On Monday, February 4, the United Way of Northern New Jersey will offer a free mentor training program in its Montclair office .
In recognition of January as National Mentoring Month, United Way is recharging its recruitment campaign to train 300 new mentors across the region by June. A total of 120 new mentors have completed United Way’s free mentor training since United Way launched its goal in mid-May 2012 following the United Way Public Officials Forum.
The United Way Mentor Training program is recognized nationally as a model program for preparing effective and committed mentors. It equips individuals with the fundamentals of mentoring and can be used to learn the skills needed to provide youth, professional, and financial mentoring. The program covers the roles and responsibilities of being a mentor, how to help an individual set and achieve goals, and shares effective communication and problem-solving techniques.
United Way’s efforts to boost the ranks of a local mentoring corps are tied to United Way Worldwide’s national pledge to recruit 1 million mentors. Both are in conjunction with First Lady Michelle Obama’s Corporate Mentoring Challenge, which rallies U.S. companies to launch or expand mentoring programs.
The Montclair program consists of four, three-hour sessions, to be held on February 4, 6, 11 and 13 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the United Way office, which is located at 60 South Fullerton Avenue. For more information or to sign up see here. The mentoring program is also available in other locations across northern New Jersey.
