Mentor Workbook
The PALS Mentor Workbook is the training manual for the National FFA Mentoring Program (Partners in Active Learning Support), which matches high school agriculture students with elementary students. It provides the agenda, handouts, and reference materials used to train FFA members as mentors across six topic sections—introduction/goal setting, benefits and roles of mentoring, communication skills, building community, understanding youth, and contemporary issues in mentoring. The workbook contains all the handouts mentors need for training, including self-assessments, learning-style inventories, developmental-assets references, child-abuse/safety guidance, and a code of ethics.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Section One (Introduction): Mentors will get to know each other and understand the PALS program concept and criteria. Mentors will also learn how to set goals for the upcoming year.
- Section Two (Benefits and Roles of Mentoring): Mentors will comprehend the benefits and roles of mentoring.
- Section Three (Communication Skills): Mentors will comprehend the importance of effective communication skills.
- Section Four (Building Community): Mentors will discover how to work with diverse people in the local community and the local PALS program.
- Section Five (Understanding Youth): Mentors will develop an understanding of various learning styles.
- Section Six (Contemporary Issues in Mentoring): Mentors will become aware of the guidelines when working with local PALS participants.
- Materials
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- Mentor Workbook
- Mentor PowerPoint Slides / PowerPoint presentation (ffa.learn.com)
- Handouts and transparencies
- Flip chart paper and markers
- Sponsored by
- Campbell's
- Program
- The National FFA Mentoring Program – Partners in Active Learning Support (PALS)
- Step
- Step 3: Identify and Train FFA Members as Mentors