What does an Elementary FLOW Mentoring session look like?

The Basic Layout:

• Students arrive after school dismissal and have a snack
• Mentors arrive
• Site Leader welcomes group and explains the plan for the day
• Mentor/mentee activity time
• Students say goodbye and board bus to go home
• Mentors and Site Leader have brief check-in meeting

Activities

• Fun and educational get-to-know you activities such as games, puzzles, discussion topics, craft projects, etc.;

• Working on the students’ homework and drawing connections between academic and real-world success;

• Helping mentees develop a set of short and long-term goals to achieve during the course of the year—academic, social, and personal;

• Designing and performing service-learning projects that will build a sense of attachment to and responsibility toward the school or the greater community, such as starting a recycling program, planting flowers, or helping out at the local food bank.

• Making short videos on a variety of constructive topics (videos can be aired at the school on WHBN TV);

• Going on fun field trips to educational sites to provide exposure to new ideas and learning opportunities.