• Attend a 1½ hour mentor orientation session where the volunteer application is completed and a copy of a government issued identification (such as a driver’s license) is provided. A Level I background check is run by Pinellas County Schools at no cost to volunteers.

 Placement

• The school is identified based on the volunteer’s preference. Once the application and orientation is complete, school staff pairs the mentor with a student and set a mutually agreed upon day of the week and time for the student and volunteer to meet.

• School staff orients the volunteer to all procedures, including signing in and out at the school’s front office, recording volunteer hours, where and how to meet with the student, and facilitates a first meeting.

 What are the ongoing procedures?

• Once established, the expectation is that the volunteers are committed to meet with their students on the scheduled day and time each week for the school year.
• If a volunteer cannot attend on the scheduled day, they contact the Family & Community Liaison and if possible, arrange to meet with their student on a different day that week. (It is understood that there may be an occasion when the volunteer will miss a meeting.)
• The Family & Community Liaison will contact the volunteer if their student will not be in school.

What kind of feedback and results will mentors receive?                                                                                              Periodic newsletters and reports on how the program is progressing will be emailed to provide updates and resources.