentor application from Florida International University include a program description, academic and peer mentor descriptions, and blank application.

STING RAY Professor Evalution Form
Survey for professors/instructors upon completion of the student’s class.

STING RAY Student Evaluation of Course
Evaluation for students to complete at the conclusion of their class.

Best Buddies
Best Buddies is an international organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Success Strategies for Supporting Career/Tech Students
This session is designed to share helpful strategies used to identify, connect, and secure appropriate supports for students of Project Achieve and the VERTICAL program who were struggling in their vocational classes.

Florida International University (FIU) "Academic Mentoring and Peer Coaching Orientation and Training
The “Academic Mentoring and Peer Coaching Orientation and Training” provides a view of Project Panther Life and the importance of mentoring for the students.

Mentor Scenarios
This presentation offers practical solutions to assist mentors in open discussions on how to address certain situations.

Paving the Way to Work: A Guide to Career-Focused Mentoring
The creation of the Mentoring Guide is rooted in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy’s (ODEP) charge to find and promote the most effective research-based policies and practices to improve transition outcomes for youth with disabilities.

Mentor Application
The mentor application from Florida International University include a program description, academic and peer mentor descriptions, and blank application.

Project Panther LIFE : Panther Learning Is For Everyone
This document provided by Florida International University contains a debriefing Q & A form to help mentors evaluate their mentoring roles.

STING RAY Academic Mentor Activity Log
Sample supplemental form for academic mentors to log activities.



The Arc Jacksonville Academy's (OCT) on Campus Transition Mentoring Handbook
The On Campus Transition (OCT) Mentoring Handbook includes an explanation of the difference types of mentors at the University of North Florida OCT program.

Creating Effective Mentoring Partnerships for Students With Intellectual Disabilities on Campus
This study from a major American university explores key components for creating and improving postsecondary mentoring including training, communication, relationships, expectations, natural supports, independence, social needs, and inclusion.

TCC’s Mentor Handbook 2018-19
This 14-page document is an introduction and resource for Tallahassee Community College’s IPSE program Mentors. It includes job descriptions, student-mentor relationships, schedules, and customer service (expectations of mentor behavior), FERPA, and much more.