Are there different types of youth mentoring?
Mentoring can take many different forms. It can occur both one-on-one and in small groups, with various combinations of mentor/mentee matches. Mentoring can take place through personal meetings, e-mail exchanges, telephone conversations, letters, or any other form of correspondence. Perhaps the most commonly recognized model is a face-to-face, one-on-one, community-based model, such as the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program. However, mentoring can also be done in groups, through schools, or through businesses or community agencies. In community-based mentoring, volunteers from the community are matched with youth, and generally focus on building relationships and impacting students social activities. The majority of activities takes place outside of the school and work environments. In school-based mentoring, adults are matched with children through their school classroom, and the bulk of activities takes place during school hours, often with an academic or career related focus (Sipe in
