Parent Mentors engages and empowers trusted adults in their own children’s education, as well as many other elementary students’ school experiences. Our program provides training and support to help develop participants into educational leaders and role models in their schools and communities through volunteerism.
YouthPower365’s Parent Mentor program gives trusted adults in our community the chance to be heard, gain professional development, become leaders, develop advocacy skills and build capacity to enrich the community and best support our Valley’s student population. Trusted adults in Eagle County apply to become regularly scheduled volunteers with a classroom teacher for the course of one school year. Through observation, modeling and mentoring, the participants become active supports in the success of each student in the classroom and their own children.
The Parent Mentor program takes into consideration participant goals and needs for professional development which are held periodically throughout the year. The training experiences support the connectedness of the program, utilizing the strengths of its participants and developing skills and understanding related to their time in the classroom and their own personal growth and discovery.
YouthPower365 is extremely grateful for the support provided by: Catholic Charities, Colorado Mountain College, Daniel’s Fund, Eagle County Government, Eagle County School District, Eagle River Youth Coalition, Eagle Valley Library District, Efec, The George Family Foundation, InteGreat!, Jared Polis Foundation Fund, Literacy Project, Quest Foundation, Sidney E. Frank – CO Fund, Speak Up Reach Out (SURO), Tony Grampsas Youth Services, Town of Avon, United Way, Vail Valley Cares and Valley Settlement Project.
“My experience in the Parent Mentor program has been very good because I have learned techniques to help my own children and I have become much more involved in my community and schools with greater ease.”
-Blanca Cabral, Parent Mentor Volunteer
“You helped me solve problems and you spread love to our class.”
“The Parent Mentor program connects our school with our community through a parent education based partnership. This collaboration is vital to our students’ success in closing our achievement gaps between native English speakers and English language learners. The program also creates an avenue for Spanish speaking parent involvement and advocacy. We feel incredibly gracious for the opportunity to work alongside our parent community towards a shared goal of student success.”
-Maria Diaz Nodaro, Teacher
Parent Mentors engages and empowers trusted adults in their own children’s education, as well as many other elementary students’ school experiences. Our program provides training and support to help develop participants into educational leaders and role models in their schools and communities through volunteerism.
The free Magic Bus Mobile Preschool Program provides three to five year old’s who don’t attend a traditional preschool with class time and parent support to successfully prepare for kindergarten. The program holds classes in various neighborhoods from Dotsero to Avon, offering four hours of class time per week over two days weekly.
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