Responsibilities

• Make a commitment to your Hopeworks trainee.
• Provide a short biography or resume to mentoring@hopeworks.org
• Communicate via email to your trainee at least 2 times per week.

• Encourage and advise your trainee on any areas of personal and professional development.
• Participate in Mentor Evaluations.

General Information

• A mentor is matched with a Hopeworks Trainee.
• There's no preset format for your emails. However, you should write them in a professional manner (proper case, punctuation, grammar, etc.).
• All email communications will be monitored by the Hopeworks Formation Director. Please be sure to copy (cc) mentoring@hopeworks.org on all communications with a trainee. The trainee will be instructed to do the same.
• Hopeworks will provide suggested topics upon request or through the Hopeworks Newsletter. These are suggestions to help you build your relationship with your trainee. Please use these suggestions as needed.

How do you become a Hopeworks Mentor?

• Contact the Mentoring Program Coordinator (mentoring@hopeworks.org) if you are interested in becoming a mentor.
• The Mentoring Program Coordinator will contact you by email asking you to complete the Mentor Agreement.
• Upon receipt of your agreement the Mentoring Program Coordinator will assign the mentor with a trainee to mentor.