Mentor Training Materials

Mentor one child. Change two lives.

About Mentoring and Why

One of the most important aspects of the Computers4Kids program is the mentoring we provide to our students. All students who complete the training class are matched with a mentor. The mentor meets with the student for about one hour per week to provide educational support and serve as a role model and advocate.

Mentors are adults who, along with parents, provide young people with support, counsel, friendship, positive reinforcement, and constructive example. Mentors are good listeners who want to help young people bring out strengths they already have.

How to Get Started

In order to get started mentoring with Computers4Kids volunteers must first attend an orientation session. To sign up and learn when our next orientation will be, please submit an online application, found at www.computers4kids.net/forms/mentor. Because mentors work with youth, all trained mentors are subject to a felony background check.

Mentor Orientation Dates
Please contact us at 817-1121 or info@computers4kids.net

Mentor Job Description

Goal: Your objective as a C4K mentor will be to teach valuable skills, set a positive example, and be a friend.

Duties: After attending a mentor orientation session, you will be matched with one of our students. You will meet with your student once a week to work on projects that you design together. You may also choose to attend special C4K sponsored events for mentors and students.

Qualifications: You need not be a computer whiz to be a C4K mentor. If you are comfortable using the Internet and Microsoft applications such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and can navigate around a Windows or Mac computer, you can teach a student a great deal. Your positive attitude and interest in learning new things will be your keys to success as a mentor. Our highly trained staff is here to help!

Time Required: Mentor Orientation: 2 hours; Meetings with student: One hour (community members) or one and a half hours (college students) per week for a total of 36 hours (students graduate after meeting with mentor for 36 hours; this usually takes about nine months).

Place: Computers4Kids Learning Lab: 945 Second Street SE (off Elliott Avenue), Charlottesville, VA 22902

Benefits: As a C4K Mentor, you will benefit greatly from having a part in bringing positive, permanent change to a young person in your community. You can feel good knowing that the skills that your student learns through you will give him or her tools for future success. And you will have the opportunity to learn new skills as well.

Are you a current mentor?

Check out our mentor blog and other relevant information here.

945 Second Street SE | Charlottesville, VA 22902
434-817-1121 | info@computers4kids.net