Young men of color generally face some of the worst social, academic and economic outcomes across the country.
The GSYO Brothers Bout Business Mentoring Program is a progressive and comprehensive mentoring program designed specifically for young middle school males of color, that offers guidance in each student’s journey thru social, emotional, physical, and scholastic maturity.
This proposed progressive programming model will provide consistent and viable opportunities for each male participant starting in 6th grade throughout high school graduation. Each year, students will progress to the next tier of programming and embark on a different experience while learning to utilize the skills developed the previous year.
Our Mentoring Model
Effective mentoring requires a balanced and integrated framework to support the evolving social-emotional development of mentees along the course of their transformational journey.
Five Steps To Success
- Build Mutual Trusting Relationship
- Coaching & Guidance
- Recovery & Rehabilitation
- Transition & Advancement
- Sustainment & Continuity
Why Group Mentoring is More Effective
Group mentoring can be a more effective format to engaging youth and promoting positive social-emotional development when compared to 1:1 mentoring
Five Key Benefits to Group Mentoring
- Mentee participants are able to build strong bonds with peers within the same age frame and development level.
- Mentee participants are exposed to an increased body of knowledge and learning experiences to improve reflection and critical thinking aptitude
- Group mentoring creates a learning community which promotes diversity of thinking, practice, and understanding.
- Small group settings build individual confidence of mentees to share ideas, feedback, and opinions in front of others
- Group mentoring improves mentee capacity to receive and apply constructive feedback from peers