Peer Mentoring
Peer Mentoring helps schools build supervised peer or cross-age mentoring relationships with clear selection, preparation, boundaries, adult oversight, and follow-up.
Available for Consultation or Implementation
Participating students, with planning and supervision by designated school adults.
Designed with each school around age groups, supervision, scheduling, and follow-up capacity.
Young people already influence one another. Peer Mentoring helps schools make that influence more intentional, responsible, and future-focused.
Participating students build ongoing, supervised mentoring relationships with planning and supervision by designated school adults. Mentor selection, boundaries, family communication, and follow-up are agreed before the work begins.
Peer mentoring questions schools ask
What is the difference between peer mentoring and cross-age mentoring?
Peer mentoring is a broad term for structured support between young people. Cross-age mentoring is one form in which an older student supports a younger student. Life that Counts plans the appropriate model with each school rather than treating a historical configuration as the specification for today’s offering.
Are student mentors trained to counsel other students?
No. Student mentors work within defined boundaries and adult oversight. When a concern exceeds the mentor role, the appropriate response is to involve a designated school adult or qualified professional through the school’s established procedure.
Who can serve as a mentor or mentee?
Current eligibility, grade configuration, selection, screening, permissions, and group structure are confirmed with the school before implementation. Earlier Life that Counts projects used specific grade arrangements, but those historical models do not define the current offering.
What supervision, staff time, and family communication are required?
Requirements vary by school and program design. The written plan confirms mentor preparation, designated adult oversight, scheduling, space, communication boundaries, family notice, referral pathways, follow-up, and each party’s responsibilities before students begin.
What evidence supports Peer Mentoring?
Life that Counts publishes historical peer-mentoring evaluations with their methods and limitations. Those findings describe earlier implementations and do not establish outcomes for the current Peer Mentoring offering unless a page explicitly says otherwise.
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