Learn About  Becoming a Mentor 

Mentor Collective is an edtech software and service provider that partners with colleges and universities around the country to design and implement large-scale mentorship programs. 

Our technology allows for a safe and accessible experience driven by student preference and helps colleges and universities learn how to better support students' needs.

Yes! Mentor Collective is a legitimate and reputable company that is currently partnered with nearly 200 higher education institutions and corporate partners.

However, as a small start-up growing our footprint in edtech, you may not have see our name outside of your college, university, or workplace.

If you have an active program, your school/workplace's website will have a page that shows you when and how to sign up.

You can also send us a message!

If you received an email text from Mentor Collective, that means that your college, university, or workplace is inviting you to be a mentee or mentor in its Mentor Collective program.

Mentor Collective programs also utilizes email and texting throughout the program duration to help make mentorship more accessible and easy to integrate into your day-to-day. This is also how we have periodic check-ins with mentors throughout the program life for regular updates on the mentorship and/or to see how we can support your mentee. We find this encourages people to make the most of their mentorship and their school's resources.

Your school gives us permission to reach out to you initially; however, should you decide that you do not want to participate and/or do not want to receive further communications, you are always able to opt-out.

Technically, mentorships last one academic year; however, we encourage you to remain in contact with your mentee(s) beyond this if you develop a strong relationship with them.

Most programs utilize volunteer mentors. Your program will let you know if you are eligible for a paid mentoring opportunity.Whichever opportunities your program provides, we welcome (and encourage) you to include your experience as a mentor on LinkedIn or your resume. As a mentor, you have the chance to develop strong leadership and communication skills.

That’s fine! You always have the option to adjust your involvement. Email help@mentorcollective.org if you want to opt out of the program, reduce or increase the number of students you are supporting or if you have questions.

When filling out their matching survey, mentors will share how many mentees they are able to support. Most mentors support somewhere between 2 and 6 mentees at a time. The most important thing is that you do what feels right for you.

After you register, there are a couple of next steps:

 – Fill out a brief matching survey that tells us about you and your preferences (5-10 minutes)

– Complete your mentor training that goes over the basics of Mentor Collective and being an effective mentor (45 minutes)

After those steps, you are eligible to be matched! You and your mentee can determine together what timing works best for you. You will be expected to speak with your mentee once a month, but anything more than that is up to both of you. Most mentors spend between 1 and 3 hours a month per mentee.

Throughout your mentorship, we ask you and your mentee(s) to log your conversations on our website or through our automated texts. But what counts as a conversation? It can be:

– 1 phone call

– 1 video chat session

– 1 email exchange

– 1 in-person "interaction" (grabbing coffee, spending 10 minutes talking before class, etc.)

– 2+ text messages exchanged within 1 day

If in doubt, please don't hesitate to ask us at help@mentorcollective.org. Logging conversations helps your program administrator(s) gauge whether the program is helping students, and how to help them better!

We take concerns like these very seriously. As a mentor, you will have different opportunities for sharing a concern like this with your college or university.

While reporting conversations on your Participant Dashboard, you can indicate any concern you have about your mentee (or that your mentee needs extra support), as well as by responding to the monthly texts you’ll receive.

After you’ve shared your  concern, your program administrator may reach out to you to ensure they have all the necessary information to  provide your mentee with extra resources and support.

If you have any additional questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to help@mentorcollective.org.