In school mentoring has shown to have positive impact on kids
A recent research project conducted by The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania uncovered that the number of schools in our region that have a mentoring program is nearly half compared to the national average. (For more details on this research, go to: http://www.mentoringpittsburgh.org/what-ismentoring_research.aspx)
Specific impacts of mentoring documented by research include:
- Mentored youth feel greater competence in completing their schoolwork higher levels of classroom engagement and higher grades.
- School-based mentoring enhances connectedness to schools, peers and society youth have more positive attitudes toward school and teachers.
- Mentored youth experience improvements in parental relationships and their sense of self-worth.
- Both one-to-one mentoring and group mentoring result in better school attendance for mentored youth.