Orientation and Training
Several opportunities are available to volunteer mentors to assist them in a successful volunteer experience. These training opportunities will ensure that, as a mentor, you will:
- Show students that you believe in them
- Teach students how to believe in themselves
- Give advice about choices for after high school
- Help students meet deadlines
- Provide assistance with essays and applications
- Direct students to scholarship resources
- Meet as often as needed – suggested 1 to 2 hours per week
Orientation/Training
After submitting your application materials to the site coordinator and being approved as a volunteer, you will receive an orientation from your ASPIRE coordinator including:
- Site tour and staff introductions
- Guidelines on how to work with students
- Site schedule
- ASPIRE tools (volunteer handbook, website, and training videos)
Before meeting with students, volunteers are required to watch the ASPIRE training videos along with any other site-specific training required.
Fall Conference
Each fall, ASPIRE coordinators and volunteers from throughout the state attend a one-day conference designed to allow participants to expand their knowledge of the ASPIRE program, network with other ASPIRE coordinators and volunteers, as well as explore post-secondary options for Oregon students. Experts present workshops on a variety of topics that pertain to the work of ASPIRE mentors. Learn more about Fall Conference and contact your ASPIRE coordinator for details on the next one!
After submitting your application materials to the site coordinator and being approved as a volunteer, you will receive an orientation from your ASPIRE coordinator including:
- Site tour and staff introductions
- Guidelines on how to work with students
- Site schedule
- ASPIRE tools (volunteer handbook, website, and training videos)
Before meeting with students, volunteers are required to watch the ASPIRE training videos along with any other site-specific training required.
Each fall, ASPIRE coordinators and volunteers from throughout the state attend a one-day conference designed to allow participants to expand their knowledge of the ASPIRE program, network with other ASPIRE coordinators and volunteers, as well as explore post-secondary options for Oregon students. Experts present workshops on a variety of topics that pertain to the work of ASPIRE mentors. Learn more about Fall Conference and contact your ASPIRE coordinator for details on the next one!
