Sanchez Elementary School Online Mentoring Program

Are You Ready to Be an Online Mentor?


 
Setting your own schedule is one of the chief attractions of online/virtual mentoring vs. face-to-face mentoring. However, there's nothing virtual about the commitment you are making. There's a young person out there counting on you to respond to his or her inquiries and thoughts, and who wants to hear your feedback on what he or she has to share.

It's so easy to say yes to mentoring via the Internet that many people sign up to do so before really considering their expectations and availability, and before thinking about the commitment they are making.

Before you volunteer to be an online mentor, consider the following to determine if you are ready:

 
If you answered no or had difficulty answering any of these questions, perhaps you are not ready for online mentoring at this time.

 
VERSION: December 15, 2000

 

Return to the main page of the Sanchez Elementary School Online Mentoring Program


 


 
VERSION: December 15, 2000

 

Return to the main page of the Sanchez Elementary School Online Mentoring Program


This web site is Copyrighted © 2000 by Jayne Cravens

Permission is granted to quote from this web site so long as the author and web site are noted.
Please notify me if you intend to use these materials or to quote me. You don't have to, but it would be appreciated.

 
This resource was developed by Jayne Cravens for Sanchez Elementary School in Austin, Texas;
the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin; and the Virtual Volunteering Project.
This online mentoring program is no longer operational; these web materials have been preserved to help other schools develop their own online mentoring programs. You can find more online mentoring resources here