What could this idea change?
Students gain reliable adult perspective and practical networks while the school retains duty-of-care oversight.
M-T1-YS-12 · Theme 1
School Mentoring Programs
Provides goal-specific mentoring through the school's existing wellbeing and learning systems, with supervised contact and a defined ending.
Where this idea came from
- Playbook entry
- M-T1-YS-12 · School Mentoring Programs
- Theme
- Theme 1: Attraction & Visibility · Subtheme YS: Youth & Schools
- Source material
- Existing checked Theme 1 guide
- Linked playbook entry
- M-T1-YS-12 · School Mentoring Programs
Could this work in our club?
- Students referred by a school for career, study, leadership or project mentoring; school coordinators and screened mentors. Use when the school has defined the mentoring purpose and referral criteria.
Before you start
- Written program agreement covering selection, matching, contact, records and complaints.
- Current child-related screening for the relevant state or territory and mentoring-specific induction.
- Student goals, consent and access needs recorded by the school, not the mentor personally.
At the end: The school coordinator checks each match after sessions one and three; close with a documented handover and delete mentor-held notes immediately.
Before your club says yes
Does the idea fit?
Talk with the people it is meant to serve and check that the need is real.
Who can say yes?
Name the person or group that can approve the work, spending and any safety arrangements.
Are people protected?
Check privacy, consent and safety. Collect only the information you genuinely need.
Can everyone take part?
Check the language, format, place, technology and cost for barriers.
Are the facts and permissions right?
Check names, claims, images, quotations, partner references and Rotary branding.
How will we learn?
Note where things stand now, check in at 30, 60 and 90 days, and decide what to do next.
Worksheets for your club
Open them online, print them or change them to suit the way your club works.
Event and session plan
Use this worksheet to plan who the session is for, when it will happen, how people can take part and what happens afterwards.
Open worksheetRoles, roster and handover
Use this worksheet to decide who will do each job, who can step in and what needs to be handed over.
Open worksheetWorkflow and minimum-data register
Use this worksheet to map each step and keep only the information the club genuinely needs.
Open worksheetPartnership and stakeholder map
Use this worksheet to agree what the club and any partners will each contribute, decide and protect.
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