The National Mentoring Resource Center created a complete toolkit to help mentoring programs measure how well they work. This free resource gives youth programs over 80 different ways to track progress. It includes surveys to see how strong mentoring relationships are, how youth feel about themselves, their school performance, and their behavior.
The toolkit covers mental health measures, social skills tracking, school engagement surveys, and ways to measure if youth are making healthy choices. Programs can use these tools to see if their mentoring is helping young people grow and succeed. The toolkit also includes measures for mentors themselves, like how the experience helps them develop empathy and leadership skills.
All tools come with detailed instructions on how to use them and interpret results. This comprehensive resource helps mentoring programs prove their impact and improve their services. Organizations can request many of the surveys for free and get guidance on which measures work best for different types of programs and youth populations.