Rather than develop a one-time startup training program, establish ongoing learning opportunities to encourage people to take the next step in their mentoring skills, knowledge and development.
L. J. Zachary
SIL offers an 18-hour synchronous online course called Introduction to Mentoring to help mentors, mentees and managers clarify their understanding of mentoring and make the most of it as a staff development tool. Have a look at the syllabus here.
Sign up for online training in mentoring:
| Course | Dates of Zoom sessions | Language of instruction | Sign up forms |
| Introduction to Mentoring | 1st Feb – 8th March, Tuesdays 14:00-15:30 UTC | English | Course is FULL |
| Introduction to Mentoring | 17th Feb – 24th March, Thursdays 6:00-7:30 UTC | English | Sign me up |
| Introduction au mentorat | du 23 fév au 30 mars, les mercredis 13:00-14:30 UTC | Français | Je m’inscris |
| Introduction to Mentoring | 29th Sept – 3rd Nov, Thursdays 14:00-15:30 UTC | English | Sign me up |
| Practical Mentoring (Intro to Mentoring is a prerequisite for taking Practical Mentoring) | early 2022 | English | Coming soon! |
Resources to train mentors
- SIL’s Robust Mentoring Initiative (a short e-book that explains what robust mentoring looks like and provides tools for implementation).
- A very informative series of short videos about mentoring by renowned author and mentor Leighton Ford who during his service as Chair of the Lausanne Movement established an inclusive and fruitful Christian mentoring programme that continues to run successfully: 1) Mentoring and the Aspen Grove (2 mins), 2) What is mentoring? (6 mins), 3) Becoming a mentor (9 mins), 4) Mentoring like Jesus (3 mins).
- C. S. Lewis Institute’s Mentors Training Resources (22 downloadable audio files produced on how to mentor well in the framework of discipleship)
- DAI’s free, online training course called the Ministry of Mentoring (6 hours of course content, both avatar and video options available)
Mentoring Matters 