How The School-Based Mentor Program Works

Complete an application and background check release form (available online). Mail or fax to Lutheran Social Services at the address below.
Upon successful completion of the criminal background check, mentors are referred to a school site coordinator. Mentors may select where they would like to mentor.
Site coordinators match the mentor with a student and work with mentors to schedule a time to mentor. Mentoring takes place at various times throughout the day and can vary according to your schedule. For example, many mentors meet over the lunch hour.
Mentors attend a training and orientation session before their first meeting with the student.
Mentors go to the school and stay on the school grounds with the student.
Students work with their mentor to decide what they will do at each meeting.
Mentors and students may be involved in a variety of activities, such as: working in the computer lab, reading a book, playing basketball in the gym, eating lunch, playing games, completing art projects, or just “hanging out.”

School-Based Mentor Program
Lisa Falon-Schulz, Director
621 East Presentation Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
605-221-2346
Fax: 605-221-2404
Email: Lisa Falon-Schulz